Mandya: Mandya, known as the Sugar District, is also being recognised as the district with highest number of vermicompost producing units in the State. Mandya district has bagged the first place in the State for having highest vermicompost production units with 1,252 production units in the district, while the rest of the districts have not…
Bengaluru: Reportedly upset over love failure, actor Huchha Venkat of ‘Bigg Boss’ reality show fame, attempted suicide by consuming phenoyl at his farm house here yesterday. Even before he attempted suicide, Venkat is said to have sent an SMS message to the media claiming that he was taking the extreme step as the girl he…
Udupi: After inaugurating the first phase of ‘Namma Metro’ in Bengaluru on Saturday last (June 17), President Pranab Mukherjee yesterday visited the temple towns of Udupi and Kolluru. In Udupi, the President laid the foundation stone for Shambhu Shetty Memorial Haji Abdullah Super Speciality Hospital in Udupi and visited the famous Sri Krishna Temple. On…
Melukote: Telangana Governor Narasimhan and his family members offered special puja at the Melukote Sri Chaluvanarayana Swamy Temple yesterday. He was welcomed by Pandavapura AC Shivanandamurthy, Tahsildar Hanumantharayappa, Temple EO Kumaraswamy and other officials with State honours. After participating in a special puja at 5 pm, the Governor visited Vedanta Bhodhini Sanskrit School. Speaking on…
Opines eminent Historian Dr. Ramachandra Guha “Bhyrappa is a jewel of India and a celebrated writer in Karnataka. Yet he was given the Padma Shri while, Sri Ravishankar of Art of Living Foundation was given the Padma Vibhushan.” Mysuru: Eminent Historian Dr. Ramachandra Guha, who whispered to Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa after his inaugural speech, “Sir,…
Mysuru: The talk by Historian Dr. Ramachandra Guha on ‘History beyond Chauvinism,’ in the charged atmosphere in the country today created a lot of buzz, especially when he referred to his view on nationalism and patriotism when he propounded his five commandments for a person to become a good historian. Talking about the Mughal ruler…
Mysuru: The day-long Mysuru Literary Fest organised by the Mysore Literary Association had an eclectic mix of authors. This became evident after the brilliant exposition by two of the speakers in the morning — Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa and Dr. Ramachandra Guha, who set the tone for the Fest. It was the turn of novelist Shashi…
Mysuru: The Government will make direct appointment to Group ‘D’ posts lying vacant in Social Welfare and Backward Classes Welfare Departments. Addressing a press meet here yesterday, the Backward Classes Welfare Department District Officer G.S. Somashekar said there had been no direct appointments to Group ‘D’ posts since 1998. But now, as per a Government…
Mysuru: After attempting to create a Guinness Record for longest yoga chain this morning, the District Administration is all geared up to facilitate creating another Guinness Record for highest number of people performing yoga at one single venue on the occasion of International Day of Yoga on June 21 at Mysore Race Course. Addressing the…
Mysuru: Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, popularly known as the Mysore Zoo, has procured a pair of Lion Tailed Macaques from Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Chennai, under animal exchange programme which arrived to Mysore Zoo on June 17 are under quarantine. A male and a female leopard cats which were rescued in Virajpet and Kushalnagar…
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