Mysuru: The BJP will stage a massive convention of farmers at Maharaja’s College grounds in the city on Oct. 26. Announcing this at a press meet here yesterday, District BJP President Kote M. Shivanna said the convention has been organised as part of the BJP’s ‘Vision-2024’ for making Mysuru District Chemical Fertilizers Free Agricultural District….
‘All Shiva bhakts are not Hindus’
October 22, 2017Mysuru: After Pejawar Seer Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji’s statement that Lingayat community should remain in the fold of Hindu religion as they are not different from each other, Nidumamidi Mutt Seer Sri Veerabhadra Channamalla Swamiji has said that all Shiva bhakts are not Hindus. He begged to differ from what Pejawar Seer and some other…
Trump says he will allow release of J.F. Kennedy killing files
October 22, 2017Washington: US President Donald Trump said that he will allow long blocked secret files on the assassination of John F. Kennedy to be opened to the public for the first time. The November 22, 1963 assassination — an epochal event in modern US history —has spawned multiple theories challenging official version that Kennedy was killed…
Govardhana Puja at ISKCON
October 22, 2017Mysuru: ISKCON Temple at Jayanagar celebrated Govardhana Puja festival at its premises here recently. The festival started at 6 pm with Tulasi puja followed by Go puja (worship of the cows), Govardhana Puja (worship of Govardhana Hill) and Deepotsava. Devotees were spell-bound looking at the magnificent Govardhana Hill made with 220 kgs of cake. Various…
83rd All India Kannada Sammelana President Champa felicitated
October 22, 2017Mysuru: Talukina Venkannaiah Smaraka Granthamale and Kannada Sahitya Kala Koota had organised an event at JSS Women’s College in Saraswathipuram here yesterday to felicitate litterateur Prof. Chandrashekar Patil (Champa), who is the President-designate for the 83rd Akhila Bharatha Kannada Sahitya Sammelana to be held in city next month (Nov.24 to 26). Suttur Mutt Seer Sri…
Kidnap and assault of farmer: Villagers accuse Police of not arresting culprits
October 22, 2017Periyapatna: Residents of Hemmige village in the taluk have accused the Periyapatna Police of not arresting the culprits who allegedly kidnapped and assaulted a farmer of the village reportedly over a financial dispute. H.R. Ganesh, a farmer of Hemmige in the taluk, had come to Periyapatna town on Oct. 14 to buy groundnuts, when he…
Columbia Asia Hospital completes first case of IVF conception
October 22, 2017Mysuru: The natural capacity to conceive a child does not come easily to everyone. Both men and women can experience infertility and take steps to improve it. For those couples who find difficulty to conceive, alternate options of family building are available. Many couples with fertility problems are hesitant to go to a professional and…
Coaching camp for UPSC and KPSC exam
October 22, 2017Mysuru: The District Administration, Pramathi Hill View Academy and Navodaya Foundation together are organising an eight-month coaching camp along with accommodation for aspirants taking up UPSC and KPSC Competitive examination. The entrance test to select candidates for the camp will be held on Nov. 12 at 10 am at Pramathi Hill View Academy in Kuvempunagar…
Sri Vanamali Seva Award and Dr. Mathoor Krishnamurthy Award presented
October 22, 2017Mysuru: Renowned Neuroscientist Padmashri Dr. Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath, Chairperson of the Centre for Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bengaluru, was conferred Sri Vanamali Seva Award while Padmashri Dr. Malathi Holla, an International Gold Medallist at paralympic games and also Founder of ‘Mathru Foundation’ was conferred Dr. Mathoor Krishnamurthy Award at a programme organised by the…
‘Padlocks of Love’ on ‘Trees of Love’: A Moscow Custom or Superstition?
October 22, 2017Sir, I have been enjoying reading the latest Abracadabra pieces — the ones that have been appearing under the title “Gone Away: To Germany & Austria.” The picture of locks that appeared in the third part of Abracadabra “A Day Out Looking at Down Town Berlin,” and the reference to it as a “manifestation of…















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