Mysuru: “Apart from creating awareness on diabetes, medical services for the treatment of it should be made affordable to all,” opined MMC&RI Director Dr. S. Radhamani. She was speaking after inaugurating ‘World Diabetes Day’ function, organised at JSS Hospital here with the theme ‘Women and Diabetes’ yesterday. Stating that the Government had introduced many programmes…
Touts creating nuisance in RTO offices
December 12, 2017Mysuru: The presence of a lot of touts (agents) at the Regional Transport Offices (RTO) in city is causing a lot of problems to the people visiting it to get their work done, alleged citizens at a meeting of Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP). At the meeting held here on Sunday at the MGP office in…
Rich Tribute to Muthuswami Dikshitar
December 12, 2017By Dr. Rama V. Bennur A different variety of programmes marked Muthuswami Dikshitar’s Day at Ganabharathi of Mysuru on Nov. 25 and 26 at its Veene Seshanna Bhavana. Prof. Vishweshwaran gave an erudite lecture demonstration on the 25th and vocalists and instrumentalists paid rich tribute to the great composer on the 26th. The topic of…
Mayor inaugurates public toilet at Boti Bazar
December 12, 2017Mysuru: Mayor M.J. Ravikumar inaugurated the new toilet at Boti Bazar close to Devaraja Market in the heart of the city yesterday. The new toilet has been built in 240 sq. ft. area after demolishing the old one. The new toilet has also a bathroom fitted with a solar water heating system, apart from latrines…
MyBuild-17 exhibition concludes: DFRL Scientist releases MyBuild-18 banner
December 12, 2017Mysuru: The valedictory function of the six-day MyBuild-17, the mega exhibition, organised by Builders Association of India (BAI), Mysore Centre at the Maharaja’s College grounds was held last evening. DFRL Scientist A. Ramakrishna, speaking after releasing the MyBuild-18 banner, said that drinking a lot of bottled water would have adverse impact on the health of…
Fair fare for females
December 12, 2017Law-making in the land can be traced to a period of its centuries of history, whether recorded or not, to as far back as one’s ability to look back. Narratives which are part of the country’s epics including Ramayana and Mahabharata too have their share of references to law-making. Not only India’s much-adored Constitution is…
Trin Trin is India’s first PBS, not Asia’s
December 12, 2017Sir, Apropos to the Star Weekend Supplement on Trin Trin (SOM dated Dec.10), it was mentioned that this is the first Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) system to be launched in Asia. I would like to clarify that it is factually incorrect as these systems, though initiated much earlier across the West, have also been present…
Bengaluru International Film Fest in Feb.
December 12, 2017Bengaluru: The 10th edition of Bengaluru International Film Festival (Biffes) will be held from Feb. 22 to Mar. 1, 2018 in Bengaluru and Mysuru. The organisers have selected 200 films from around 50 countries to be screened during the festival. Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, unveiling the logo of Biffes-2018 yesterday at Vidhana Soudha, said that the…
Vishnu Memorial: Actor Sudeep meets CM Siddharamaiah
December 12, 2017Bengaluru: Actor Sudeep appealed Chief Minister Siddharamaiah to allot land around the samadhi of actor late Vishnuvardhan in Abhiman Studio here to be developed into a memorial similar to Dr. Rajkumar’s Memorial located in the Kanteerava Studio. Sudeep, who met Chief Minister Siddharamaiah at his official residence ‘Cauvery’ yesterday, is said to have briefed CM…
Disappearing groundwater: Awareness among whom?
December 12, 2017Sir, In a recent workshop on groundwater held in Mysuru, the Deputy Commissioner is reported to have called for creating awareness among people about groundwater usage. But in reality, this awareness is required among the administrators at the highest level in the Government. It is their apathy about the judicious use of limited groundwater resources…















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