JSS College of Arts, Commerce and Science, B.N. Road, had organised UGC-sponsored one-day State-level workshop on Choice Based Credit System (CBCS). Dr. P. Nagabhushan, Chief Nodal Officer for CBCS and Professor at DoS in Computer Science, University of Mysore was the chief guest. In his address, he stressed upon the need of transformation in higher…
110th anniversary of Hunsur’s Sri Durgamma Temple
March 13, 2017Marking the 110th anniversary of Sri Durgammadevi Temple here, programmes have been organised for two days beginning tomorrow, according to Siddaraju, Head of Sri Durgadevi Seva Samithi. Abhisheka and flower decoration will be done at 6 am tomorrow followed by Mahamangalarathi at 10 am. A homa will be performed at 4 pm at Lakshmanatheertha River…
Special Talk on ‘Sustainability and Risk Management’
March 13, 2017A special lecture on ‘Sustainability and Risk Management’ was organised at JSS Centre for Management Studies, SJCE campus, in city recently. Prof. Arun Kumar, Professor, National University in San Diego, California, who delivered the special lecture, discussed the importance of sustainability in development to meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the needs…
BJP meeting today to decide UP, Uttarakhand CMs
March 12, 2017Assembly election results 2017 The BJPs Parliamentary Board will meet today to decide Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand where the party won with a rather huge majority, results of which were declared yesterday. Speaking to media persons last evening, party President Amit Shah said that on Sunday evening the party’s Parliamentary Board will…
Washout for Congress in Rahul’s Amethi
March 12, 2017Six out of 10 Assembly seats in Amethi and Rae Bareli parliamentary constituencies that are long considered Congress strongholds have gone to the BJP while two went to the Samajwadi Party. It was a complete washout for the Congress in Rahul’s Amethi Lok Sabha constituency, comprising Assembly seats of Amethi, Tiloi, Jagdishpur, Gauriganj and Salon….
Thousands receive blessings of Sringeri Mutt Seers at Shankar Mutt
March 12, 2017Being a Sunday today coupled with Guru Purnima, thousands of devotees visited Shankar Mutt in Fort Mohalla here this morning to receive blessings from Sringeri Mutt Seer Sri Bharathi Theertha Swamiji and junior pontiff Sri Vidhushekara Bharathi Swamiji who arrived in city yesterday. Early in the morning, the Seers went to Srirangapatna to perform Ayushkarma…
Two women among six arrested: Extortion bid through honey trap
March 12, 2017The City Crime Branch (CCB) Police have arrested six persons including two women for trying to extort Rs. 25 lakh from a Kerala businessman who was honey trapped. The arrested have been identified as Yousuf, resident of Shankarapura in Chikkamagaluru, Lathif of Marthalli in Bengaluru, C.P. Naushad, a native of Kannur district in Kerala, presently…
Room boy arrested for stealing cash from customer
March 12, 2017Lashkar Police have arrested a Room Boy of a lodge on Rave Beedhi in city on charges of stealing cash of a customer and he has been remanded to judicial custody. The arrested Room Boy has been identified as Siddaraju, a resident of Gundlupet. It is reported that one Manak Rao, a businessman, had come…
2 killed as car crashes into KSRTC bus
March 12, 2017An 11-year-old boy and a 37-year-old man were killed on the spot when the car in which they were travelling towards Bengaluru rammed against a KSRTC bus in Srirangapatna town this morning. While two persons, who were also travelling in the car, sustained grievous injuries, one person escaped with minor injuries. The incident occurred at…
‘Tenants’ force elderly woman drink pesticide, loot gold ornaments
March 12, 2017Police seek expert help to scan CCTV footage The V.V. Puram Police have sought the help of technicians to make the blurred CCTV footage clear to help them trace and arrest two women, who after making a 72-year-old woman consume pesticides forcibly, made away with gold ornaments weighing about 140 grams worth Rs. 4.2 lakh…
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