Bengaluru: Minister for Primary and Secondary Education S. Suresh Kumar has assured of a student-friendly education policy to provide quality education to children. He has also promised to look into the demands of teachers from Primary and Secondary education sectors. Speaking at a ‘Best teacher’ award presentation ceremony held here yesterday, the Minister said that…
Saptapadi: Mass marriage atop Chamundi Hill on Apr. 26
February 13, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: “Preparations are in full swing for Saptapadi: Mass marriage event, to be held atop Chamundi Hill on April 26. The event needs to be publicised in maximum ways possible,” said Public Library Department Deputy Director and Nodal Officer B. Manjunath while instructing the concerned officials. He was addressing the officials at a meeting held…
Manjamma Jogati to inaugurate ‘Bahuroopi Janapadotsava’ this evening
February 13, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: The first transperson to head a Government Academy in Karnataka, Manjamma Jogati (President of Karnataka Janapada Academy), will inaugurate ‘Bahuroopi Janapadostsava’ at Kindarijogi premises in Rangayana today (Feb. 13) at 5 pm, as a prelude to the annual Bahuroopi National Theatre Festival which is scheduled to begin tomorrow. Sanjeeva Suvarna, Principal, Yakshagana Kendra, Yaksha…
Seminar on ‘Documentation of lesser-known Languages’ at CIIL
February 13, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: The 2-day National Seminar on ‘Documentation of lesser-known Languages: Deliberation and Medium,’ organised by Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru and Regional Centre of Central Institute of Hindi (CIH), Mysuru, at the CIIL premises here, will conclude today. In his inaugural address yesterday, Prof. Rajesh Sachdeva, former Director, CIIL, said: “to preserve lesser-known…
Meat, fish shops under scanner for COVID-19
February 13, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: The latest coronavirus (now renamed as COVID-19) spreading in China and the SARS outbreak of 2003 have two things in common: Both are from the coronavirus family and both started in wet (meat and fish) markets in China. At such markets, outdoor stalls are squeezed together to forming narrow lanes, where locals and visitors…
JSS to celebrate birth centenary of Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar
February 13, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: Jagadguru Sri Veerasimhasana Mutt, Suttur and JSS Mahavidyapeetha, Mysuru, in association with Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage and History Department, JSS Women’s College, Mysuru, has organised a programme to celebrate the birth Centenary of Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar at Navajyothi Auditorium, JSS Women’s College, Saraswathipuram, in city on Feb. 15 and Feb. 16. Speaking…
Man gets seven-year jail for assaulting, robbing senior citizen
February 13, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: The Second Additional District and Sessions Court has sentenced a man to seven years imprisonment besides imposing a fine of Rs. 5,000 after he was found guilty of assaulting a senior citizen and robbing her of her gold chain. The man who was sent to jail is 36-year-old T.M. Nagendra, a resident of Tumbanerale…
‘Cauvery Calling’ campaign: Discussion on Agroforestry in city tomorrow
February 13, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: “As part of Cauvery Calling campaign, a discussion has been organised on ‘how Agroforestry can help farmers and provide attractive monetary benefits to them’ at Vidyaranya Convention Hall, Akkamahadevi Road, Vidyaranyapuram in city tomorrow (Feb. 14) at 9 am,” said Isha Foundation Volunteer Kumaraswamy. He was addressing a press meet held at Patrakartara Bhavan…
Two houses burgled in Kodagu; three coffee estate labourers arrested
February 13, 2020Gold and silver worth Rs. 3.64 lakh recovered Somwarpet: The Police have arrested three coffee estate labourers on charges of looting two houses on a single day and making away with gold ornaments and silver articles on Nov. 11, 2019. The accused had burgled two houses belonging to Kaumbaiah and Ponnappa at Biligeri village in…
Unidentified body found
February 13, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: V.V. Puram Police, on Feb. 8, have found a body of an unidentified man aged about 70 years inside a tiles godown at Yadavagiri Industrial area. Kith and kin of the deceased, if any, may contact V.V. Puram Police Station on Ph: 0821-2418314/514 or call Police Control Room on Ph: 0821-2418339, according to a…















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