Mysuru: Nearly 16 complaints were registered at the phone-in programme organised at the DC Office here keeping the Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep busy answering to the calls. The complaints ranged from problems of bad roads, stinking drainages and bullying by ruffians, to loudspeaker menace. A caller from Udayagiri complained that ruffians were creating problems for…
Annual Day at city schools
December 21, 2017Orchids School: Annual Day was celebrated at The Orchids Public School and PU College with the theme ‘Save Rivers’ to create awareness about the importance of rivers, at Kalamandira here recently. The programme was inaugurated in a unique way by offering water from ‘Kalasha’ by the dignitaries which flowed through the lines on the Indian…
Folk troupes to create health awareness in rural areas
December 21, 2017Mysuru: A three-day training workshop for folk troupes of Mysuru division, organised jointly by the District Department of Health and Family Welfare and Department of Kannada and Culture, commenced yesterday at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry in city. The folk troupes would be groomed by the Health Department officials on various health issues. The folk artistes would…
Advisory on advertisements
December 21, 2017Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of companies in India mandates the corporate sector to give something back to the society on the ideology that companies take resources in the form of raw materials, human resources and so on from the societal sources. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has notified the provisions of the Companies Act 2014…
Interaction held on problems of tribal and nomadic children
December 21, 2017Mysuru: Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPC), in association with District Administration, Zilla Panchayat and Department of Women and Child Welfare, had organised an interaction on ‘Problems of tribal and nomadic children and solutions’ at JSS Law College premises in Kuvempunagar here yesterday. About 60 representatives of various NGOs participated in the…
Bus pass for scribes: Accredited journalists may apply before Dec.23
December 21, 2017Mysuru: The Information Department has invited applications from accredited scribes of District-level and regional newspapers listed by the Department, for distribution of bus pass. The applicants must be serving a newspaper as a full-time reporter for at least two years. Three reporters and one photographer recommended by the Editor of a regional newspaper having six…
An apology of Swachh Mysuru in Vontikoppal !
December 21, 2017Sir, This photo of overflowing garbage in Vontikoppal speaks volumes about the indifference of Mysureans to keep our city clean. On one hand we have several high-level committee meetings, call by Heads of various religions, participation by committed NGOs, marches by students etc., to create awareness on keeping city clean. Why are all such efforts…
Samarpan Newsletter gets National recognition
December 21, 2017Mysuru: ‘Samarpan’, a bi-annual (half-yearly) newsletter published by the NSS unit of the University of Mysore (UoM) has been recognised as ‘The Best Newsletter’ by the Association of Business Communicators of India (ABCI). By bagging the award, the UoM has earned the distinction of being the first Indian University to win such an award. Chief…
Rape and murder of minor girl at Vijayapura: ABVP stages candle light protest
December 21, 2017Condemning the ghastly act of gang rape and murder of a minor school girl at Vijayapura recently, the members of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) staged a candle light protest at Agrahara Circle in city last evening and demanded the Government to initiate steps to arrest the culprits immediately and also to take action against…
Talk at MYRA on Friday
December 21, 2017Mysuru: MYRA School of Business in city will be hosting Dr. Joydeep Srivastava, the Robert L. Johnson Professor of Marketing and Supply Chain Management, Fox School of Business, Temple University, USA, for the third time. Dr. Srivastava is now teaching the 3 credit elective titled ‘Consumer Behaviour & Customer Insights’ under MYRA’s unique immersive learning…















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