Almaty, Kazakhstan (Agencies): The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s Christina Koch returned to Earth safely on Thursday after shattering the space-flight record for female astronauts with a stay of almost 11 months aboard the International Space Station. Koch touched down at 0912 GMT on the Kazakh steppe after 328 days in space, along with…
Man who cooked tubers inside forest baffles Bandipur officials
February 7, 2020Gundlupet: A man from Odisha spotted inside the Bandipur Tiger Reserve is giving sleepless nights to the Forest officials who are busy in creating fire lines to prevent forest fire during summer. The man in question has been arrested and has been handed over to Anti-Naxal Force that is operating in the Tiger Reserve to…
Ex-MLA lashes out at MLA Ramdas for stalling Housing Projects for poor
February 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing sitting KR Constituency MLA S.A. Ramdas of the BJP of stalling construction of houses for the poor in city under various Housing Schemes, former KR MLA and Congress leader M.K.Somashekar staged a demonstration against the MLA in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s Office here this morning. Alleging that Ramdas has threatened the contractor,…
Hunsur gears up for CMC polls
February 7, 2020Hunsur: With just two days away (Feb.9) for the crucial City Municipal Council (CMC) polls, the buzzing town is getting prepared to elect 31 new Councillors for a five-year term. Voting will take place between 7 am and 5 pm on Feb. 9 and counting of votes will be taken up on Feb.11. The Hunsur…
MCC Ward 18 by-poll on Feb.9: Public campaigning ends
February 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With just two days to go for voting (Feb.9), public campaigning for MCC ward 18 (Yadavagiri) drew to a close at 7 am today. The by-poll was necessitated after BJP Corporator from the Ward Guru Vinayak was disqualified over fake caste certificate row. The MCC Ward 18 is reserved for ST Category. The BJP…
Legendary singer Yesudas’ brother’s body found in Kochi backwaters
February 7, 2020Kochi: K.J. Justin (62), younger brother of legendary singer K.J. Yesudas, was found dead in the backwaters near DP World’s International Container Terminal in Vallarpadam, Kochi. Justin was staying in a rented house in Kakkanad along with his wife. Justin was reported missing since Tuesday night and his relative had lodged a complaint with the…
‘Vishikhanupravesh’ Graduation Day at JSS
February 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: JSS Ayurveda Medical College celebrated Graduation Day at the college campus in Lalitadripura yesterday. A total of 102 students, including 80 graduate and 22 post-graduate students received graduation certificates in their respective stream of studies. In all, 9 graduate and 14 postgraduate rank holders received endowment medals. Speaking after inaugurating the programme, AYUSH Department…
Handicrafts Expo-cum-Sale at Urban Haat to conclude on Feb. 9
February 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, a Nodal Agency for preservation, promotion and protection of Indian handicrafts is implementing various schemes for the promotion and development of handicrafts and welfare of the crafts persons. It holds around 300 mega marketing events across the country to provide direct…
Open House at CIPET from Feb. 13 to 15
February 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET), will be organising an Open House at its campus near Hebbal Industrial area to showcase its achievements, facilities and the courses available from Feb. 13 to Feb. 15. The three-day Open House will be held from 10 am to 7 pm. During the three-day event, visitors…
Winners of English Declamation Fest
February 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: SVEI Public School won the Rolling Shield in the third Sri V. Siddharthacharry Memorial English Declamation Fest hosted by Acharya Vidya Kula at its premises recently. K.S. Padmini, Shubha Anand and Nandini Srinivasan were the judges for the event which was open to students of Classes VIII and IX. A total of 34 students…















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