Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation in a bid to stop plastic waste generation at weddings in Kalyan Mantaps mooted ‘Green Wedding’ concept. As a first step and to set an example, MCC Executive Engineer Mahesh has become the role model when he celebrated the ‘Green Wedding’ of his son Nischal with Pooja B. Seshadri at…
State-level ‘Ugadi Kavi-Kavya Mela’ held
April 29, 2019Mysuru: Marking International Women’s Day, Bharatha Kannada Parishat (BKP) had organised a State-level ‘Ugadi Kavi-Kavya Mela’ at Institution of Engineers on JLB Road here yesterday. Inaugurating the programme, littérateur Dr. C.P. Krishnakumar opined that women today were strong and no more dependent on men as they have succeeded in various spheres of life. He suggested…
‘Only 30% of groundwater is potable in Karnataka’
April 29, 2019Mysuru: Department of Geology of University of Mysore had organised an event at Rani Bahadur Auditorium in Manasagangothri recently for the release of the handbook ‘Water Chemistry-interpretation, software and application’ written by Dr. A. Balasubramanian and Dr. D. Nagaraj. Speaking on the occasion, Central Groundwater Board Regional Director A. Subburaj observed that about 70% of…
Senior lawyers should provide stipend to their juniors: Dist. Judge
April 29, 2019Mysuru: “Senior lawyers should provide stipend to junior lawyers who have just begun their career after law education,” suggested Principal District and Sessions Judge S.K. Vontigodi. Speaking at a function organised by Mysore Bas Association at its premises in District Law Courts complex here on Saturday, Judge Vontigodi said that 15 years ago itself young…
H.B. Madhu
April 29, 2019H.B. Madhu (36), President of Hanagud Gram Panchayat (GP), passed away Saturday night at his residence. He leaves behind his mother A.R. Sudhamani, former Hanagud GP President and Member of Karnataka State Gram Panchayat Reorganisation Committee, wife, two-year-old son and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites will be performed at his farm land…
Interactive session on kidney diseases and treatment held
April 29, 2019Mysuru: ‘Punarjanma,’ an interactive session on kidney diseases and treatment options was held under the aegis of city’s Apollo BGS Hospitals at Ganabharathi (Veene Seshanna Bhavan) on Adichunchanagiri Road in Kuvempunagar here yesterday. About 250 registered kidney patients attended the programme, which was open to all those suffering from various kidney ailments, those undergoing kidney…
‘Kodava Sahitya Male’ book release tomorrow
April 29, 2019Mysuru: Kodava Takk Yeltkarada Koota (Kodava Writers Association), Kodagu, in association with Kodava Samaja, Mysuru and Lopamudre Kodava Sangha, Mysuru, has organised a programme at the premises of Kodava Samaja in Vijayanagar here tomorrow (Apr.30) at 10.30 am for the release of the 158th and 159th edition of ‘Kodava Sahitya Male’ (Kodava Literature Series). For…
Winners of Robo Wrestling
April 29, 2019Mysuru: The Department of Mechanical Engineering, the National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysuru, had organised a two-day National-level Robo Wrestling Competition ‘Robo Rikishi-2019’ on Apr.11 and 12 under the sponsorship of Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP-III). S.L. Ramachandra, Director, NIE Board of Management and Sunderesh Shankaran, Vice-President, Engineering Services, Infosys, Mysuru, inaugurated the event…
Fire due to short circuit: Cash, jewellery, household items, food grains destroyed
April 29, 2019Huyilalu: Fire due to electrical short circuit at a house in Huyilalu village, Yelwal hobli, has destroyed everything in the house. Fire was spotted at the house of Sannashetty and within minutes, it spread to the entire house. Sensing danger, the residents of the house ran out of the house for safety and informed the…
KPCC working President Eshwar Khandre bereaved
April 29, 2019Bidar: Dr. Vijaykumar Khandre (60), a two-time former MLA from Bhalki in Bidar district, passed away in Bidar this morning. He is the brother of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) Working President and Bhalki MLA Eshwar Khandre, who is also contesting as a Congress candidate from Bidar constituency in Lok Sabha polls – 2019.















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