Mysuru: Continuing its tradition of organising theatre festival, Mysuru-based amateur theatre group Rangavalli is conducting a three-day theatre festival ‘Rangavalli Rangasambhrama’ from Oct. 6 to 8. Rangavalli has invited three theatre groups from Bengaluru, Haveri and Udupi which will be staging plays at Kalamandira. Apart, from theatre activities, Rangavalli has also organised musical concerts including…
Thought for the tummy
October 4, 2017The poet wrote that love is a many splendoured thing. Going by the diverse aspects of food as visualised by the knowledgeable and the rest who are just happy after savouring their well-served favourite dishes, one is prompted to agree with the remark that food is a many splendoured thing too, in no way less…
Congress Legislature Party meeting on Oct. 6
October 4, 2017Bengaluru: A special meeting of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) has been convened on Friday (Oct. 6) to take stock of the implementation of the party’s poll preparation plans. The Congress High Command is said to be unhappy at the poor participation of party Legislators in its ‘Mane Manege Congress’ mass contact programme launched recently….
Drama gains importance only on big stage: Dramatist
October 4, 2017Mysuru: A drama that one pens will gain importance or significance only when it is staged on an important stage, opined dramatist and retired BEML officer S.G. Shivashankar. He was speaking after being felicitated at Rangayana’s Vanaranga where the play ‘Nenapu Hasiru’ was staged here on Monday. Rangasangama and Kannada & Culture Department had jointly…
Veteran Yakshagana artiste Chittani passes away
October 4, 2017Mangaluru: Veteran Yakshagana artiste Chittani Ramachandra Hegde passed away at KMC Hospital in Manipal last night, due to pneumonia. He was 84. He was admitted to the ICU in Manipal on Friday. One of the most popular Yakshagana artistes, Chittani, as he was widely known, hailed from Honnavar in Uttara Kannada district. He was the…
KSOU: Will PM constitute a special commission?
October 4, 2017Sir, KSOU has been in the news in recent days. On Sept. 28, Higher Education Minister announced the possible closing of KSOU. On Oct. 2, former Education Minister S.A. Ramdas assured the students of KSOU that he would not allow its closure. However, neither of them have announced how they would come to the help…
City Lawyers boycott Court proceedings
October 4, 2017Mysuru: City lawyers, expressing dissatisfaction over the step-motherly attitude in appointing Judges to the Karnataka High Court, today boycotted the Court proceedings in response to the State-wide call given by the Karnataka State Bar Council. The lawyers abstained from Court proceedings as a mark of protest against the transfer of Justice Jayant Patel from Karnataka…
This is how our lifeline looks from up above
October 4, 2017Here is a spectacular bird’s eye view of the Krishna Raja Sagar Dam and the famed Brindavan Gardens taken from a helicopter, with its vast expanse of water and greenery. The dam which has been providing water of life to millions of people in Southern Karnataka and Tamil Nadu is at a distance of over…
Joyalukkas ‘Trin Trin’ rally marks World Heart Day
October 4, 2017As part of World Heart Day, Joyalukkas jewellery showroom staff conducted a Trin Trin bicycle rally on Sept.29 to create awareness about healthy heart. Branch Manager C. Joffy Paul and staff participated in the rally.
Activists stage demo against Goa CM
October 4, 2017Mysuru: Strongly condemning the Goa Government’s action of razing down homes of Kannadigas who were living in Goa for decades, nearly 50 Kannada activists under the banner of Mysuru Zilla Kannada Chaluvaligarara Sangha staged a demonstration in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s bust opposite the Law Courts Complex here this morning. The protestors hanged the effigy…















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