Mysore/Mysuru: B.S. Sridhar Raje Urs, President of Karnataka Ursu Mahamandali Trust, has bemoaned over State Government neglecting former Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs, who was instrumental in renaming the State as Karnataka, during the 50-year celebrations of the monumental occasion as ‘Karnataka Sambhrama.’ Upon the completion of 50 years of rechristening the State as Karnataka,…
AICTE Chairman to attend day-long seminar at VVCE
October 31, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: On the occasion of the 75th year celebration of the Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), a one-day National-level seminar will be held at Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering (VVCE), Mysuru on Nov. 4. At the seminar, issues such as water scarcity, sustainable engineering practices in implosion, deep foundation in heavy infrastructure, rehabilitation of roads in Karnataka…
Session held on trends in Astrophysics at Mahajana
October 31, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: An interaction session was conducted by the Department of Physics and Geography at SBRR Mahajana First Grade College (Autonomous) in city on the topic ‘Recent trends in Astrophysics’. N. Amoghavarsha, Project Associate-I at COSMOS, Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Mysuru, was the resource person. He was recognised with the Best Outgoing Student Award in…
Justice H.G. Ramesh cautions against rising online fraud
October 31, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: In recent times, there has been a concerning increase in online fraud incidents, particularly involving the solicitation of customer information, including Know Your Customer (KYC) updates, said President of Karnataka State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Bengaluru, Justice Huluvadi G. Ramesh. He was speaking after inaugurating a National Conference titled ‘Bharatada Banking Kshetra – Bhootakala,…
Four cows die after consuming cattle feed in Hunsur taluk
October 31, 2023Feed suspected to be poisoned; cause for deaths to be known after receiving lab report Hunsur: Four cows died after allegedly consuming cattle feed at Krishnapura village in the taluk yesterday. It is suspected that feed was poisoned leading to the death of the cows. The four cows, one of them pregnant, worth about Rs….
Higher TDS on Inoperative PANs
October 31, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: While filing the Quarter 2 TDS/TCS statements of the FY 2023-24, all the deductors or collectors like Central and State Government Offices, Local Authority, Companies, Financial Institutions, Insurance Com-panies, Educational Institutions, etc., shall deduct TDS at 20% or collect TCS at 20% on such Individual Inoperative PANs which have not been linked with Aadhaar….
Cultural events and contests to mark Kannada Habba
October 31, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Rashtrabharati Charitable Trust is organising Kannada Habba from Nov. 2 to 6 at Kalamandira in city. Various competitions and cultural programmes will be organised during Kannada Habba, said Trust Convenor Sudhakar Hosalli. Competitions will be held for students right from Higher Primary School level to College level. Competitions include Nadageethe, Bhaktigeethe, Folk Songs, Group…
Which Kannada do you speak? Mysore, Dharwad or Kundapra?
October 31, 2023By Dr. B. Shakira Jabeen Kannada, a classical language, has a written history of 1,500 years. The spoken form is much older. Kannada has grown by borrowing vocabulary wherever necessary and by coining new terminology wherever possible. ‘Granthika’ is the standard /written form and there are many ‘vyavaharika’ or spoken forms. The difference between ‘nudi’…
At Goa Airport Lounge this is fleecing!
October 31, 2023Sir, Recently my wife and I had the misfortune of visiting the so-called lounge ‘Good Times’ at International Airport, Dabolim, Goa, on Oct. 22. It was worse than a bus stand hotel in a village. A buffet meal costs Rs. 1,200 each; the food was substandard not worth more than Rs. 150. Since there was…
Pandavapura boy part of gold-winning Indian Kho-Kho team
October 31, 2023K. Varun Kumar, a first year B.Com student of STG First Grade College, Chinakurali, Pandavapura, Mandya district, was part of the Indian Kho-Kho team which bagged gold medal in the Kho-Kho Championship held at Malaysia recently. Varun Kumar, who hails from a farmer family of Kyathanahalli, Pandavapura, in Mandya district, is the son of K.V….















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