Mysuru: As part of Thiruvadipuram celebrations, Hebbar Sree Vaishnava Rural District Upa Sabha, Mysuru and Andal Mandiram Trust, Mysuru, have organised a musical feature titled ‘Andal Kalyanam’ by Dr. Srinidhi K. Parthasarathi at Andal Mandiram, Temple Road, V.V. Mohalla, in city on Aug.3 from 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm. He will be accompanied by Vid….
Staging of Kodava play ‘Badk’ in city on Aug.4
August 1, 2019Mysuru: Adamya Rangashale, in association with Rangabhoomi Pratishtana, Kodagu, has organised staging of the Kodava play ‘Badk’ at Sri Kuvempu Ranga Mandira, Sri Kuvempu Vidyavardhaka Trust (Vivekananda PU College premises), Jayalakshmipuram, in city on Aug. 4 at 6.30 pm. The play, brought out by Addanda C. Kariappa, will be enacted by the Kodagu theatre troupe….
GP employees stage protest
August 1, 2019Mysuru: Seeking fulfilment of their various demands, more than 100 Gram Panchayat (GP) employees under the banner of CITU-affiliated Karnataka State Gram Panchayat Employees Association, staged a demonstration in front of ZP office here yesterday. The demands include implementation of Swamy Report which has recommended uniform regularisation of service of all GP employees, payment of…
Debt Relief Act Applications invited
August 1, 2019Mysuru: With the President of India signing the Karnataka Government’s Debt Relief Act, eligible persons can apply to the Revenue Assistant Commissioner seeking debt relief. As per the order passed by the previous Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) during his last days as the CM, landless labourers of the State with less than two hectares…
Kasaragod woman handed over to family members
August 1, 2019Mysuru: Lashkar Police have handed over a woman from Kasaragod in Kerala to her family members in Kodagu. On Tuesday night, the woman, identified as Jaseela, was found standing alone on Chandragupta Road in city by the public, who in turn informed Lashkar Police. The Police, who arrived at the spot, took her to the…
Chain-snatcher jailed
August 1, 2019Mysuru: The City’s Fifth Additional District and Sessions Court has sentenced a chain-snatcher to eight years rigorous imprisonment after the accused was found guilty of targeting elderly women and snatching more than 1.5 kg gold ornaments from them. The accused is 26-year-old Somashekara Achari alias Soma of Mylasandra in Bengaluru. The accused, who used to…
Welcome to Sheep City
August 1, 2019Like they say, good fences and good gates make good goats, good sheep will fetch you good returns… By V. Shourabh [Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav] It is that time of the year and the season of festivity begins with Bakrid which will be most likely celebrated on Aug. 11 or 12. Bakrid or Eid…
Kanchi Experience: Atthi Varadar Perumal
August 1, 2019By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Last week, I had the privilege of visiting Kanchipuram with my better half. The magnet, of course, was to see the famous “Atthi Varadar,” who was brought out of a pond for just 40 days and immersed back into the pond to be taken out after another 40…
Legends of Sikandar
August 1, 2019By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist There is a big difference between the words ‘legend’ and ‘myth’. Legend is a story of a heroic figure that has some historical basis but is largely fantasy. Mythology is not just stories, but also symbols and rituals, which helps a culture make sense of the…
Doctrine for doctors
August 1, 2019Going by the norm prescribed by World Health Organisation (WHO) for people-to-doctors ratio for a country, the number of doctors in India at present has to increase tenfold. About 70,000 admissions to the Medical Colleges across the country reported for this academic year as well as the existing infrastructure for training them to be medical…















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