Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah had a special guest in Vidhana Soudha on Tuesday, with Padma Shree awardee Saalumarada Thimmakka, who is known as ‘Vrukshamaate’ (Guardian of trees) greeting him. Karnataka Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) President Shivananda Tagadur was present on the occasion. Later in a Tweet, Siddharamaiah said that Thimmakka wished him and prayed…
Zoo Youth Club-2022 activities begin Mysore/Mysuru: “Do not chop trees, but help them grow,” said Padmashri Saalumarada Thimmakka. She was speaking after inaugurating Youth Club-2022 activities, organised jointly by the National Youth Organisation and Mysuru Zoo in the Zoo premises on Sunday. “Everyone will be blessed if the young and the old plant saplings, nurture…
Mysore/Mysuru: Kalaburagi-based Central University of Karnataka (CUK) honoured acclaimed Kannada Novelist and Saraswathi Samman awardee Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa with Honorary Doctorate at the veteran Novelist’s residence in Kuvempunagar here yesterday. CUK Vice-Chancellor Prof. H.M. Maheshwaraiah, Dean of Humanities Prof. Basavaraj Donur, Kannada Department Head Prof. Vikram Visaji, Classical Kannada Centre Head Prof. B. B. Pujari,…
Environment Day invite to Saalumarada Thimmakka and Yaduveer Mysore/Mysuru: District Minister S.T. Somashekar called upon the Forest Department officials to make Mysuru a model in the spread of green cover and asked them to concentrate on increasing greenery on Chamundi Hill. He was addressing officials at a preparatory meeting ahead of World Environment Day (June…
Hassan: Environmentalist Saalumarada Thimmakka was admitted to a private hospital in Hassan on Thursday after she suffered from stomach pain, vomiting and other health problems. Her condition is now said to be stable. She was staying with her adopted son Umesh, a native of Balluru in Belur taluk of Hassan district. Umesh is in Balluru…
“Nature blesses everyone who takes care of it” Mysuru/Mysore: The Women’s Association of CSIR-CFTRI, as part of International Women’s Day celebrations, honoured centenarian environmentalist and Padma Shri awardee Salumarada Thimmakka at a programme organised at the CFTRI premises in city recently. The event was celebrated as a tribute to the conservationist with the staff and…
Padma Shri Saalumarada Thimmakka to inaugurate tomorrow Mysore/Mysuru: The Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports (DYES) and the NSS Unit of JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research (JSS AHER) have jointly organised a National Integration Camp at Sri Rajendra auditorium of JSS Pharmacy College in city from Mar.5 to 11. Announcing this at a…
New Delhi: The strict protocol of Rashtrapati Bhavan could not curb the motherly instincts of 106-year-old Saalumarada Thimmakka, who was awarded Padmashree for planting thousands of trees in Karnataka, as she touched the forehead of President Ram Nath Kovind to bless him. Thimmakka, who has earned the nickname of ‘Vruksha Mathe (mother of trees)’ for…
New Delhi: The strict protocol of Rashtrapati Bhavan could not curb the motherly instincts of 106-year-old Saalumarada Thimmakka, who was awarded Padma Shri for planting thousands of trees in Karnataka, as she touched the forehead of President Ram Nath Kovind to bless him. Thimmakka, who has earned the sobriquet of ‘Vriksha Mathe (mother of trees)’…
Rajeev Taranath, Saalumarada Thimmakka & Prabhu Deva among five from State to receive Padma Shri New Delhi: Padma Awards, one of the highest Civilian Awards of the country which are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri, were announced on Friday. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service;…
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