Briefs

Mysuru, Nov 25: Palaces in Mysuru and Bengaluru will remain closed for public today and tomorrow as a mark of respect to film actor turned politician M H Ambareesh who was close friend of Mysuru Royal family. Mysuru royal family expressed deep condolence to actor- politician Ambareesh death in Bengaluru last night. In a message Ms Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, wife of scion Srikantadatta Narasimharaja

Mysuru, Nov 22: Members of the BJP’s farmer wing, Raitha Morcha staged a protest near Gandhi Circle on Wednesday to condemn remarks made by chief minister HD Kumaraswamy at the Suvarna Soudha in Belagavi recently. “Kumaraswamy rode to power on the back of support from the farmers. Now, he is calling them ‘goondas’ and has insulted a woman farmer who was demanding justice. Kumaraswamy has insulted

Mysuru, Nov 16: Swami Jagadatmanandaji is a senior monk of the Ramakrishna Order passed away on Thursday night in a private hospital after a prolonged illness. He was 88 years old ,Swami Jagadatmanandaji developed age related health problems and was shifted to Mysuru for medical treatment where he breathed last. Inspiredm by the lives of Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekananda, he

Mangaluru, Nov 16: First Steps Pre-School, Kudroli celebrated its first year’s Children’s Day on Wednesday, 14th November 2018 with fun and frolic. To mark the celebration, a fancy dress competition was held for the tiny tots. The kids actively participated and were very happy and excited about the costumes they wore. Parents were equally thrilled and overwhelmed due to their child’s participation

Mangaluru, Nov 15: City-based Chetana Child Development Centre in association with GSB Mahila Mandal, Mangaluru celebrated Deepavali in a gala manner on Friday, November 19, 2018. Chetana Child Development Centre situated on V.T. Road in the city is an institution dedicated to the nurture of special children. It is managed under the auspices of Seva Bharati. Prabha Pai, President of G.S.B. Mahila

Mangaluru, Oct 27: Care-the helping hands, a philanthropic association of youngsters distributed fruits among patients at Wenlock Hospital and Lady Goschen Hospital in the city on Friday. At Wenlock Hospital, district surgeon Dr Rajeshwari Devi H R inaugurated the programme. Dr Juliana Saldana and others were present. Later they distributed fruits among HIV affected children at CARDTs in Kadri

Mangaluru, Oct 12: Team Physiotherapist Mangalore organised fruit distribution programme at Govt Wenlock Hospital (Paediatric Care) on the occasion of the birthday of U T Khader, Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Dakshina Kannada district in-charge. Fruits were distributed among 80 paediatric patients. Dr Mohammad Suhail, Dr Yaseer, Dr Saugat, Dr Nawaraj, Dr Urope, Dr Showkat, Mr Deepak

Bengaluru, Oct 10: The employees of Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) on Tuesday contributed Rs 50 lakh to the Karnataka Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for relief work in flood-hit areas of Karnataka. Mr M V Gowtama, CMD, BEL and Mr R N Bagdalkar, Director (HR), BEL, handed over the cheque for Rs 50 lakhs to Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy.

Bengaluru, Oct 9: National Confederation of Human Rights, Karnataka Chapter organized the State Council meeting on 7th Oct 2018 at Hameed Sha Complex, Bengaluru for the new term of 2 years. S Balan, Senior Advocate, Karnataka High Court was elected as the president again for the new term. While addressing the gathering he stated that atrocity on Dalits, minorities women has only escalated day by

Bengalore, Oct 1: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths have caught redhand Ravikumar, Surveyor, Yeswanthpura Hobli, here, while accepting bribe of Rs 50,000 for showing official favour. After receiving a complaint from a resident that the Surveyor demanded Rs 1,50,000 bribe for issuing Tatkal podi for his land, the ACB team today laid a trap and arrested him while accepting bribe amount Rs 50,000