By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore Palghat is an anglicised name of a town in Kerala. Its original name was Palakkad which meant forest of milk (palu=halu). That it is an ancient town is attested to by the Allahabad pillar inscription of Samudragupta of fourth…
New Delhi: Nirmala Sitharaman, who earlier held the independent charge of the commerce and industry Ministry, has become the first independent woman Defence Minister of India after Indira Gandhi. It is for the first time in 35 years, that the crucial ministry has been given to a woman minister. Before this, then Prime Minister Indira…
Mysuru: The contract for Dasara Exhibition, one of the main events of Dasara festival, has been again awarded to Fun World and Resorts India Pvt. Ltd., for a sum of Rs.6.6 crore. The expo commencing from Sept. 21 will conclude on Dec. 30. Disclosing this to SOM, N.M. Shashi Kumar, Chief Executive Officer, Karnataka Exhibition…
Bengaluru: The Department of Pre-University Education has, in a circular issued recently, said second PUC students appearing for exams in March – April 2018, to write all the exams in only one medium — either in English or Kannada. Hitherto, the students used to answer in English for some question papers and in Kannada for…
Mysuru: The Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has started refunding of deposits through RTGS to the Bank account of all those applicants who did not get sites in R.T. Nagar Layout, the allotment of which was made recently. As the Bank account details of some applicants were found to be not matching, the MUDA has…
Mysuru: The 7th edition of Celebration Mysore Marathon was organised by ‘Life is Calling’ in city this morning. Braving the early morning drizzle, about 3,000 enthusiasts from various parts of the country participated in the event which commenced at 6 am in front of Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple, Palace North Gate, here. The half-marathon and 10…
Mysuru: The taluk administration this morning launched a drive to clear encroachments on Dewan Poornaiah Canal (Raja Kaluve) near Railway Layout in Bogadi by demolishing six houses in one site and one house in another. One Timmegowda, had built six AC (Asbestos Cement) sheet houses on a 60’x90’ site and one Swamy had built an…
Mysuru: The second leg of Karbonn Smartphones Karnataka Premier League (KPL) powered by Cycle Pure Agarbathies will kick-off at the SDNR Wadiyar Stadium at Manasagangothri tomorrow with home team Mysuru Warriors taking on Bijapur Bulls. Mysuru Warriors had a dream start by winning their opening match against Belagavi Panthers in a rain affected match at…
Mysuru: A woman along with her child has gone missing from her husband’s house at Hootagalli here since yesterday morning. Nikhita, 23, wife of Manjunath, a flour mill owner at Hootagalli is the one who has gone missing with her two-year-old child Dhruva Gowda. Nikhita, a resident of Bogadi, was married to Manjunath six years…
Mysuru: Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India had organised a programme at Sree Nataraja Public School, Sree Hosamath, Shankar Mutt Road, to honour the students of I std. to X std. (10 students) who have got highest marks in the academic year 2016-17. The students who were honoured are S.M. Gowtham (I std.), M. Tanishka…
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