Mysuru: The two main sects of Jainism — Digambaras and Shwetambaras — celebrated Mahaveer Jayanti with pomp and gaiety by taking out separate processions in city this morning. The Digambara Jains took out a procession carrying the idol of Lord Mahaveer in a chariot from the Digambara Temple in Halladakeri and it passed through Dodda…
Kushalnagar: Wild elephants have entered Cauvery Nisargadhama in Somwarpet taluk yesterday and the entry of tourists has been banned yesterday and today as precautionary measure. The wild elephants from Marur Reserve Forest, after entering the maize fields, crossed the Cauvery River and have entered Nisargadhama. Nisargadhama Forest Officer Vilas, on receiving information about wild elephants…
Deadline to link PAN-Aadhaar extended till June 30 New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to extend the Mar. 31 deadline for linking Aadhaar with government schemes and benefits. A Five-Judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said: “We will not pass any interim order at this stage,” and added that the…
Mysuru: With Assembly election date announced, taking a break from his ‘Kumara Parva’ rally, former Chief Minister and State JD(S) President H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) visited Suttur Mutt in city yesterday and sought blessings of Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji. Speaking to press persons later, Kumaraswamy said that he launched ‘Kumara Parva’ rally from Chamundeshwari…
Mysuru: The Mysuru District Administration has asked all those who have a licence to keep guns, to deposit them with the Police ahead of the Assembly polls. Deputy Commissioner K.B. Sivakumar, who is also the District Electoral Officer, has issued an order to this effect that will be implemented in Mysuru district and city limits….
Mysuru: The graduation and awards ceremony of the 16th and 11th batches of B.Sc Nursing and oath ceremony to the freshers of Gopala Gowda Shanthaveri Memorial Nursing School and College were held at the Raj Gopalrao Rashinkar Kalyana Mantap here yesterday. Cauvery Group of Institutions Chairman Dr. G.R. Chandrashekar, speaking after presenting degrees to the…
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC First Cape Town, South Africa and now our own Bengaluru. The latest research has revealed some shocking facts: Bengaluru is going to face an acute water shortage and may face the same problem like Cape Town “Day Zero.” The scenario is grim, water shortage in a Garden City…
Mysuru: “A uniform Civil Code may be the only solution for the social disparities that is prevalent in the country,” opined Sri Trinetra Mahantha Shivayogi Swamiji of Baby Mutt. He was speaking at a seminar on ‘Opportunities and challenges for women,’ jointly organised by Akhila Bharat Sharana Sahitya Parishat and Kadali Mahila Vedike as part…
Mysuru: District Administration, together with the Department of Women and Child Welfare, had organised a workshop on ‘Child rights and laws protecting children’ for members of NGOs at Sthree Shakti Bhavan in Vijayanagar 2nd Stage here on Tuesday. About 100 members of 17 organisations participated in the workshop who were groomed on child rights, Right…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist As an Odia child raised in Mumbai, I am often asked about my roots. My parents told me we belong to the ‘karana’ caste. No one in Mumbai had heard of this caste. Later, I learned that karana caste is what is known as karanam in…
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