Mysore/Mysuru: ‘Ajjana Mane Kalaa Prapancha,’ an organisation involved in social work and promotion of art, culture and traditional practices among children, is organising classical music programmes at the heritage house of Mysore Vasudevacharya near Agrahara in city, on the next three Sundays — Apr. 7, 14 and 21. The programme titled ‘Kishora Gayana Namana,’ as…
City Bharatanatyam Guru receives ‘Mantralayam Parimala Award-2024’
April 6, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Mantralayam Seer Sri Subudhendra Teertha Swamiji presented ‘Mantralayam Parimala Award-2024’ instituted by Sri Mantralayam Srikshetra in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh to Dr. K. Kumar, Professor of Bharatanatyam and Head of the Dance Department at the University College of Fine Arts, University of Mysore and the Founder-Director of Kumar Performing Arts Centre (KPAC), Mysuru,…
Dr. Shushruth appointed as KPCC General Secretary
April 6, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Noted Neurologist of the city Dr. Shushruth Gowda has been appointed as a KPCC (Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee) General Secretary. Dr. Shushruth Gowda is the son of late Dr. H.C. Vishnumurthy, Founder-Chairman of the city’s Gopala Gowda Shanthaveri Memorial Hospital in Nazarbad and K.G. Rekha Murthy couple. Dr. Shushruth had studied at B.M. Patil…
Dalit Mahasabha wants withdrawal of PDOs from poll duties
April 6, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The Dalit Mahasabha has opposed deputation of Panchayat Development Officers (PDOs) to Static Surveillance Teams (SSTs) for carrying out poll duties. In a memorandum submitted to the State Election Commissioner through the Deputy Commissioner’s Office here, the Dalit Mahasabha said that PDOs of taluks affected by severe drought too have been deputed for LS…
‘Meditation helps in self-medication’
April 6, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: “Meditation (dhyana) with will power is a way of developing positive and mental health, which we consider as our real wealth,” said B.K. Sandhya of Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya, Mysuru. Speaking at the lecture programme organised by Elder Citizens Council recently on the topic “By practising spiritual lifestyle, one can achieve positive…
Mother, 2 daughters drown in Gopinatham dam
April 6, 2024Hanur: In a heart wrenching incident, a woman and her two daughters met their watery grave after they allegedly slipped into water at Gopinatham dam in Hanur taluk, Chamarajanagar district on Friday. Meena (34), wife of Ayyan, resident of Pudur village near Gopinatham, her daughters Pavitra (14) and Keerthi (11) are the deceased persons. As…
Pandavapura Taluk Jain Milan President Dr. Lalithanga Kumar passes away
April 6, 2024Pandavapura: Dr. H.S. Lalithanga Kumar (75), President of Pandavapura Taluk Jain Milan and a resident of Pandavapura town, passed away on Friday. Dr. Lalithanga Kumar, who was also a social worker, leaves behind two sons and a host of relatives and friends. A native of Hosaholalu in K.R. Pet taluk and an Ayurveda doctor by…
Man ends life over friends pledging his car
April 6, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Dejected over his friends who allegedly pledged his car after hiring the vehicle, a car driver-cum-owner committed suicide at Udayagiri Police Station limits in city recently. Mujahid Pasha (50) of Rajivnagar Second Stage in the city, is the deceased person. He allegedly ended his life by hanging at his house after sending his wife…
Unidentified body found
April 6, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: An unidentified man, aged about 45 years, who was found lying in the City Railway Station in an unconscious state after consuming poison on Apr. 2, was rushed to K.R. Hospital, where he breathed his last sometime later. His body has been kept in the hospital mortuary. The man is about 45 years of…
Crossing over to Politics
April 6, 2024The process of filing nomination papers is underway nationwide for a phase-wise election and two nominations caught my eye: Retired IAS Officer and former Mysuru DC G. Kumar Naik, who will contest from Raichur on a Congress ticket and former Calcutta High Court Judge, Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who will contest on a BJP ticket. As…












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