Asks officials to submit report by July 10 Mysuru: With the alarming rise in Dengue and other vector-borne diseases causing a scare in the district, Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep today held a meeting with Health Department officials on improving bio-medical waste disposal mechanism in the district. Addressing the meeting, DC Randeep said that there were…
Investiture Ceremony at City Schools
June 27, 2017Mysuru: The Investiture Ceremony was held at Police Public School on Mahadevapura Main Road in Jalapuri here recently. Dr. A. Subrahmanyeswara Rao, Commissioner of Police, Mysuru City, presided. Krishna Bangera, Principal, Podar International School, was the chief guest while Ravi D. Channannavar, Mysuru SP, was the guest of honour. B.S. Ajith was sworn-in as…
Counting trees, missing woods
June 27, 2017Numbers, the toy with which pundits, particularly mathematicians, call them more appropriately ganithashastrajnas, have revelled themselves for centuries since vedic times believed to be of more than 50 centuries vintage, have caught the fancy of both administration and people at large in every conceivable walks of life, given the ongoing ubiquitous practice of stating in…
Month-long retreat concludes at Bylakuppe
June 27, 2017Bylakuppe: The month-long retreat (Vesak Month) concluded on June 25 with a spiritual ceremony led by Ven Khenpo Ngedhon Tenzin (Abbot) in the congregation hall of Drukkar Drubgyud Thoesamling Monastery, Gulladahalla here. A large number of disciples belonging to both the Lugsam and Delar Tibetan Settlement attended this closing ceremony. The main purpose of the retreat…
Beef-eating: Protest continues in city
June 27, 2017Mysuru: Strongly condemning open consumption of beef at an event at Kalamandira on Sunday, over 100 members of BJP SC Morcha staged a demonstration at FTS Circle on Mysuru-Bengaluru Road here this morning to register their protest. Pointing out that Kalamandira is the topmost cultural centre in city, the protesters claimed that the ‘so-called’ intellectuals…
Elephant Circle vandalised yet again: Will City Corporation act?
June 27, 2017Sir, It’s not even a year since District in-Charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa inaugurated one of the iconic elephant sculpture fountains at Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Circle, popularly known as ‘Highway Circle,’ and already it has been subjected to repeated vandalism by political parties and private associations. Just two months ago in April a political…
Bags ‘Abdul Kalam Life-Time Achievement Award’
June 27, 2017Mysuru: Dr. Renu Agrawal, former Chief Scientist and Rural Programme Coordinator of CFTRI, has received the prestigious ‘Abdul Kalam Life-Time Achievement Award’ from International Institute of Social and Economic Reforms. The award was given to her by chief guests – Film Director T.N. Seetharam and actress Bhavani Prakash – in the presence of Union Minister D.V….
Ashada: Laddus, Dates Obbattu for devotees atop Chamundi Hill
June 27, 2017The Chamundeshwari Seva Samithi, 100 ft Road, Mysuru, which was distributing laddus to devotees at Chamundi Hill Temple on Ashada Fridays for the past 14 years, will be distributing obbattus (sweet flatbread) made of dates along with laddus this year. A total of 20,000 dates obbattus and 5,000 laddus will be distributed to the devotees…
State Government reinstates Prof. Shivaraj
June 27, 2017Mysuru: In a major embarrassment to University of Mysore (UoM), the State Government has nullified the University Syndicate’s decision to send Prof. B. Shivaraj on compulsory retirement and reinstated him to his Department. In its order dated ED 102 UMV 2016, dated June 12, 2017, issued by N. Veerabrahmachari, Under Secretary to the Government, Department…
Integrated Water Resources Management programme held
June 27, 2017Mysuru: A two-week ‘Management Development programme on Integrated Water Resources Management’ for the Engineers of Water Resources Department, commenced at Vivekananda Institute for Leadership Development (V-LEAD) in city on June 19. The programme was inaugurated by Madhava, Superintending Engineer and Registrar, Advanced Centre for Integrated Water Resources Management (ACIWRM), Bengaluru. Speaking on the occasion, he…















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