Mysore/Mysuru: A sculptor training centre on the lines of Kala Grama (Art Village) in Bengaluru will be established in Mysuru and efforts would be made to convince the State Government in this regard, said Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shobha Karandlaje. She was speaking after felicitating sculptor Arun Yogiraj in the city…
Abhinandan Varthaman receives Vir Chakra
November 22, 2021He had shot down a Pakistani F-16 fighter jet during a dogfight over the LoC New Delhi: Indian Air Force (IAF) Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman, who downed a Pakistan jet during an aerial combat in February 2019 at the Line of Control (LoC) and was held captive for three days, was awarded the Vir Chakra…
Vegetable prices skyrocket, shows no sign of dropping
November 22, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Household budgets are taking a severe beating as skyrocketing vegetable prices show no sign of dropping. The rates have shot up due to heavy rainfall and resultant crop damage in Karnataka and neighbouring States. Prices of most of the commonly used vegetables including tomato, beans, brinjal, carrots, and chillies are up, and traders say…
Maddikere Gopal is Mysuru District Kannada Sahitya Parishat President
November 22, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Maddikere Gopal has been elected as the Mysuru District Kannada Sahitya Parishat President in the polls held yesterday. This is the second time that Gopal has been elected to the post. Election was held yesterday at Maharani’s Arts College for Women on JLB Road and the counting of votes was taken up after voting…
Technology has made roads safer: Traffic ACP
November 22, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Police work is often associated with keeping the community safe through crime reduction, investigation and maintaining peace and order. But one facet that touches the community the most is their work in traffic management. To devise better and safer road engineering and more effective legislation, improve vehicular safety standards and generate public awareness, the…
State to set up ‘Start-Up Silicon Valley Bridge’
November 22, 2021Bengaluru: Minister for Electronics, IT, BT and S&T, Higher Education, Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Livelihood Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan has announced the setting up of a ‘Start-Up Silicon Valley Bridge’ to help skilled employees of the State to work for start-ups located in the US’ Silicon Valley. In his valedictory address at the 24th edition of…
‘NEP is anti-Constitutional’
November 22, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that the New Education Policy (NEP-2020) is anti-Constitutional, former Karnataka High Court Judge Justice Nagamohandas likened the NEP to a sugar-coated bitter pill. He was speaking at a seminar on ‘New Education Policy and the Politics of Distortion of Curriculum,’ organised by Manava Bandhutva Vedike at the Institution of Engineers on JLB Road…
Ritz Hotel Proprietor Vivek Aiyanna passes away
November 22, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Ballachanda Vivek Aiyanna (57), Proprietor of the then Ritz Hotel and a resident of Govardhan Apartments in Lakshmipuram, passed away yesterday night following a heart attack. Son of late B.A. Nanaiah, he leaves behind his mother Binny Nanaiah, wife Shobha, daughters Natasha and Sanjana, sons-in-law, brothers Santosh Cariappa and Sachin Devaiah and a host…
Dr. K.K. Chengappa, city dentist, no more
November 22, 2021Mysuru: City’s well-known dentist, Dr. Kodimaniyanda K. Chengappa (77), a resident of Chikkahalli on T. Narasipur Road, passed away here this morning. Dr. Chengappa was running a dental clinic near Rajkamal Theatre in Shivarampet since many years. He leaves behind his wife Veda Chengappa, son Belliappa, daughter Malavika and a host of relatives and friends….
Kuniyonu Baara… Sanchalana Children’s Theatre & Folk Art Fest at G.B. Sargur
November 22, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: City-based Sanchalana Mysore, in association with Arka Dhama, Shravanashrama, Bhoomideepa and Sri Kashi Vishwanatha Temple Trust, has organised ‘Sanchalana Children’s Theatre and Folk Art Festival — Kuniyonu Baara…’ at Sri Kashi Vishwanatha Temple premises in G.B. Sargur, Bogadi-Gaddige Road, H.D. Kote, from Nov. 22 to 26. The Festival features folk dance, theatre songs, folk…















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