Hunsur: In separate incidents, two young farmers, who had taken crop loans from banks and others, committed suicide as they were unable to repay the loans following crop loss. In the first incident, Sridhar (30), a resident of Hosur Kodagu Colony here, committed suicide by consuming pesticides. He owned about 5.8-acre land, used to grow…
A renowned Civil Engineer, Industrialist, Promoter of Performing Arts, Social Worker and a Munificent Donor — all these and much more was Krishna Murthy Venkatesha Murthy — K.V. Murthy for short. Born on May 3, 1931, to Bhageeratamma and Krishna Murthy at Mysuru, Murthy, by sheer dint of diligence and hard work, rose to dizzy…
Mysuru: S. Govindarao (92), a resident of Vidyaranyapuram, passed away yesterday in city. He leaves behind his wife Vimalamma, son G. Nagaraj, daughters Gayathri and Meena and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were performed at the foot of Chamundi Hill yesterday.
Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha President Vatal Nagaraj, along with his supporters staging a protest this morning against chopping down of hundreds of trees around Lalitha Mahal Palace faor the construction of helipad for the proposed Heli-Tourism. He said that without knowing the rare flora and fauna which are found only around Lalitha Mahal Palace, the…
As part of Padma Bhushan Prof. CDN Centenary Year, The Literary Criterion Centre has organised the CDN Memorial Awards Ceremony at Dhvanyaloka on Apr. 12 at 5.30 pm. The awardees are: Dr. C.N. Ramachandran, Dr. D.A. Shankar and Dr. Rajeev Taranath. Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji will preside.
L. Jagadish, a resident of Vidyaranyapuram, has been nominated as a Corporator of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) according to the order passed by S. Veena, Under Secretary, Dept. of Urban Development (Corporation). Dr. S.T. Prashanth of K.R. Pet town in Mandya District, S. Nandeesh of J.P. Nagar in Mysuru, T. Nagaraj of V.V. Nagar in…
The University of Mysore (UoM) has awarded Ph. D in Law to K. Ramesha for his thesis ‘Right to Food: A Critical Study on Food Security Laws in India with Special Reference to Mysore District of Karnataka State.’ [Guide: Dr. Ramesh].
JSS Science and Technology University (JSS S&TU) will hold its 3rd Convocation in city on Apr. 9 at 11 am. In all, 873 BE, 214 M.Tech, 67 MCA, 26 M.Sc and 183 MBA candidates are eligible to receive the degree. A total of 49 Medals will be awarded to the students, out of which 31…
The Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) will hold its monthly awareness-cum-interaction programme on Apr. 11 (Sunday) at 4 pm. S. Nagesh, Superintending Engineer (Elec.) CESC, Mysuru, will be the chief guest and interact with MGP members and public. This monthly programme (unlike earlier virtual programme) will be an open physical session to be conducted at the…
To celebrate the 251st Birth Anniversary of William Wordsworth and the 201st Birth Anniversary of Anne Bronte, a special talk by Dr. R. Purnima, Director of Children’s Literary Club, and formerly Professor of English, KSOU, is organised at 5.30 pm on Apr. 9. This event will be held at Chamundi Children’s Home, II Stage Brindavan…
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