CNC to hold demonstration in New Delhi on Nov.1 Mysuru: The Kodavas’ long-standing demand for an Autonomous Development Council for Kodagu received a boost with Rajya Sabha Member Subramanian Swamy backing the move. Swamy has written to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa seeking implementation of the demand. The letter comes in the wake of the Codava…
Shameful example of how we handle Heritage
October 31, 2019A contrast of Vasanth Mahal and Karanji Mansion… As I was on my morning walk yesterday at Nazarbad Police Station Circle, the Karanji Vilas Palace (also called Karanji Mansion) that houses the Postal Training Centre of the Union Government attracted my attention. The heritage building seems to be maintained well as the structure has retained…
SWR Mysuru extends Ashokapuram-Hubballi Vishwamanava Express upto Belagavi
October 31, 2019Mysuru: As per the direction of Suresh C. Angadi, Minister of State for Railways (MoSR) to improve connectivity between two cities of Karnataka, South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division, has decided to extend Train No. 17326/17325 Ashokapuram – Hubballi – Ashokapuram Vishwamanava Express up to Belagavi. Suresh Angadi and Laxman S. Savadi, Deputy Chief Minister…
Maramkal appointed as CM’s Political Adviser
October 31, 2019Bengaluru: Mysuru-based senior journalist M.B. Maramkal was yesterday appointed Political Adviser to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa. R.S. Shivakumar, Under-Secretary, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (Protocol), issued the notification. The post corresponds to the rank of a Cabinet Minister. Maramkal, who resides at Bogadi in Mysuru, had retired as the Assistant Editor of The Times…
State-level Hackathon in city on Nov. 1 and 2
October 31, 2019Mysuru: Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) is an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) to promote innovation culture and to nurture young minds. A local chapter of IIC has been constituted at JSS Science and Technology University (formerly SJCE). The office-bearers and Student Council members of IIC JSS STU have hosted various…
Miscreants lure Coimbatore man with a vehicle drop; rob his phone, cash
October 31, 2019Mysuru: Miscreants, on the pretext of giving a drop to a man from Coimbatore, robbed him of his mobile phone and cash at Vidyaranyapuram on the midnight of Oct. 28. The victim is 50-year-old Rangaswamy who had come to the city to visit his daughter’s house. Rangaswamy, who arrived in city on Oct. 28 midnight…
City’s Agri Scientist to attend Berlin Social Business Academia Meet
October 31, 2019Mysuru: City’s Agri Scientist Dr. Vasanth Kumar Thimakapura has been invited to attend the Social Business Academia Conference – 2019 to be held at Berlin, Germany, on Nov. 5 and 6, organised by the Yunus Centre. Nobel Laureate Prof. Mohammud Yunus has personally invited Dr. Vasanth Kumar to present his social business model at Berlin…
Do not take us for granted
October 31, 2019By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Indian democracy is still alive and kicking. The recent elections to the two States of Maharashtra and Haryana have proved it. All the exit polls had virtually written off Congress, ncp and other parties in these two States. All have to eat the humble pie as their calculations…
World is a Stage for Vasundhara
October 31, 2019A danseuse who mesmerised rasikas for decades and raring to go By S.N. Venkatnag Sobers Established in 1986, Vasundhara Performing Arts Centre (VPAC), Mysuru, has grown from strength to strength in grooming hundreds of students who have become exceptional dancers. The Centre, led by the most charismatic Dr. Vasundhara Doraswamy, an epitome of Bharatanatyam, has…
Science and Yoga
October 31, 2019By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik Is yoga scientific? This is a question I am often asked, in various forums. The problem that lies with this question is essentially with the understanding of what yoga is, what science is and the overarching sense of insecurity that is faced by many people relating to the Indian identity. Let…














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