Mysuru: Marking ‘Women Sarvodaya Day,’ the Mysuru wing of All India Women’s Conference (AIWC), commemorating its 90th anniversary, had organised a function at Cauvery auditorium in Muktagangothri here yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, Minister for Sugar and Small Scale Industries Dr. Geetha Mahadevaprasad opined that gender equality was needed in political sector. She felt that…
‘Gundi Bhagya’ bestowed upon city: A novel protest on potholed roads
October 27, 2017Mysuru: With scores of potholes left unattended in city inviting accidents, about 50 BJP members of K.R. Constituency led by former Minister S.A. Ramdas staged a novel protest in Vidyaranyapuram here this morning by filling the pot-holes themselves assisted by about ten workers. Potholes on 400 metre stretch of Sarvajanika Hostel Road from Andani Circle…
Beauty Wellness and Lifestyle Expo begins at J.K. Grounds
October 27, 2017Mysuru: The Mysore District Beautician and Beauty Parlour Owners’ Association has organised a three-day ‘Beauty Wellness and Lifestyle Expo’ at the J.K. Grounds in city from today till Oct. 29. The exhibition, jointly inaugurated by the sponsor members of the event, will be open to visitors from 9 am to 9 pm where products from…
To hang till death: High Court upholds death penalty of killer for murdering five labourers in Chamarajanagar
October 27, 2017Chamarajanagar: The High Court has upheld the death penalty (To be hanged till death) of a killer pronounced by the Chamarajanagar District Court for killing five labourers in Chamarajanagar. The accused has been identified as 47-year-old Murugesan alias Muruga of Periyar village in Mettur taluk, Salem district in Tamil Nadu. He had brutally murdered…
Cinderella Vrata-Katha
October 27, 2017By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist A friend pointed out that the popular fairy tale Cinderella is very much like a vrata-katha: a girl in trouble, tortured by female members of her family, prays to and is saved by a Goddess (fairy Godmother in this case). But grace depends on her following…
Speaker highlights implications of GST
October 27, 2017Mysuru: A day-long UGC-sponsored conference on Goods and Services Tax (GST), organised by the Community College and Post-Graduate Department of Commerce, Teresian College, in the Ave Maria Golden Jubilee Auditorium of the College in Siddarthanagar, was inaugurated on Wednesday by Dr. N. Nagaraja, Associate Professor, Department of Studies in Commerce, University of Mysore (UoM). Speaking…
GST has boosted sale of KMF products
October 27, 2017Mysuru: Karnataka State Co-operative Federation (KSCF), Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF), District Co-operative Federation and Department of Co-operation, together had organised a workshop on Goods and Services Tax (GST) for staff of KMF, Co-operative Federation and DCC Banks at Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel here on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, Mruthyunjaya Kulkarni, Director (Marketing), KMF, opined…
Govt. to withdraw order on Speed Governor
October 27, 2017Bengaluru: Karnataka Government has reportedly decided to withdraw the controversial order directing all motor transport vehicle owners to get Speed Governors fitted to their vehicles. The Government had passed an order stating that vehicles with more than eight seats should install speed governors. Karnataka is the only State which has sought to implement the speed…
CREDIT-I to fete Grand Master Thejkumar
October 27, 2017Mysuru: The 11th anniversary celebrations of Centre for Rural Education Development and Innovative Technologies of India (CREDIT-I) will witness two new development projects being launched and also the presentation of ‘Karnataka Kanmani State Award-2017,’ said CREDIT-I Managing Trustee Dr. M.P. Varsha. Addressing press persons at Pathrakartara Bhavan on Wednesday, he said that the 11th anniversary…
President’s prescription
October 27, 2017Occasionally people are called upon to address the task of nation-building.The calls are voiced by the smae public speakers with the features of different platform and divers audiences across the country. Mercifully, the nation has managed to retain its global image as a stable entity amidst the thousands of road shows being staged by hundreds…















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