Mysuru: Chamaraja MLA Vasu distributed compensation to affected residents of Paduvarahalli (Vinayakanagar) whose houses were damaged due to water gushing during the heavy rains a couple of months ago, at a programme organised at Basaveshwara Samudaya Bhavan in Vinayakanagar here yesterday. Apart from Rs.3,800 relief out of the National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF), Vasu personally…
Google tribute to Kuvempu
December 29, 2017Search Engine Giant Google has paid its tributes to Rashtrakavi Kuvempu on his 113th birth anniversary today in the form of a doodle. It shows the poet laureate clad in white kurta and dhoti, with close-cropped grey hair holding a book, writing, sitting on a hillock, called Kavishaila, surrounded by the Sahyadri mountain range, flowing…
Special Postal Cover on Kuvempu released
December 29, 2017Bengaluru: Poet Laureate Kuvempu was conferred the Jnanpith Award for his magnum opus Ramayana Darshanam 50 years ago. To mark the golden jubilee of the award, the Department of Posts released a special cancellation postal cover yesterday at a function organised by Kannada and Culture Department at Ravindra Kalakshetra here. Former High Court Judge Justice…
Mass marriage at Suttur Kshetra on Jan. 14: Entries invited
December 29, 2017Mysuru: Adijagadguru Sri Shivarathri Shivayogi Jathra Mahotsava Samithi, on the occasion of Suttur Jathra- 2018 to be held between Jan. 13 and 18, will be conducting free mass marriage ceremony on Jan. 14 at Suttur Sri Kshetra. The organisers will be providing mangalasutra, sari and toe ring for bride and dhoti, valli and shirt for…
Moonlight Music concert at Suttur Mutt on Jan. 1
December 29, 2017Mysuru: Suttur Mutt, Mysuru, as part of its monthly moonlight music programme, has organised a Karnatak vocal music concert by Srikrishna Mohan and Ramkumar Mohan on New Year day (Jan. 1, 2018) at the Mutt premises, foot of Chamundi Hill. Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji will grace the occasion. ‘Thrissur Brothers’ will be accompanied…
Floral tributes to Kuvempu on his birth anniversary
December 29, 2017Mysuru: Observing that Kuvempu’s Mahakavya ‘Shri Ramayana Darshanam’ is like a jewel in the ‘Vishwavani’ crown, veteran littérateur Dr. C.P. Krishnakumar (CPK) has said that Kuvempu was literally a Rashtrakavi. He was speaking after inaugurating ‘Vishwamanava Day’ organised ly by District Administration, Kannada and Culture Department and Kuvempu Jayantotsava Samiti, marking the birth anniversary of…
Special Handloom Mela at JSS Urban Haat from today
December 29, 2017Mysuru: JSS Urban Haat, Mysuru, will be conducting a special handloom mela ‘Samskruthi – 2017’ at its premises on Ring Road in Hebbal from Dec. 29 (today) to Jan. 14. The exhibition will be inaugurated by District In-charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa at 4 pm today. A variety of sarees including Kanchivaram silk, Molakalmuru, Bengali…
Programmes in memory of Dr. Vishnuvardhan
December 29, 2017Mysuru: Pathi Foundation has organised various programmes on the occasion of actor Dr. Vishnuvardhan’s death anniversary on Dec. 30 in city. Addressing press persons at Patrakarthara Bhavan, here yesterday, Foundation President Parathasarathy said that members of the Foundation will garland the portrait of late actor Vishnuvardhan at Vishuvardhan Park on Albert Victor Road and later…
He evaded jail term and secured BMTC driver’s job!
December 29, 2017Mysuru: The Devaraja Traffic Police have yesterday arrested a man who had caused a road accident that killed a two-wheeler rider three years back and had not undergone punishment for the same. The person even had managed to secure a job in as a driver with Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) in Bengaluru by withholding…
Two-day Bhavanotsava at BVB from tomorrow
December 29, 2017Mysuru: The Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB), Mysuru Kendra, has organised a two-day annual ‘Bhavanotsava-2017’ marking BVB Founder Kulapati Dr. K.M. Munshi’s 130th birth anniversary at its Y.T. Thathachari auditorium in Vijayanagar 1st Stage here on Dec. 30 and 31. Musician and former Economics faculty of Mahajana Degree College Vid. Prof. B.S. Ramanujam will inaugurate the…















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