Bengaluru: Vyasanakere Prabhanjanacharya of Ballari has been chosen for the prestigious ‘Kanakashri’ award this year, given as part of Saint Kanakadasa Jayanti. Announcing this here on Friday, Minister for Backward Classes and Kannada and Culture Shivaraj Tangadagi said Prabhanjanacharya will be conferred the award by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah during the Kanakadasa Jayanti celebrations to take…
Prize-winners of District-level Co-curricular Contests
November 18, 2024Mysuru: The students of Vijaya Vittala PU College, Saraswathipuram, Mysuru, won prizes in the the District-level Co-curricular Competitions organised by the Department of School Education (PU), Mysuru, at Vidyavardhaka PU College in city recently and have been qualified to take part in the Divisional-level Competitions. In first PUC section, K.V. Adwaith and Sudharshan Rao won…
Govt. to recover special allowance from 36 ‘undeserving doctors’
November 18, 2024Bengaluru: More than 36 doctors, who were working in Food Safety and Quality Department in Karnataka on deputation basis, have received special allowances worth Rs. 3.5 crore even though they are not eligible for it. As per rules, specialists and doctors, including Dentists of Health and Family Welfare Department, are given special allowance according to…
Lack in providing proper service: Mysuru District Consumer Forum imposes fine on travel agency
November 18, 2024Mysuru: The Mysuru District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has imposed fine on the owner of ‘Travel Comfort,’ a travel agency located in Gokulam here, for not providing facilities to the clients, who had gone on a tour through the travel agency. Shreyas Chandrashekar and his wife, residents of Vijayanagar, had gone on a package tour…
‘Prathap Simha has deprived a writer of his rights’
November 18, 2024Mysuru: Former MP Prathap Simha, by getting a stay order for the book ‘Kattale Jagattu,’ written by Praveen Kumar Mavinakadu, has deprived the writer of his rights, said Mysore Rakshana Vedike President M.K. Premkumar here on Saturday. Premkumar spoke after the scheduled book release programme was cancelled at the Institution of Engineers-India (IEI) as a…
UoM research students protest
November 18, 2024Mysuru: Members of Researchers Association, University of Mysore (UoM), staged a protest near Crawford Hall recently demanding that the applications of all Other Backward Classes (OBC) research students, who had applied for scholarship, be accepted and given scholarships. “Of the 21 students who applied for scholarships during the academic year 2024-25, only 12 have been…
BJP demands expulsion of Dr. Yathindra Siddaramaiah as MLC
November 18, 2024Mysuru: Strongly condemning Congress MLC Dr. Yathindra Siddaramaiah’s recent remarks questioning the credibility of the Indian judiciary and investigation agencies, the BJP has demanded the expulsion of Dr. Yathindra from the Legislative Council. Addressing a press meet here on Saturday, BJP Legal Cell City Convenor Shivakumar said that Dr. Yathindra, while speaking at programmes held…
Cartoonist excels in Badminton
November 18, 2024Mysuru: Noted cartoonist B.V. Panduranga Rao participated in the 3rd National Veterans Sports & National Games Badminton Tournament held at Nashik recently. He has won first prize in Doubles and third prize in Singles in the 80-plus age group. Rao took part in yet another Senior Citizens Get-together Badminton Tournament held at Salem on Nov….
Street lights needed along Kukkarahalli walking path
November 18, 2024Sir, I am a resident of Bogadi, and my wife and I are regular walkers. Our routine includes a walk either in the morning or evening, ensuring we cover at least 5 km daily to maintain physical and mental fitness. Typically, we take our walk in the evening after completing the day’s work. This evening,…
Vedanth Basu
November 18, 2024Vedanth Basu (9), son of K. Basappa, Accounts Superintendent at the Office of the Executive Engineer, Panchayat Raj Engineering Division, Karnataka State Audit and Accounts Department and a resident of D. Salundi in the taluk, passed away following prolonged illness on Saturday. He leaves behind his father, mother Kalamma (Anasuya), sister Inchara Basu and a…
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