Bengaluru: Even as the State is witnessing an alarming increase in the number of COVID-19 cases, the State Government conducted a record 72,684 tests in Karnataka on a single day on Saturday, which also saw 8,324 positive cases. So far, a total of 27,85,718 people in the State have undergone COVID-19 test and 3,27,076 people…
Railways begins securing of landed properties along tracks
August 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In an effort to secure its landed properties along tracks from probable encroachments, the Mysuru Division of South Western Railway (SWR) has begun securing of Railway tracks coming under its jurisdiction, by construction of walls and railings. The Railway Department is said to have taken this measure to secure and safeguard its properties for…
Bronze Statue of Sqn. Ldr. A.B. Devayya to be unveiled at Madikeri on Sept. 7
August 31, 2020A befitting tribute to Indo-Pak War Hero on his 55th death anniversary By Prasad Sampigekatte Madikeri: The statue of Squadron Leader Ajjamada Bopayya Devayya will be unveiled at Madikeri in Kodagu District on Sept. 7. The 6-feet-9-inch bronze statue installed at the Old Private Bus Stand Circle will be unveiled on the day Devayya was…
Chorus grows to set up Heritage Institute in Mysuru
August 31, 2020Indian Institute of Heritage and Conservation (IIHC) to help save heritage monuments, archaeological sites By S.T. Ravikumar Mysore/Mysuru: There is a growing chorus in favour of establishing Indian Institute of Heritage and Conservation (IIHC) with the status of a Deemed University under the Ministry of Culture in the Heritage City of Mysuru. Tourism stakeholders, archaeology…
‘Lockdown helped me discover new melodies’
August 31, 2020Sarod Maestro Amjad Ali Khan dwells on pandemic, education, music at virtual Mysuru Literature Festival-2020 Mysore/Mysuru: The ‘Wafts of Melody’ virtual session last evening held as part of the fifth day of Mysuru Literature Festival-2020 that had Sarod Maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan on the panel was a mixture of topics from music, education, family…
Veteran BJP leader lays foundation stone for Arya Vysya Mahasabha building
August 31, 2020Karnataka Arya Vysya Mahasabha Muti-purpose Building that is coming up on Choudri Appaji Setty Dharmachatra site on Geetha Mandir Road, is estimated to cost Rs. 5.5 crore. The building will house separate hostels for boys and girls of the community, a competitive exams guidance centre, a guest house and a residential facility. Mysore/Mysuru: Veteran BJP…
Wild flora blooms on canvas
August 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Sri Kalanikethana School of Art in city had organised an art exhibition titled ‘Aralu’ at its Gallery in Vijayanagar Second Stage here yesterday in which over 25 acrylic watercolour based paintings of wild flowers, which grow on the roadside and usually go unnoticed, done by artist K. Sangeeta were exhibited. Mysore and Chamarajanagar District…
14 temples in KR Constituency get funds for renovation
August 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With the Government releasing Rs. 11.67 lakh for renovation of temples in his Assembly segment, KR MLA S.A. Ramdas, who is also the President of Aradhana Samiti, chaired a meeting on the allocation of the released funds among 14 temples coming under his constituency, at the Taluk Office here on Wednesday last. The meeting…
Information Department Commissioner calls for better use of social media
August 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Department of Information and Public Relations Commissioner Dr. P.S. Harsha has called upon officials to use popular social media platforms for communicating Government programmes and projects to the people. He was addressing officials at the Department office on Dhanvanthri Road here on Saturday. Pointing out that Social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are…
Online ‘Project Exhibition-2020’ features 40 plus working models
August 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The ‘Project Exhibition-2020’ was organised online by the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE), GSSS Institute of Engineering & Technology for Women (GSSSIETW), Mysuru, in association with ISLE Student Chapter, Karnataka Centre, recently. J.N. Bhavani Prasad, former Director General, Central Public Work Department (CPWD), Government of India, Senior Member, ISLE, Karnataka State Centre,…















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