Political parties in Tamil Nadu, including the main Opposition DMK, yesterday slammed Karnataka’s proposed move to construct check dam at Mekedatu across River Cauvery in Karnataka. The parties urged the Tamil Nadu Government to take steps to prevent Karnataka from going ahead with its move. “The newly-formed AIADMK Government should immediately take up the issue…
State Camp of Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan at VLEAD
February 18, 2017Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement (SVYM) will be hosting the State Camp of Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan (VVM) on Feb.19 (Sunday) at Vivekananda Institute for Leadership Development (VLEAD), Mysuru. The State Camp will have a variety of assessment formats including written tests, experiments, video appreciation and situational problem analysis. Twelve students selected in the State Camp will…
Sri Tyagaraja-Purandara Aradhana by ‘Surabhi’
February 18, 2017Surabhi Ganakala Mandira Charitable Trust, Mysuru, is celebrating its 30th Sri Tyagaraja-Purandara Aradhana today and tomorrow (Saturday and Sunday). Today, there will be the rendering of the compositions of Tyagaraja and Purandaradasa by the students of ‘Surabhi’ from 3 pm to 6.45 pm. At 7 pm, there will be a Classical Music Concert by Vid….
Body of three-month-old baby boy found
February 18, 2017A body of a three-month-old baby boy, wrapped in a plastic cover, was found in Government Guest House premises in city on Thursday morning. The public, who saw a pack of dogs moving around in the area, went to the spot only to find the dead body of a baby boy wrapped in a plastic…
TN Assembly adjourned amidst pandemonium
February 18, 2017Stalemate continued in Tamil Nadu Assembly as opposition DMK MLAs created ruckus ahead of floor test on the confidence motion moved by Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palanisamy this morning. As we went to the press the House was adjourned till 3 pm. Trouble started after Speaker P. Dhanpal rejected the demand for a secret ballot…
‘Gender imbalance is detrimental to country’
February 18, 2017District-level workshop on Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act “Drastic reduction of gender ratio (male and female) in the country is causing concern which should be viewed seriously,” opined P.G.M. Patil, Principal District and Sessions Judge. He was speaking after inaugurating a day-long District-level workshop on Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994…
Girl commits suicide
February 18, 2017An incident of a 26-year-old girl committing suicide by coming under a moving train has been reported near Varuna Canal close to Ring Road in city yesterday afternoon. The deceased has been identified as Vijayalakshmi, daughter of Lakshmamma and a resident of Bamboo Bazaar here. It is learnt that Vijayalakshmi was working at a petrol…
Silver Jubilee celebrations of Ganabharathi
February 18, 2017The Music and Dance School of Ganabharathi, Kuvempunagar, has organised the 25th anniversary celebrations on Feb.19 at 10 am. The Principals who have served the institution and the teachers who are serving the school will be felicitated on the occasion. Awards for the winners in various competitions held to mark the occasion will be distributed….
Grand procession marks Nalwadi Jayanti
February 18, 2017A grand procession marked the 133rd birth anniversary celebrations of Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar, in city this morning. The citizens, accompanied by cultural troupes performing Veeraghase, Dollu Kunitha, Puja Kunitha, Kamsale and Nandi Dhwaja, participated in the colourful procession along with a flower-decked silver chariot carrying the portrait of the Rajarshi. The Mounted Police personnel, two…
SC seeks CID report on Van Ingen’s properties
February 18, 2017The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday directed the Karnataka Government to furnish a CID report into the alleged defrauding of more than Rs. 500 crore worth properties of taxidermist Edwin Joubert Van Ingen. A three-Judge Bench presided over by Justice Ranjan Gogoi asked advocate Joseph Aristotle, appearing for the State Government, to bring the enquiry report…
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