Mysuru: Continuing its tradition of organising theatre festival, Mysuru-based amateur theatre group Rangavalli is conducting a three-day theatre festival ‘Rangavalli Rangasambhrama’ from Oct. 6 to 8. Rangavalli has invited three theatre groups from Bengaluru, Haveri and Udupi which will be staging plays at Kalamandira. Apart, from theatre activities, Rangavalli has also organised musical concerts including…
Congress Legislature Party meeting on Oct. 6
October 4, 2017Bengaluru: A special meeting of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) has been convened on Friday (Oct. 6) to take stock of the implementation of the party’s poll preparation plans. The Congress High Command is said to be unhappy at the poor participation of party Legislators in its ‘Mane Manege Congress’ mass contact programme launched recently….
Drama gains importance only on big stage: Dramatist
October 4, 2017Mysuru: A drama that one pens will gain importance or significance only when it is staged on an important stage, opined dramatist and retired BEML officer S.G. Shivashankar. He was speaking after being felicitated at Rangayana’s Vanaranga where the play ‘Nenapu Hasiru’ was staged here on Monday. Rangasangama and Kannada & Culture Department had jointly…
Veteran Yakshagana artiste Chittani passes away
October 4, 2017Mangaluru: Veteran Yakshagana artiste Chittani Ramachandra Hegde passed away at KMC Hospital in Manipal last night, due to pneumonia. He was 84. He was admitted to the ICU in Manipal on Friday. One of the most popular Yakshagana artistes, Chittani, as he was widely known, hailed from Honnavar in Uttara Kannada district. He was the…
City Lawyers boycott Court proceedings
October 4, 2017Mysuru: City lawyers, expressing dissatisfaction over the step-motherly attitude in appointing Judges to the Karnataka High Court, today boycotted the Court proceedings in response to the State-wide call given by the Karnataka State Bar Council. The lawyers abstained from Court proceedings as a mark of protest against the transfer of Justice Jayant Patel from Karnataka…
Activists stage demo against Goa CM
October 4, 2017Mysuru: Strongly condemning the Goa Government’s action of razing down homes of Kannadigas who were living in Goa for decades, nearly 50 Kannada activists under the banner of Mysuru Zilla Kannada Chaluvaligarara Sangha staged a demonstration in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s bust opposite the Law Courts Complex here this morning. The protestors hanged the effigy…
Pickpocket caught near CM’s house
October 4, 2017Mysuru: Even as people gathered near CM Siddharamaiah’s residence in Ramakrishnanagar here this morning were looking to meet the CM for redressal of their problems, a pickpocket, said to be in his mid-thirties, was caught by the public while attempting to pick the pocket a person in the crowd. The alleged pickpocket was handed over…
“To overcome accidents in factories, periodical training should be integrated”
October 4, 2017CII holds session with Deputy Director of Factories and Boilers Mysuru:“Complacent factors need to be eliminated to avoid accidents in factories,” said D. C. Jagadeesh, Deputy Director, Department of Factories, Boilers, Industrial Safety and Health. Speaking during a session on ‘Department Initiatives and Recent Amendments’ organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Mysuru, at a…
‘Hakkigala Jeevabhava’ children’s play launched
October 4, 2017Mysuru: State Award-winning child artiste Siri Vanalli launched the children’s play titled ‘Hakkigala Jeevabhava’ at a programme organised by Kannada and Culture Department in association with Kadamba Ranga Vedike at Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha on JLB Road here on Monday. Speaking on the occasion, she said the play seeks to send a message that humans,…
KSOU fate hangs in balance: Special Board of Management meets
October 3, 2017Mysuru: Amidst growing concern regarding the future of lakhs of students studying in the Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), following de-recognition of courses, the Special Board of Management (BoM), met here this morning and decided to upload the application online for 2018-19 on the University Grants Commission (UGC) website by this evening and file a…















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