The Supreme Court yesterday fixed May 11 for hearing pleas challenging validity of triple talaq. The SC further said that a Five-Judge Constitution Bench will hear the matter. The Court said it would hold daily sittings between May 11 and May 19 to decide pleas by Muslim women to declare the practice of oral talaq…
Gen. K.S. Thimayya remembered
March 31, 2017Kodava Samaja holds elocution contest for college students An elocution competition for college students on the ‘Life and Achievements of the General’ marked the 111th birth anniversary of General K.S. Thimayya organised by Kodava Samaja, Mysuru at Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa Community Hall, Kodava Samaja premises, Vijayanagar 1st Stage this morning. Mysuru Kodava Samaja President…
“Indira Canteen” taste to beat “Amma Canteen”
March 31, 2017The ambitious project of the State Government to supply heavily-subsidised quality food under the banner “Indira Canteen” will be expanded to other cities in the State. Initially, the project will be launched in Bengaluru at 198 wards of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, said Food and Civil Supplies Minister U.T. Khader. Speaking to reporters here yesterday,…
Justice C.S. Karnan appears before SC; says “jail me”
March 31, 2017Calcutta High Court’s Justice C.S. Karnan — whose refusal to turn up before the Supreme Court to face contempt proceedings had led the top court to issue a bailable warrant against him — appeared before the top court’s seven-judge bench this morning. The 61-year-old controversial judge argued his case before the bench headed by Chief…
City Architecture School ties up with Liverpool Varsity
March 31, 2017Mysore School of Architecture (MSA) has signed an MoU on Mar.17 with the School of Architecture, University of Liverpool, UK, for taking up a project on Heritage documentation. The first project is a comprehensive documentation of the Kashi Viswanath Temple in Srirangapatna. The documentation team from MSA and University of Liverpool will be submitting a…
Apollo Cardiovascular Symposium held
March 31, 2017Apollo BGS Hospitals, Mysuru, had organised the Apollo Cardiovascular Symposium – ACVS 2017 recently at the Vijnana Bhavan in Manasagangothri, for Physicians, Practitioners, Government Medical Officers, ESI and Railway medical staff. This was a first-of-its-kind symposium which was attended by around 200 doctors from in and around Mysuru, who interacted with specialists in the…
World Oral Health Day observed
March 31, 2017As part of World Oral Health Day, which is observed on Mar. 20 and to create awareness on the issues of oral health and the importance of oral hygiene, Indian Dental Association (IDA) Mysuru Branch in association with JSS Dental College & Hospital (JSSDCH), JSS University, conducted a oral health check up camp at the…
Special Lecture on Anti-Malarial Research held
March 31, 2017A special lecture on Anti-Malarial Research was organised by the Department of Studies in Chemistry, Mahajana PG Centre, under the auspices of “CHEM FORUM” (a forum of P.G. Students) at the PG Centre here recently. Dr. D. Channe Gowda, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State College of Medicine, Harshey, PA, USA, delivered a…
Jain’s Rising Stars Talent Hunt
March 31, 2017As part of Mahavir Janma Kalyanak 2017, Mahaveer International Royals, a non-religious service organisation, had organised ‘Jain’s Rising Stars,’ a talent hunt programme to identify young talents of Jain community at Mahaveer Bhavan in city recently. More than 100 talented kids in the age group of 7 to 18 years, participated in the audition in…
Shreya of Puttur bags ‘Naada Surabhi’ title
March 31, 2017Maanya from Mysuru gets 1st prize in Junior division Surabhi Ganakala Mandira Charitable Trust had organised a State-level Classical Music contest on Mar.26 at Chaitanya Bhavan in Gokulam. It was a good contest both qualitatively and quantitatively as there were very strong 12 contestants each in Junior and Senior divisions. The note-worthy point here is…















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