Mysuru: Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) will be conducting weekend counselling classes on all Sundays and Government holidays from Feb.24 till May 2019 for students enrolled for first year BA (English and Kannada medium) and B.Com (English medium) programme in the year 2018-19 at Mukthagangothri campus. Students enrolled in Mysuru Study Centre, KSOU Mysuru Regional…
National-level honour for former Regional PRO of DRDO
February 23, 2019Mysuru: K.Jayaprakash Rao, a PR expert and former Regional PRO of DRDO, was conferred the Excellence Award for exemplary service rendered in the field of PR and youth training over three decades at the recently concluded National Global Summit of Communicators held in Jaipur. B.N. Kumar, Chairman, All India PR Council of India, presented the…
Bags first prize in HR event
February 23, 2019Mysuru: James Julian Thomas Harte bagged first place in Sapientia ’19, a National-level competition organised by Sapient First Grade College at the Country Inn and Suits in city recently. ‘Mettle’ was an HR event in which competitors were exposed to tough decision-making corporate situation in order to assess their stress management skills and courage a…
Six dead in separate incidents
February 23, 2019Mysuru: As many as six persons died in separate incidents that occurred in the city and district on Thursday. While two persons committed suicide, two pedestrians were killed in road mishaps and two others, who are said to be beggars, died of ailments. Octogenarian Nachimuthu was crossing Sahukar Channaiah Road in Saraswathipuram, when a two-wheeler…
Pedestrian run over by car
February 23, 2019Virajpet: A pedestrian was run over by a car near Mytadi in Virajpet taluk this morning. The deceased has been identified as Ayyammanda B. Ravi (Rashma) of Mytadi in the taluk. Ravi, a former Army Officer and a boxer, was on a morning jog on Virajpet-Mytadi Road at about 7 am, when he was fatally…
Give NCC a try
February 23, 2019On Valentine’s Day, it was not the red of roses that engulfed India, but the blood of our soldiers. Immediately after the Pulwama terror attack, social media was flooded with posts expressing shock, grief, condolences, anger and call for revenge. Understandable. Also, it’s only natural. A few days later some associations and politically-backed groups had…
Techie returns to Roots, starts ORGANIC MOVEMENT
February 23, 2019By N. Niranjan Nikam Driving on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway as one crosses Mandya, the sugar bowl of the State, near Budanur, on the left is a supermarket which attracts the eye by its very name ‘Organic Mandya.’ The story of this supermarket and the man behind it, who has returned to his roots, is a…
Gardenomics: Fresh designs to execute, new lessons to learn
February 23, 2019Text & photographs by Dr. Mahadeswara Swamy, Scientist Mob: 97429-91057; e-mail: [email protected] Gardening -A Perennial Pleasure Green Mysuru is a fond dream of many citizens and gardens play a vital role in realising this dream. In the words of Lord Bacon, “Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, the greatest refreshment to the spirit of…
Prosperous people – Plastic Partnership
February 23, 2019Having taken to the use of products made of plastic in their multiple avatars over several decades, the world is currently waging a losing war against the offending material. After reaching the pinnacle in its image as the most versatile and economical raw material in both industry domain and life of lay people, the now-known-to-all…
Early morning Mysuru-Chennai Express: Suggestion to change timings
February 23, 2019Sir, The newly-started Mysuru – Chennai Express in the morning although helpful for early Bengaluru-goers, especially for reaching K.R. Puram and Whitefield, the time is too early. Being a superfast train with electric loco, we expect it to take 2 hrs 30 minutes to reach Bengaluru. Now it is starting at 4.45 am, halting for…















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