Mysuru: The contemporary teachers are expected to act as social engineers to build the students’ abilities and attitudes to make them responsible citizens, said Dr. N. N. Prahallada, former faculty of RIE NCERT Mysuru while addressing the teachers of DAV Public School, Visweshwaranagar, as part of their enrichment programme at the school premises recently. He…
Mysuru: The Union Government has invited applications from eligible candidates who have rendered service in the fields of Child Development, Child Protection and Child Welfare for over 10 years for the Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award-2018. Three persons will be selected for the award which carries a cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh, a silver…
Mysuru: Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha is organising the 13th Nada Kishorothsava programme from Sept.7 to 9. The competition will be in Karnatak and Hindustani Classical Music (both Vocal and Instrumental excepting Percussion Instruments). The age limit for participation is 30 years and the artiste should be able to give a full-fledged concert. Interested artistes may…
Mysuru: Vishwamanava Vidyarthi Yuva Vedike (VVYV), Mysuru, has invited applications from meritorious students of Mysuru, Mandya, Hassan, Chamarajanagar and Kodagu districts, who have scored more than 80 percent marks in SSLC and PUC (2017-18) for presentation of Vishvamanava Pratibha Puraskar. The application forms can be collected from VVYV office located at No.2618, Valmiki Road, Vontikoppal….
Mysuru: The free coaching classes for M.Com Post-Graduate Entrance Examinations (M.Com-PGEE) was inaugurated by Rev. Sr. Anjali, Manager, Teresian Institutions, at the PG Department of Commerce, Teresian College, Siddarthanagar here on June 4. Dr. Sr. Sajitha, Director, Teresian College; Dr. Veena M. D’Almeida, Principal, Dr. P. M. Shiva Prasad, Head, PG Department of Commerce, Faculty…
By Girija Madhavan Star of Mysore recently carried two touching stories about pets. I recall an unusual one from my childhood. In the early 1940s, after an illness, I was kept at home. Our Railway bungalow had a large garden. A lonely child, I wanted a pet for company. Dogs were vetoed because the family…
By Maneka Gandhi In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka speaks about keeping birds as pet and about horse diet. My pet bird laid an egg; What to know and do? Unless the bird has been exposed to a male bird before the egg, or eggs, were laid, the egg will not be fertile — in…
Comparing cities with villages in the northern hemisphere is a different ball-game from the exercise in the southern hemisphere. So also, the relative profiles of the two regions in any country of the West present a strikingly diverse scenario from those of the East. In this context, comparing cities of India, numerically on the cusp…
Sir, The bus shelter provided near KEB stop in Kuvempunagar, which is said to have been sponsored by the Karnataka Bank, continues to remain topless despite the omission was reported earlier in November 2017 in these columns. The MCC, which provides the bus shelters in city, has not taken the matter seriously. Summer is over…
As monsoon sets in, most of the works outdoor come to a halt or say, goes on ‘AT A SNAIL’S PACE.’ This idiom finds mention mostly to express how slow the works, especially that of the PWD, go on in and around the city due to incessant rains. But on the contrary, the actual SNAIL…
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