Mysuru: Family Planning Association of India (FPAI) Mysuru Branch and ULBA Hospital, Mysuru had organised programmes to create awareness on International Day of The Girl Child for community women on at Anganawadi premises in Ramanahalli near here recently. The programme was inaugurated by Rekha Mahadev, Gram Panchayat President, Rammanahalli. Issues like gender equality, importance of…
Winners of Ayur Quiz Contest
October 22, 2017Mysuru: As part of National Ayurveda Day, the city’s Government Ayurveda College and Research Centre had organised an Ayur Quiz Contest at Gopalaswamy PU College, Nanjumalige on Oct.17. The winners of the contest are as follows: First prize-Chandana and Paramesh, Second prize-Chandan and Narayani, Third prize-Lavanya and Sashank. More than 300 students of the College…
Foreign delegation visits RUDSET Institute
October 22, 2017Mysuru: An 80-member foreign delegation visited RUDSET Institute at Hinkal, Mysuru, recently. The visitors, from 28 countries, belonging to Afro-Asia and Middle East were briefed about functioning of RUDSET by Dr. N.G. Lakshman Rao, Director of the Institute. He also explained about the Corporate Social Responsibility of Syndicate Bank and Canara Bank which are leading…
City crowded with tourists for Deepavali weekend
October 21, 2017Mysuru: Long weekends are always a reason to celebrate and for people smitten by the travel bug, it is the perfect time to plan a small trip. After the Dasara long weekend, it is always the Deepavali weekend one looks forward to. With holidays starting from Wednesday (Oct. 18), this Deepavali has put that cracker…
Sky Observatory or Telescope to come up atop Chamundi Hill
October 21, 2017Mysuru: Buoyed by the success of city viewing through a binocular from a specially-created platform atop Chamundi Hill, the District Administration is toying with the idea of setting up a telescope or a sky observatory atop the Hill for star gazers to admire the night sky. At present, tourists can view the city through a…
Silent protest against road straightening tomorrow
October 21, 2017Mysuru: The concerned citizens of Mysuru and a few NGOs including Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP), Kukkarahalli Kere Ulisi Samithi, Let’s do it!, Clean Mysuru Foundation, Swachha Mysuru, Green Mysuru, Mysuru Memes, Wild Mysuru and Samarpana Foundation, are going to form a Human Chain and stage a Silent Protest without obstructing traffic, at 11 am at…
Recurring death: Police ban entry to Balamuri tourist spot
October 21, 2017Mysuru: Following a series of deaths at the picturesque Balamuri waterfall near Srirangapatna, the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Police have installed a gate preventing tourist entry into the dangerous part of the waterfall. The waterfall, over the years, has gained notoriety of being a death trap. This year, since January, over eight deaths were reported…
Released by ISIS, Priest Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil felicitated in city
October 21, 2017Mysuru: Kerala Priest Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was released by ISIS after over a year in captivity, said that even as loneliness and uncertainty remained his constant companions ever since he was kidnapped, he did not lose hope. “I pray for the well-being of the kidnappers,” he said. Fifty-seven-year-old Fr. Tom belongs to Ramapuram in…
Protest demanding formation of Cauvery Taluk enters 7th day
October 21, 2017Kushalnagar: The indefinite stir launched by various organisations at Kushalnagar demanding formation of Cauvery Taluk with Kushalnagar in Kodagu district as the head quarters, entered the 7th day today, with hundreds of people taking part in the agitation. The stir is being staged at Gundu Rao Satyagraha Vedike in the car stand at Kushalnagar town….
KSRTC buses don’t stop at Kundanahalli Circle; students, public inconvenienced
October 21, 2017Bylakuppe: Hundreds of students from Kundanahalli Circle at Periyapatna Taluk and other 15 adjoining villages have no regular KSRTC buses to reach their schools and return home from schools. The Kundanahalli Main Road is located on NH 275 and links Kushalnagar in Kodagu and Periyapatna. Hundreds of students and people wait at the junction for…















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