Sri Vinayaka Youth Association is celebrating its 5th anniversary at Sri Vidyaganapathy Temple premises, Sagarakatte (S. Hemmanahalli) on Feb.14 at 8.30 am. M.N. Nataraj, Youth Coordinating Officer, Nehru Yuva Kendra and Nagabhushan Aradya, Auditor, will inaugurate the programme. District Youth Empowerment and Sports Assistant Director K. Suresh will preside.
In Briefs
Weekend fair postponed
February 12, 2017The weekend fair at Mysuru’s Creative Sante, which was scheduled on Feb. 11 and 12 has been postponed to March 4 and 5 at #13B, Gokulam Main Road, Vontikoppal, (Opp. Tina’s Cafe) Mysuru between 10 am and 9 pm. For details, contact Mob: 78991-06101 or email to [email protected].
Editorial
Farmer’s new profession!
February 12, 2017Wang Enlin, from Yushutun village, in China’s Heilongjiang Province, will never forget that day in 2001, when his village and farmland were flooded with toxic waste. On the eve of the Lunar New Year, villagers notice that the house they were in was being flooded with waste water from the nearby Qihua Group, a State-owned…
In Briefs
Talk on Life Skills
February 12, 2017Belaku Foundation in association with Sri Krishna Ganasabha has organised a talk on DVG’s ‘Mankuthimmana Kagga’ at Sri Krishna Ganasabha, #151-E , 6th Main, 3rd Stage, Gokulam on Feb. 15 from 6 pm to 7 pm. K.S. Mukundan will deliver a talk on Life Skills from Kagga. For details, contact Mob: 99805-69117.
Editorial
Techno Memorial Services at Buddhist Temple
February 12, 2017In an effort to make his Buddhist temple more accessible to the wider public and draw younger generations to religion, a former DJ turned Buddhist priest has been holding “Techno Memorial Services” at his temple in Fukui City, Japan. Attending one of the unconventional memorial services organised at the Sho-onji Buddhist temple by 49-year-old Gyosen…
Voice of The Reader
Students put to “double jeopardy”
February 12, 2017Lakhs of students appear for NEET and providing of only four centres is hopelessly inadequate. CBSE seems to have no idea as to the quantum of unnecessary miseries and expenses to which they are putting the students into by only providing four centres for the entire State. Is it not strange that even Mysuru, which…
Abracadabra By K. B. Ganapathy
Paris, Here I Come – 3: Sculptures and paintings of special tourist interest
February 11, 2017[Continued from Jan. 27] The Louvre, pronounced ‘Loovruth,’ covers more than 40 acres on the North bank of River Seine. Originally a small fort for the first King of France (or Paris) in about 1200 AD. The remains of this fort were excavated in the recent past and is open to tourists. It is beneath…
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Siddu paid Rs. 1000 crore to remain CM, alleges Yeddyurappa
February 11, 2017Prove charges or quit politics – Siddu tells Yeddy Bagalkote, Feb.11- Dropping what is described as a political bombshell, former Chief Minister and State BJP unit President B.S. Yeddyurappa yesterday accused Chief Minister Siddharamaiah of paying Rs.1,000 crore to the Congress High Command to retain his post and meet the needs for resources of the…
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Unidentified person dies in hospital
February 11, 2017An unidentified sick person, who lying on the footpath opposite Maharaja Hotel and was admitted to the K.R. Hospital by Lakshmipuram Police on Feb. 8 at 6.45 am, has breathed his last on Feb. 9 at the hospital after failing to respond to the treatment. The unidentified person is about 30 years of age, 5.5…
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Workshop on Ambedkar Jnana Darshna Abhiyan
February 11, 2017As part of ‘Ambedkar Jnana Darshna Abhiyana’ International Convention organised marking the 125th birth anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, a two-day workshop for the regional-level social activists (Kodagu, Chamarajanagar and Mysuru districts) has been organised by the Social Welfare Department, Convention Organising Committee and University of Mysore’s (UoM) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Research and Extension Centre,…
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