New Delhi: Viveck Goenka, Chairman and Managing Director of The Express Group, and N. Ravi, former Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu, were on Thursday unanimously elected Chairman and Vice- Chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI), the country’s largest news agency. Goenka, 60, succeeds Riyad Mathew, who is Senior Assistant Editor and a member of the…
Mysuru: The 20th State-level Chutuku Sahitya Sammelana will be held at Yediyuru in Tumakuru on Sept. 9 and 10. The Sammelana will be inaugurated by former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa at 4 pm tomorrow. MP D.K. Suresh will preside. Legislative Council Chairman K.S. Eshwarappa will release the felicitation volume Renuka Soubhagya Nidhi. Chutuku Sahitya Parishat…
Mysuru: A two-day International Conference on “Current trends in Computer, Electrical, Electronics and Communication (ICCTCEEC-2017)” began at Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering (VVCE) in Gokulam here this morning. Speaking after inaugurating the conference, former VTU Vice-Chancellor Prof. H.P. Khincha said that data economy and digitalisation are much talked about subjects today. Highlighting the role of data…
Mysuru: As part of their annual ritual, the mahouts, kavadis and their children were given a free haircut by the members of Karnataka Rajya Savitha Samaja at the Palace premises here this morning. The mahouts, kavadis and their children, who spend most of their time in the forest and in the midst of elephants, do…
Mysuru: Two shops selling grocery and plastic items were reportedly gutted in a fire possibly owing to an electrical short circuit early this morning at Vani Vilas (VV) Market in Agrahara here. Passers-by who noticed the fire at about 6 am immediately informed the Police who in turn summoned a fire tender to the spot….
Mysuru: Amoghavarsha, the child who was attacked by their pet Rottweiler dog yesterday in city underwent a surgery at Apollo BGS Hospital and is said to be recovering at the Intensive Care Unit. Four-year-old Amoghavarsha was attacked by the dog when he was playing outside his house at Dattagalli Second Stage near Kuvempunagar. The child’s…
Fitness camps to be held tomorrow Mysuru: Walkathon by the students and faculty of JSS College of Physiotherapy, Mysuru, senior Physiotherapists and others marked World Physiotherapy Day (World Physical Therapy Day) in city this morning. About 250 persons, who assembled in front of Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple at the North Gate of Mysore Palace, took out…
Periyapatna: Tobacco auction commenced this morning at the auction market in Thaggundi near here. MP Pratap Simha, former Minister C.H. Vijayashankar, Tobacco Board Vice-President P.V. Basavarajappa, Auction Market Director B.N. Bihari Choudhary and other were present. Speaking on he occasion Periyapatna MLA K. Venkatesh contended that tobacco fetched a good price in Andhra Pradesh. He…
Hunsur: The Deputy Commissioner has disqualified the membership of five Hunsur CMC Congress members on charges of cross-voting in the CMC Presidential polls held in Sept.2016. The disqualified members are Shivaraj (Ward No. 5), Sunitha Jayarame Gowda (Ward No. 9), H.J. Yoganand (Ward No.10), H.C. Ravikumar (Ward No.18) and Fahimunisa (Ward No.26). All the five…
Mysuru: The District Administration in association with Mysuru District Vishwakarma Jayanthotsava Samithi will celebrate Vishwakarma Jayanti on Sept.17. Announcing this at a press meet here on Wednesday, the Jayanthotsava Samithi President Puttaswamachar said that a grand procession will mark the celebrations in city. The procession, which will be taken out from Sri Kalikamba Kamateshwara temple…
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