Mysuru: University School of Planning and Architecture, Wadiyar Centre for Architecture, Mysore School of Architecture and National Association of Students of Architecture together had organised ‘Vridhi,’ a bike rally-sapling plantation drive in city this morning. Students of Architecture of city participated in the rally which was aimed to increase the green cover in rural area…
Muharram observed in city
September 10, 2019Mysuru: Muharram, the first month of the Islamic Calendar, was observed by Muslim brethren in city this morning. Prayers were observed at all Mosques to pay rich tributes to Dharma Guru Hazrath Imam Hussain, who along with his family members, was said to have been assassinated in the Battle of Karbala on the tenth day…
Dasara Kannada Book Expo-cum-sale
September 10, 2019Mysuru: The Mysuru Dasara Kannada Pustaka Marata Mela-2019 (Book expo-cum-sale), organised jointly by Kannada Book Authority (KBA), Kannada and Culture Department and Mysuru Dasara Utsava Samiti, is being held from Sept.29 to Oct.7 at the CADA (Command Area Development Authority) Grounds. Kannada book publishers and sellers will participate in the Mela. The stall owners must…
Qualifies BARC NEST, secures admission in NISER
September 10, 2019Mysuru: City student Prajwal Roopnath has qualified in the NEST (National Entrance Screening Test) conducted by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and has secured admission in National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar, which is the training centre for young talented brains in the field of Pure Science, under Department of Atomic Energy….
MICAns clear IPCC exam
September 10, 2019Mysuru: The current student and alumni of MICA UG College, Mysuru, cleared the IPCC (Integrated Professional Competency Course) exam conducted by ICAI (Institute of Chartered Accountants of India) in May 2019. Shama Bhat (Final year student); Ramya and Melita D’Mello of 2016-19 batch have cleared the exams. Shama Bhat and Ramya have cleared both the…
Drama Review: ‘Ghashiram Kotwal’ Where History meets Literature
September 10, 2019The play will be staged at Mini Theatre in Kalamandira premises at 6.30 pm today. Sanchalana Trust performed the play Ghashiram Kotwal as part of their concluding day in the one-month theatre camp conducted by the Trust in Mysuru recently. Ghashiram Kotwal is written by playwright Vijay Tendulkar in 1972 as a response to the…
Competent & alluring…
September 10, 2019Sushira, V. Deshikachar’s Academy of Music, conducted its 19th anniversary for four days from Aug.13 to 16 at Mysore Vasudevacharya Bhavana in memory of late V. Deshikachar. N.J. Nandini from Kerala gave a vocal concert on the 13th. She was accompanied on violin by H.N. Bhaskar, on mridanga by Anoor Anantha Krishna Sharma on kanjira…
Dandiya Nite for a cause in city on Sept.29
September 10, 2019Mysuru: The annual Dandiya Nite is one of the major fund-raising events undertaken by Rotary Ivory City Mysuru. Under its Community Service projects, Rotary Ivory City has many projects as follows: Improving Educational facilities in Government Schools and Anganwadis; Promoting cleanliness in the city and surroundings; Providing Toilet facilities; Promoting tree planting; Skill development programmes…
Jain Munis take out procession
September 10, 2019Mysuru: Under the guidance of Sri Sumatinath Jain Moorthi Poojak Sangh and in the presence of Jain Acharya Sri Nayachandra Sagar Suriji, who is celebrating his Chaturmaasa in Mysuru at Mahaveer Bhavan, his shisya Muni Sri Archandra Sagarji has successfully completed 45 days of Upavas (staying without food, only on boiled water). To mark this…
World as seen from downside-up
September 10, 2019By T.J.S. George I have hardly ever used, in more than two decades of writing this column, the word this sentence begins with — the first person singular I. Change is the stuff of life and the time for change comes when you are ordered to lie flat on your back motionless. Human bodies are…















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