Mysore Diocese has now got a new Bishop with Rev. Msgr. K.A. William, who, at the age of 51, has become the second youngest person to be appointed as the Bishop of Mysore Diocese by Pope Francis. Preparations are in full swing for the Episcopal Ordination and installation of the Bishop at St. Joseph’s Cathedral…
Saving Mysuru, Our Last Chance
February 26, 2017By Ashvini Ranjan, Convenor, Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) A Mysurean visiting Bengaluru experiences a shock seeing the tsunami of vehicular traffic on the roads. According to the official website of Bengaluru City Police, the vehicular population as on 31.3.2016 was 56 lakh motor vehicles. Of these, 70% constituted two-wheelers, 15% four-wheelers and the balance being…
HIV patient needs compassion and not just treatment
February 26, 2017A two-day Conference Ceremony of HIVe aMysuru ART (Anti-Retroviral Therapy) Update 2017 was inaugurated at SDM-IMD auditorium in Mysuru yesterday. The Conference is being organised by Asha Kirana Trust, which is working for the cause of HIV/AIDS patients and people living with AIDS since decades. In this article, Sujata Rajpal traces the roots of Asha…
K. Siddegowda
February 26, 2017Siddegowda (81), Proprietor of Ganesh Rice Mill, passed away on Friday, following brief illness. He leaves behind his wife, two sons, seven daughters, son-in-law Kempegowda (journalist) and a host of relatives and friends.
Diary issue rocks Cong. meet
February 26, 2017The Coordination Committee meeting of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) began in Bengaluru this morning at the party office on the Queen’s Road. The meeting was chaired by Congress party in-charge of Karnataka Digvijay Singh who arrived in Bengaluru yesterday and met Chief Minister Siddharamaiah at his Home Office Krishna. Other leaders including Siddharamaiah, KPCC…
Hundreds of children take part in ‘Bhandhavya-2017’
February 26, 2017More than 450 children from 15 special schools in Mysuru took part in ‘Bhandhavya-2017’, a sports competition for special children, organised by Rotary Mysore Midtown, in association with Special Olympics Bharat, Karnataka (SOBK), at Oval Grounds in city this morning. The event was inaugurated by Sabitha Monis, a specially-abled achiever and Student Welfare Officer at…
Former MP Vishwanath lashes out at KPCC for issuing notice
February 26, 2017Lashing out at party leaders for serving a notice to him through the CLP (Congress Legislature Party) chief whip, when he was not a member of neither of the Houses, senior Congress leader and former MP A.H. Vishwanath has said that the notice was an embarrassment for him as he was a loyal party worker…
Counsellor skill training for JSS dental faculty held
February 26, 2017JSS Dental College and Hospital (JSSDCH), had organised ‘Counselling Skill Training’ for JSS Dental Faculty recently. Dr. Nawab Akhtar Khan, Clinical Psychologist and Associate Professor at JSS Medical College & Hospital, Mysuru, was the resource person. The event was presided by Dr. Anil Kumar Gujjari, Principal, JSSDCH, Dr. M.R. Dhakshaini, Vice Principal, JSSDCH and Dr….
House burgled: Maids hired to clean house decamp with jewellery worth Rs. 8.54 lakh
February 26, 2017An incident of house maids, who were hired to clean the house for Shivarathri festival, decamping with jewellery worth Rs. 8.54 lakh, has been reported from V.V. Puram Police limits in city. It is reported that the two women identified as Latha, a resident of Yadavagiri and Devamma, were hired to clean the house of…
Poojary, Shariff attack Vishwanath for bringing Siddu into Congress
February 26, 2017Even as senior Congress leader and former Mysuru-Kodagu MP A.H. Vishwanath lashed out at the KPCC for issuing a notice for his reported remarks against the congress leadership, at a meeting of his followers in Mysuru yesterday, two other senior Congress leaders -Janardhan Poojary and C.K. Jaffer Shariff have hit out at the former MP…
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