Mysuru: Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement (SVYM), Mysuru, in collaboration with certain key stakeholders such as Government, Academia and Non-Profit Organisations, has organised a two-day National Conference on ‘Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) in Education – Perspectives, Practices and Possibilities’ on May 11 and 12 at Senate Hall, University of Mysore, Manasagangothri here. The objectives of…
Zoo animals adopted
May 2, 2017Mysuru: The following persons have adopted the animals of Mysuru Zoo under “Adoption of Animals” scheme by paying the adoption fee: C. Vikas- Bengaluru (Great Indian Hornbill): Rs. 5,000, Adhithya Shreyas Narayan – Bengaluru (Red-Collared Lorikeet): Rs.2,000, V.S. Sneha Manjunath – Bengaluru (White Peacock): Rs.3,500, P. Chirag Barola, – Mysuru (Love Bird): Rs.1,000, according to…
Calling farmers
May 2, 2017Mysuru: The Department of Horticulture has invited applications from farmers to avail subsidy benefit for the expansion of banana, vegetables and flowers cultivation area, construction of agriculture pond, fruit-ripening unit and cold storage unit and purchase of 20 HP Tractors. The Department has also invited applications from farmers belonging to SC/ST communities to avail the…
Selected for Halabhavi Award
May 2, 2017Mysuru: Senior artist M.G. Vachedamath (in pic.) of Hubballi has been selected for Kalaguru D.V. Halabhavi Award (2016) given by JSS Mahavidyapeetha. He will be presented the award at a function to take place in the city on May 6. Vachedamath, who was born at Lakshmeshwar in Shirahatti taluk of Gadag District, served as a…
Long weekend: Tourists crowd city
April 30, 2017Mysuru: ‘Destination Mysuru’ seemed to be the mantra of tourists who have arrived in the city in large numbers from various parts of the country including Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai. Yesterday and today being weekends and tomorrow (May 1) being a closed holiday for May Day, all roads led to Mysuru. The number of tourists…
Mysuru Passport Office is just a despatch centre !
April 30, 2017Mysuru: The Passport Seva Kendra at Metagalli in Mysuru that was opened with much fanfare has turned out to be a mere application and document despatch centre. It has powers to just collect application forms from people and send it to Regional Passport Office in Bengaluru where it is processed. Once the application is filed…
POINT BLANK: Is the State BJP falling apart?
April 30, 2017By K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief W.B. Yeats in his poem The Second Coming has said the universal truth when he wrote: Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,…… The ugly spectacle of violent dissent that was seen in Bengaluru on April 27 at the Palace Grounds where K.S. Eswarappa,…
BJP has no connection with Brigade: High Command
April 30, 2017New Delhi/ Bengaluru: Bogged down by the infighting within the Karnataka unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) between the factions led by party State President B.S. Yeddyurappa and Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council K.S. Eshwarappa, the party High Command has issued a set of three rules for the State leaders to…
Soldier from Mysuru injured during battle with terrorists in J&K
April 30, 2017Mysuru: A Mysurean, who is serving as a soldier in the Indian Army, has been injured during a battle with terrorists at Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir on Apr. 26. The injured soldier has been identified as 28-year-old B. Ramesh, son of late Basavarajegowda and a resident of Bhadregowdanakoppal, Yelwal hobli in the taluk, who…
No more free phones in MCC
April 30, 2017Mysuru: The State Government has cracked the whip on misuse of free mobile connections by Corporators and selected officers of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC). Already many free connections offered under Corporate User Group (CUG) of BSNL have been disconnected and all the connections are expected to be disconnected by tomorrow. Over 200 free post-paid mobile…
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