Mysuru: Jnanodaya PU College has organised an Inter-School Science Fest and Exhibition on Aug.10 at 9 am at its premises on Sahukar Channaiah Road in Saraswathipuram here. Disclosing this at a press meet at Pathrakartara Bhavan here yesterday, College Principal Srikanta Sharma said that students of 9th and 10th standard of Schools in city and…
Former Minister Thippeswamy no more
August 9, 2018Bengaluru: Former Minister Thippeswamy (76) passed away at a hospital in Bengaluru following a brief illness. He leaves behind his wife, a son and a daughter. Having got elected from Challakere constituency, Thippeswamy had served as Excise Minister in H.D. Deve Gowda Cabinet and as Minor Irrigation Minister in J.H. Patel Cabinet. A tall leader…
LIC agents stage protest urging for fulfilment of demands
August 9, 2018Mysuru: Demanding a rollback of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) levied on policy premiums, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) agents on Wednesday staged a protest in front of the LIC office at Bannimantap. Expressing their support to the nationwide stir against GST being levied on policy premiums, the agents demanded that a welfare…
Sandalwood cultivation awareness prog. on Aug.12
August 9, 2018Mysuru: Honneru Balaga has organised a programme on Aug.12 at 11 am at Belavala Farm on KRS Road here to create an awareness among people on cultivation of sandalwood. Agriculturist Ramesh Balutagi of Kushtagi in Koppal district will educate the people on cultivation of sandalwood with minimum water requirement. Ramesh has transformed a dry land…
Haj pilgrim from Mysuru falls ill in flight
August 9, 2018Plane diverted to Mumbai Mysuru: A city Haj pilgrim, who was on his way to Jeddah to perform Haj, suddenly fell ill in the flight and is now undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Mumbai. Mandi Mohalla resident Syed Ahmed, 77, along with his wife Mallika Banu Ahmed, boarded the Saudi Airlines flight taking…
Cauvery Neeravari Nigam contract workers seek equal pay for equal work
August 9, 2018Mysuru: Outsourced employees of Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Ltd. (CNNL), under the banner of Karnataka State Government Daily Wage Workers Mahamandali, staged a demonstration in front of CNNL office at Manjunathapura in the city on Wednesday, urging the Government to fulfil their demands. The demands included minimum wages, equal pay for equal work, PF, ESI and…
Left parties stage demo
August 9, 2018Mysuru: Activists of CPI, CPI(M), CPI(ML) and SUCI, under the banner of Left Parties Joint Action Committee, staged a demonstration in front of the District Court Complex on Wednesday against the National Register of Citizens (NRC), that has stripped millions of people of their Indian Citizenship in Assam. Claiming that many genuine people were excluded…
Freedom Fighter Somashekaraiah passes away in Periyapatna
August 9, 2018Periyapatna: Freedom fighter D. Somashekaraiah (86), of Naralapura village in the taluk, passed away on Wednesday. He had served as a member of Nandinathapura Agricultural Credit Co-operative Society and several other organisations. He leaves behind his wife, three sons including MDCC Bank Director N.S. Virupakasha and a host of relatives and friends.
‘Collaborative Learning and Innovation Centre’ opened
August 9, 2018Mysuru: The Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering (VVCE), recently inaugurated a new initiative ‘Collaborative Learning and Innovation Centre’ (CLIC) in association with Dassault Systemes and EDS Technologies Private Limited, that benefits the teaching fraternity and student community. Karthikeyan Varadarajan, Vice-President, EDDS Technologies, Rahool Singh, Academic Progress Lead- Dassault Systems, P. Vishwanath, Secretary,…
RUDSET Institute invites applications from youth
August 9, 2018Mysuru: RUDSET Institute, Mysuru, has invited applications for various training programmes to be conducted during the 4th week of August. The unemployed youth in the age group of 18 to 45 years, belonging to Mysuru, Mandya and Chamarajanagar may apply. The following programmes will be conducted on residential basis with free boarding and lodging facilities:…















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