A day-long painting expo of woman achievers, jointly organised by District Kannada Sahitya Parishat and Kannada Sahitya Kala Koota, Mysuru, as part of Women’s Day celebrations, began at Suchitra Art Gallery, Kalamandira here this morning. Speaking after inaugurating the expo, former Karnataka State Women’s Commission Chairperson Manjula Manasa said that the painting expo is an…
City-based writer Dr. Manik Bengeri honoured in Mumbai
March 26, 2017The Maharashtra Raajya Saahitya – Samskruti Mandal, Mumbai, had organised a programme at Gateway of India recently to honour litterateurs and writers in Maharashtra as well as outside Maharashtra. City-based writer Dr. Manik A.V. Bengeri, a music critic and an established multi-lingual writer, was among those honoured with an award and citation for her latest…
Excels in singing
March 26, 2017Medha, a 6th Semester student of EEE Department of NIE Institute of Technology, Koorgalli, Mysuru, has bagged 3rd place in the Classical vocal competition at the 17th VTU Inter-Collegiate Competition organised by Sir MV IT, Bengaluru, at their premises recently.
Intl. Symposium on Cloud Computing and Data Analytics held
March 26, 2017The two-day International Symposium on ‘Cloud Computing and Data Analytics,’ organised by the Computer Science Division of National Institute of Engineering (NIE) in association with Computer Society of India (CSI) Bengaluru and Mysuru Chapters was inaugurated at its premises by Dr. Anirban Basu, President of CSI recently. Addressing the gathering, Dr. Basu highlighted that Cloud…
Rajasthani women perform Sheetala Puja at Bisilumaramma Temple
March 26, 2017Women folk from Rajasthani community performed Sheetala Puja at Bisilumaramma Temple in Janatha Nagar here recently. This is a special puja performed by Rajasthani community ladies, to please the Goddess. Basoda Puja is dedicated to Goddess Sheetala and is performed on Krishna Paksha Ashtami after Holi. Basoda, also known as Sheetala Ashtami usually falls after…
My Pandavapura connection… Down the memory lane…
March 26, 2017Sir, Your ‘Abracadabra’ about a Mandya man (Star of Mysore dated Mar. 23) has prompted me to narrate my experience with the people of Pandavapura taluk in particular. My memory goes back to 1970 when I started my practice as a surgeon in Mysore. I recall and appreciate the services of late Dr. J.S. Raman…
Newly-wed dies under mysterious circumstances
March 26, 2017Husband’s family accused of dowry harassment The parents of a newly-wedded girl has accused the family of the girl’s husband of dowry harassment following the death of the girl who was found hanging under mysterious circumstances on Saturday afternoon. The deceased girl has been identified as Megha (21), wife of Somu alias Harish, a resident…
Mother along with daughters go missing from city
March 26, 2017Mother, along with her two daughters have been reported missing from Vijayanagar Police Station limits in city. The missing mother and daughters have been identified as 36-year-old Prathima, three-and-a-half-year-old Manyatha and two-year-old Manvitha. According to a press release, Prathima had quarrelled with her husband R. Surendrakumar over the issue of going to a temple on…
ART Excel course
March 26, 2017All Round Training in Excellence (ART Excel) is a course for children (age group of 7 to 13 years) devised by Sri Ravishankar Guruji and conducted by his Art of Living Foundation. Art of Living Mysore Chapter has organised this course at Sri Ravishankar Guruji Ashram, Lalithadripura Road, Mysuru, from Mar. 31 to April 9…
More dustbins needed near Mysore Palace
March 25, 2017Sir, On a visit to Mysore Palace I was shocked to see the quantum of waste littered in front of the Ganapathy Temple, Anjaneyaswamy Temple and around the parking lot. I could find only two dustbins on some obscure locations, for such a large area. The Palace being one of the major tourist attractions of…
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