By Ambika Nagaraj It’s Deepavali the coming week and the sounds of crackers and sparkling colourful lights adorning the sky are nothing short of a visual treat. Diwali is one festival that is never complete without the bright and colourful lamps and lanterns, while the markets aptly begin to get filled and turn abuzz with…
Chamarajanagar: Minister for Sugar and Small Scale Industries, Dr. Geetha Mahadevaprasad has been appointed as the new Chamarajanagar District in-Charge Minister in place of Food & Civil Supplies Minister U.T. Khader. Following the death of H.S. Mahadevaprasad in January this year, U.T. Khader was functioning as the District in-Charge Minister But with her appointment, Dr….
Deepavali is the Hindu festival of lights celebrated every year with pomp and gaiety. Being one of the major Hindu festivals, Deepavali signifies the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, knowledge over ignorance and hope over despair. The festival which is celebrated during the Hindu month of Karthika witnesses traditional earthen lamps being…
Hunsur: K. Nitish has taken over as the new Assistant Commissioner (AC) of Hunsur Sub-Division. He took charge yesterday from the previous AC Dr. Soujanya, who has been transferred as MCC ADC. Nitish has served as Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Shipping, New Delhi and also at Belagavi DC’s Office.
Mysuru: An unidentified man was over by a moving train at Yadavagiri under-bridge on Mysuru-Bengaluru section at about 9.45 am this morning. The man is about 30 to35 years of age and wore a black pant, cement coloured shirt and shoes. Railway PSI Krishnamurthy and staff, who rushed to the spot, conducted inquisition mahazar and…
Mysuru: ‘Natya Kalottunga’ award was conferred on Vidu. Radha Sridhar, internationally acclaimed Bharatanatyam virtuoso, during the inauguration of the three-day Kalabhivardhana-2017, organised by Kala Sandesha Prathishtana in association with Kannada and Culture Department, at Jaganmohan Palace last evening. The festival was inaugurated by Nadoja Dr. Mahesh Joshi, retired Additional Director General, Doordarshan. Chennappa, Assistant Director,…
K.R. Nagar: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah will inaugurate a massive convention of Congress workers at K.R. Nagar on Oct.15. Taluk Congress leader Doddaswamegowda said that the Convention will take place at the TMC Ground at 11 am. KPCC President Dr. G. Parameshwara, Ministers Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa and D.K. Shivakumar, AICC Secretary in-Charge of Karnataka P.C. Vishnunath,…
Next week witnesses India’s biggest festival, Deepavali, the annual event engaging, unarguably, the greatest number of revellers across the land for any festival celebrated with fervour — louder the celebration, deeper the fervour. While the festival of Ganesh Chathurti, celebrated in the month of Bhaadrapada, sees in action the participation of a major portion of…
Sir, Kudos to SOM for publishing the excellent interview of noted poet Prof. K.S. Nissar Ahmed in three parts (SOM dated Oct. 8 to Oct. 10). This brings to my memory the year 1971-72 when I had the opportunity of operating Prof. Nissar Ahmed for appendicitis at the then famous Bangalore Nursing Home which was…
Mysuru: An endowment prize of Rs. 1 lakh has been instituted in memory of Abhijith Jain in the University of Mysore to award Gold Medal to a student who secures highest marks in MBA by Roopa Suresh Jain, Proprietor of Jain Kaigarike Cotton Waste, Hebbal, Mysuru. Abhijith Jain, an MBA graduate from Bahadur Institute of…
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