Motivational talks and felicitation programmes marked Women’s Day celebrations across the city yesterday. Observing that one should grab every opportunity that comes before him/her, Probationary IAS Officer Subha Kalyan has called upon women to realise their dreams by reading the achievements of great personalities. She was speaking at the Women’s Day celebration organised by the…
Mysore Art Gallery to honour gravedigger Sharane Neelamma
March 9, 2017As part of its monthly programme ‘Sadhakarondige Samvaada,’ the Mysore Art Gallery will felicitate Sharane Neelamma who lives and works at Veerashaiva Rudrabhoomi in Vidyaranyapuram. The felicitation event will be held on Mar. 11 at 11 am at the Mysore Art Gallery on Ramanuja Road. President of Kannada Sahitya Kalakoota M. Chandrashekhar will deliver the…
Rathwa Aadmi ne Chhokro is exhibit of the month at IGRMS
March 9, 2017As part of its ‘Exhibit of the Month’, the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS) has organised a special exhibition ‘Aadmi ne Chhokro’ — man and child, an ethnographic wooden object from Rathwa tribe of Gujarat. The exhibition was inaugurated yesterday by J. Vijay Mohan, Officer-In-Charge IGRMS, Southern Regional Centre and will be on till…
Free coaching for KPSC, UPSC exams: SP
March 9, 2017The aspirants of KPSC and UPSC examinations will be imparted 8-month free coaching including boarding and lodging facilities in association with Pramathi Hill View Academy and Navodaya Foundation, said SP Ravi D. Channannavar. Addressing presspersons at Pathrakarthara Bhavan in city recently, he said that the trainees would be selected through an entrance test which will…
Assault on teenage girl and her grandma
March 9, 2017Man, his friend get 6-year jail:Court orders cases against 3 witnesses who turned hostile The Principal District and Sessions Court has sentenced one person and his friend to six-year imprisonment for attempting to kill a girl and her grandmother. The man was pestering the girl to marry him and on learning that he was already…
Wild elephants attack parked truck inside Bandipur forests
March 9, 2017A truck which broke down inside the Bandipur National Park was damaged by a herd of wild elephants on Monday night. After damaging the truck, the elephants feasted on the food items that were kept inside the vehicle. The vehicle (KA-25 B-5444) was transporting beds and mattresses from Bengaluru to Thalassery in Kerala via Gundlupet,…
Disruption in BSNL landline and broadband services tomorrow
March 9, 2017Due to upgradation works taken up at K.R. Nagar Telephone Exchange, the services of BSNL landline and broadband connections working from K.R. Nagar Telephone Exchange are likely to be disrupted on Mar. 10 between 10 am and 5 pm. The customers are urged to re-register their secret codes for availing Dynamic Locking Facility for their…
HUDA gets 3773.08 hectare land from State Government
March 9, 2017“Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has helped in the overall development of Hunsur by forming Hunsur Urban Development Authority (HUDA),” said Hunsur MLA H.P. Manjunath here on Monday. Addressing a press meet here, Manjunath said that Hunsur had witnessed many development programme over the past few years and added that around d 3773.08 hectare of the land…
Women & children were given their due in S.M. Krishna’s administration: Former MP
March 9, 2017Political Parties and Organisations fete women achievers Maintaining that women and children were given their due when S.M. Krishna was the Chief Minister, former MP A.H. Vishwanath lauded late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi for her tough decisions for the betterment of the country. He was speaking at the International Women’s Day celebrations organised by Mysore…
MLA’s aides accused of assaulting former MLA’s supporters
March 9, 2017Even as the political slugfest between the two leaders has escalated recently, JD(S) rebel MLA Chaluvarayaswamy’s supporters allegedly assaulted the supporters of former Nagamangala Congress MLA Suresh Gowda at Kenchanahalli near Basaralu in the taluk yesterday. Suresh Gowda Fans Association President Praveen and his friend Sandeep, who sustained injuries in the assault, were treated at…
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