Appeals visitors, public to keep Lake premises clean Mysore/Mysuru: The members of NCC Alumni Association, Mysuru, along with Mysuru Ex-Servicemen Movement, Puneet Sagar Abhiyan, Youth for Seva and Jiv put in a combined effort to clear plastic litter discarded on the walking path and at other places in Kukkarahalli Lake on Aug. 21. Former NCC…
Retail cigarette sellers protest opposing move to introduce licence system
August 28, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Strongly opposing the State Government’s move to regulate retail cigarette and beedi sales by introducing licence, retail cigarette sellers under the banner of Karnataka Chapter of Federation of Retailers Association of India (FRAI), staged a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s Office here on Friday. Pointing out that there are over 55,000 retail…
Training programme on ‘drug-design’
August 28, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry of JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysuru, had organised a five-day training programme on ‘Drug-Design, Synthesis and Spectral Analysis’ at its premises in Sri Shivarathreeshwara Nagara on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway recently. The training was for the faculty and research associates working in Pharmacy, Medical and Science Colleges across the country. In…
Annual get-together of Jayalakshmi Kodava Association held
August 28, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The Seventeenth annual get-together of Jayalakshmi Kodava Association, Mysuru, was held on Aug. 14 at Kodagu Sahakara Sangha in Jayalakshmipuram. On the occasion, merit scholarship was awarded to the following children of members: Machangada Srujana Ponnamma, Kaveri Somaiah, Taran Ponappa, Shivani Uthappa and Antriksh Kalappa. Dr. Macharanda Uthappa was honoured for securing his Ph.D…
Ramakrishnanagar Kodava Welfare Association Meet
August 28, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The 20th annual get-together of Ramakrishnanagar I Block Kodava Welfare Association and adjoining area residents was held on Aug.7 at The Roost Hotel in city. On the occasion, the Association felicitated Dr. Kodira A. Kushalappa, retd. IFS officer, for his service towards the preservation of Indian forests and in many organisations. Kotrangada Shreehan Subbaiah…
Natl. Conference on India Independence at 75
August 28, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: To mark the. 75th anniversary of Indian Independence, Department of History and Social Sciences, Teresian College, Mysuru, in association with Indian Council for Historical Research (ICHR); Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage, Mysuru and in collaboration with TOUCAN Research and Development, Bengaluru, is organising a two-day inter-disciplinary National Conference on ‘India Independence at 75:…
Welcome to “Grand” Dasara
August 28, 2022Are we well braced for a “Grand” Dasara that our Government has declared, in great aplomb and confidence, to celebrate this year’s Dasara beginning from Sept. 26 to Oct. 5 in a “grand way”? Can we expect the vainglorious Dasara zing to be back after a gap of two years caused by COVID-19 pandemic? I…
‘All-in-one’ spice tree
August 28, 2022Text & photographs by Dr. Mahadeswara Swamy Many plants possess distinctive aroma, flavour or fragrance. The whole plant or some parts may be aromatic like root, wood, bark, foliage, flowers, fruits, seeds. They are called aromatic plants. Aromatic compounds are basically essential oils made up of low molecular weight terpenoid compounds (phenylpropenes and terpenes) which…
Provide usable footpaths for pedestrian safety
August 28, 2022Sir, In spite of having wide footpaths in most of the commercial and residential localities in Yadavagiri, Vontikoppal, Gokulam and Jayalakshmipuram, it is very sad to note the condition of the footpaths in these localities. Most of the footpaths in these areas are undulated, unfit for the pedestrians to use and where the footpath is…
Annual Arthroscopy Meet in city
August 28, 2022Former Indian cricketer Javagal Srinath addressing the gathering after inaugurating the Mysore Annual Arthroscopy Meet, organised by GC’s Sports Medicine Centre and Multispeciality Hospital, Mysuru, under the aegis of Mysore Orthopaedic Association (MOA), Karnataka Arthroscopy Society (KAS) and Karnataka Orthopaedic Association (KOA), at a private hotel in city on Saturday, as KAS General Secretary Dr….















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