Mysuru: A five-day National Workshop on ‘Tribal Healers and Tribal Medicines’ organised by Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS), Southern Regional Centre (SRC) in collaboration with the Anthropological Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Bogadi, Mysuru, began at IGRMS (SRC), Mysuru campus, Wellington House, here this morning. The workshop was inaugurated by Prof. Sarit Kumar…
114th birth anniversary of Kuvempu: Entries invited for Gamaka and Geethagayana contest
December 10, 2017Mysuru: Sri Kuvempu Vidyavardhaka Trust will be celebrating the 114th birth anniversary of Rashtrakavi Kuvempu during the last week of December. As part of the celebrations, a Gamaka and Geethagayana contest will be held on Dec. 28 at 10.30 am at the Trust premises in Jayalakshmipuram here. The Gamaka will be on Sri Ramayana Darshanam…
Link Aadhaar for Social Security Schemes by Dec. 30
December 10, 2017Mysuru: The district authorities have begun Aadhaar linking in city for disbursement of monetary benefits under various Social Security Schemes such as old age pension, Sandhya Suraksha, widow pension, Maitri and honorarium for the disabled. The beneficiaries, who have not linked Aadhaar, should present copies of pension sanction letter, M.O. Receipt, Bank/Post Office pass book…
Progressive organisations to take out rally in Hunsur tomorrow
December 10, 2017Mysuru: In the wake of tensions during Hanuma Jayanti celebrations at Hunsur in the district recently, progressive organisations have decided to take out a rally in Hunsur on Dec.11 to create awareness against communal forces. At a round table meeting convened by Karnataka Rajya Hindulida Vargagala Jagruti Samithi in association with Dalit Sangharsha Samiti (DSS),…
Madiga Federation to hold jatha in Bengaluru on Monday
December 10, 2017Mysuru: The Federation of Karnataka Madiga Association will hold a jatha demanding implementation of Justice A.J. Sadashiva Commission Report on Dec. 11 (Monday) at 11 am at Freedom Park in Bengaluru, said Federation Convenor Mugur Siddaraju. Addressing the presspersons at Pathrakarthara Bhavan here on Friday, Siddaraju said that more than 10,000 community members from Mysuru…
Raitha Sangha leaders to meet in Bengaluru on Dec.12
December 10, 2017Mysuru: Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) leaders will meet in Bengaluru on Dec.12 (Tuesday) to discuss various issues plaguing the agrarian sector. Announcing this at a press meet here on Friday, KRRS leader and MLA K.S. Puttannaiah said the meeting has been arranged to press the government for redressing farmers’ grievances, especially in the Cauvery…
BBMP Corporator stabbed by son
December 10, 2017Son upset as father disapproves marriage proposal Bengaluru: Even as former JD(S) Corporator Govindegowda was brutally hacked to death by miscreants in Rajagopalnagar Police limits yesterday, a sitting BBMP Corporator was reportedly stabbed by his son and is undergoing treatment at a hospital, according to reports. Katriguppe Corporator ‘Sangathi’ Venkatesh is the one who is…
Man goes missing from city
December 10, 2017Mysuru: A 77-year-old man, who went for a walk on Nov. 20 at about 7 am, has been reported missing from Saraswathipuram Police limits in city. The missing person has been identified as Huchegowda, a resident of Bank Colony Road in Bogadi here. Huchegowda is 5.7 ft. tall, thin built, oily red complexioned, speaks Kannada…
Ex-BBMP Corporator hacked to death
December 10, 2017Bengaluru: Former BBMP Corporator and JD(S) leader Govindegowda (58) was brutally hacked to death by miscreants in Bengaluru on Saturday evening. Govindegowda was on way to attend a meeting of party workers at Hegganahalli at about 5 pm when miscreants who followed him, brutally attacked him with lethal weapons even as he ran into a…
Rotary West – Sharada Scholarships distributed
December 10, 2017Mysuru: Rotary Mysore West – Sri Sharada Scholarship Award Ceremony was held at Rotary West Auditorium in Saraswathipuram recently. Chief guest Swami Maheshathmanandaji, Correspondent, Ramakrishna Institute of Moral and Spiritual Education (RIMSE), Mysuru, who distributed scholarships to the students, called upon the gathering to imbibe moral and spiritual values among themselves. Rtn. Joseph Mathew, Rotary…















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