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Blast from the past …: Bygone Coins and Notes on display

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Mysuru :

Popular numismatist P.K.Keshavamurthy of Hunsur is exhibiting his formidable range of rare and bygone coins, notes and stamps today and tomorrow (Jan. 23) at the BSNL Regional GMT Office, Jayalakshmipuram (behind St. Joseph’s School) from 10 am to 6 pm.

The exhibition, inaugurated by the Principal General Manager BSNL Mysore T.V. Venkatram, is Keshavamurthy’s 132nd expo and boasts of having coins as old as 5th century BC on display.

Visitors can see coins issued by the Greek, Romans, Kushans, Guptas, Satavahanas, Cholas, Pallavas and Pandyas apart from the monetary units issued by the Delhi Sultans, the British Raj along with numerous coins and currency notes from the post-independence era.

Speaking to SOM, Keshavamurthy, Sub-Divisional Engineer at BSNL Regional GMT Office, said that he has been collecting coins, notes and stamps for the last 30 years and has collected some of the rarest coins like the gold coins from Vijayanagara period and a host of commemorative coins and notes.

He further added that his collection would give a visual testament to historical facts and narratives.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Thursday – January 22nd, 2015

Veteran activist to get award

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Hubballi :

Dr Baba Adhav, veteran activist and president of Mahatma Phule Samata Pratishthan, Pune, will be honoured with the “Rashtriya Basava Krishi Award-2015”.

The award, constituted by Lingayata Panchamasali Jagadguru Mahapeetha of Kudalasangama, will be presented to Adhav at the fifth Krishi Sankranti at Kudalasangama on January 15, said Basava Jaya Mrutyunjaya Mahaswami of Kudalasangama Lingayata Panchamasali Jagadguru Maha Peetha here on Saturday. The award carries Rs 50,000 in cash and a citation. Agriculture ministers of Maharashtra and Karnataka will be present at the award presentation function, he told reporters.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Hubballi / TNN /January 11th, 2015

Hubballi womanpreneur makes a mark in e-commerce

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Hubballi :

It’s the age of startups and e-tailing. And hopping on to this bandwagon is Deepali Gotadke. This computer science engineer has managed to carve a niche in an e-comm world where big players call the shots. Deepali’s ClickHubli.com helps deliver flowers, delicacies like Dharwad peda, jowar roti and cakes and traditional Ilkal and Kasuti sarees across the globe, sitting in Hubballi. Deepali has 18 techies working under her with several women from poor families also doing part-time jobs. She has also developed a network of 30 bakers/sweetmakers and 50 florists to ensure fresh flowers and food items are delivered.

The idea of becoming an entrepreneur took shape when she settled down in Hubballi after marriage. She found that while online services were well-entrenched in metros and big cities, their reach in smaller cities was minuscule. Initially, her website that was started in 2001 offered services in Hubballi-Dharwad. Later it extended its network in cities like Belagavi, Solapur, Mangaluru, Mysuru, Pune and Goa and finally had a global footprint too. The firm now has 12 e-commerce portals and a network of florists, sweetmakers and bakers across the country through which it delivers gifts of and flowers. However, durable items like Ilkal and Kasuti sarees are delivered across India and abroad.

“Now we deliver flowers and eatables all over India with the help of florists and bakers of respective area. For instance, If we receive an order of Dharwad pedha from Bengaluru, we will convey it to our network of sweetmakers in Bengaluru, who deliver the order to the door -step of the costumer,” she says.

ClickHubli also provides information on Kasuti, an embroidery typical of north Karnataka, and undertakes the responsibility of booking and delivering saris and dress material with Kasuti work. This has provided employment to rural Kasuti artisans.

Apart from this, Deepali also does web designing and development works and has developed over 500 websites for government agencies and business establishments.

Deepali has also been recognized for her efforts. She has won various awards including ‘High Performing Women IT Entrepreneurs’ by software technology parks of India and IT/BT, Karnataka government for 2010. She has also helped Hubballi-Dharwad police solve a cyber crime case involving misuse of credit cards on e-commerce sites in December 2009 and is also on the IT advisory committee of the HDMC.

Waiting for land:

Deepali, who launched the first e-commerce website in North Karnataka region, is struggling along with five other IT companies, to get a site at Aryabhata Technological park since 2010. “Though HDMC had recommended 10.5 acres of land for six IT companies, it was pending before the government. Without offeringany reason, now HDMC itself has taken U-turn and called for fresh applications. This is a hurdle for the growth of IT sector in NK region,” Deepali said.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Hubballi / Sangamish Menasinakai, TNN /January 07th, 2015

Women Steal the Show

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Bengaluru :

It wasn’t only in Delhi that women took centre stage during the Republic Day celebrations.

While the all-women’s contingents of the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force stole the show at the Republic Day parade in Delhi,  Bengaluru girls also won many accolades in the Republic Day march past here.

The accomplishment could not have been more timely, considering that this year, the theme for the celebration is women’s empowerment.

The CRPF women’s team headed by Usha Shetty won second place in the march past in group one while the NCC girls and the Civil Defence girls’ teams won first and third place respectively in group three. The NCC girls’ team was headed by Ranjita Raj G while the Civil Defence team was headed by Pavithra Raghu. In group four too, two of the prizes were won by teams led by women, including SARS Carmel School (first) led by Hima Gowri and SARS Florence Public School (third) led by Bindushree. In group four, the first and second place was won by women-led teams, including Asha P of BMS College Ranger School and Gayatri Prabhakaran of Alpine Public School.

“The most difficult part was moving our hands and feet together with those beside and in front of us,” said Himashree, who participated in the march past.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> City> Bengaluru / by Express News Service / January 27th, 2015

M’luru professor wins award for scientific work on ferns

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Dr Smitha Hegde

Dr Smitha Hegde, associate professor, department of post-graduate studies and research in biotechnology, St Aloysius College, Mangaluru, has been awarded the Professor SS Bir gold medal in Pteridology for her scientific work towards advancement of science in the area of ferns.

The award was recently handed over by Dr PS Ahuja, director general, Council of Industrial Research (CSIR) and Dr SP Khullar, secretary treasurer of Indian Fern Society at the National Conference on ‘Modern Approaches to Pteridophytes: Biology, Biodiversity and Bioresource’ at the CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur.

Dr Hegde is currently screening ferns of the Western Ghats region, particularly the Kudremukh National Park region, for their capacity of hyper accumulation of heavy metals. She said, “As a first step, a field guide has been written reporting 38 ferns of the region.
Simultaneously, I am undertaking a project on DNA fingerprinting of ferns of the region to confirm the identity of selected ferns of the region.” She has developed a technique of encapsulating sporophytes produced in vitro as ‘Protocorm-like bodies’ in Alginate beads to enable transportation of the in vitro produced planting material to the field with minimum shock and damage, thus producing the first ‘Synthetic seeds’ for ferns in 1995.

She worked on (Cyathea spp) tree ferns of the Western Ghats for post-doctoral studies .

source: http://www.bangaloremirror.com / Bangalore Mirror / Home> News> State / by Deepthi Sanjiv, Bangalore Mirror Bureau / January 12th, 2015

Tribute to R.K. Laxman : A Mysurean at heart

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Born in Mysuru on Oct. 24, 1921, R.K. Laxman grew up in the old locality of Laxmipuram and was always enthralled by the sights and soul of the city. It was the charm of the old Mysuru that moulded Laxman’s simple yet fascinating world view and honed his eye for details.

He used to visit his old haunts like the Devaraja Market, Clock Tower and Sayyaji Rao road whenever he used to visit Mysuru.

R.K. Laxman shared a great bond with Maharaja’s College where he had studied Politics, Economics and Philosophy from 1942 to 1944. During one of his recent visits to the city, Laxman visited his college more as an alumnus rather than as a guest. He had searched for an etching he had made in one of the class-rooms and had found the scribble “RKL” on one of the walls along with ‘RKS’ (R.K. Srinivasan), ‘RKP’ (R.K. Pattabhi) and ‘RKN’ (R.K. Narayan) — his brothers. Laxman had also recalled that it was his English lecturer, B.S. Keshavan, who had encouraged him to draw cartoons.

The last time Laxman visited Mysuru was in 2009. He was bound to a wheel-chair and had visited Maharaja’s College with his wife Kamala. When asked by a student what his connection with Mysuru was, since he was not living here, Laxman had said, “I always miss Mysuru and Maharaja’s College.”

Dignitaries tweet tributes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi: “India will miss you R.K. Laxman. We are grateful to you for adding the much needed humour in our lives & always bringing smiles on our faces. My condolences to the family & countless well-wishers of a legend whose demise leaves a major void in our lives. RIP R.K. Laxman.”

Sonia Gandhi: “Shri Laxman’s ‘Common Man’, for more than one generation, represented India, served as conscience-keeper of establishment. His death is passing away of an institution.”

Sachin Tendulkar: “The man who expressed so much for and as the Common Man is no more. Deepest condolences to his family and friends.”

Ramachandra Guha: “R.K. Laxman was the greatest member of a great Mysore generation — among them M.N. Srinivas, R.K. Narayan, T.S. Satyan, A.K. Ramanujan…”

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Tuesday – January 27th, 2015

State-level milking contest : Bengaluru cow owners rule the roost

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Lakshman Hogebandi’s cow bags first place, yields 43.35 kg milk

Actor Darshan is seen after presenting the first prize to Lakshman Hogebandi (with garland) of Bengaluru at the State-level milking contest organised by the Mysuru City Cow Owners Association at J.K. Grounds in city on Sunday as Mayor R. Lingappa, Hotelier Sandesh of Sandesh the Prince, Hunsur MLA H.P. Manjunath, former Mayor D. Dhruvakumar and others look on.
Actor Darshan is seen after presenting the first prize to Lakshman Hogebandi (with garland) of Bengaluru at the State-level milking contest organised by the Mysuru City Cow Owners Association at J.K. Grounds in city on Sunday as Mayor R. Lingappa, Hotelier Sandesh of Sandesh the Prince, Hunsur MLA H.P. Manjunath, former Mayor D. Dhruvakumar and others look on.

 

Mysuru :

Cow owners from Bengaluru dominated the State-level Milking contest organised by the Mysuru City Cow Owners Association in memory of late actor Thoogudeepa Srinivas at J.K. Grounds here on Sunday by bagging all the five prizes that were at stake.

Lakshman Hogebandi of Beguru in Bengaluru won the first prize of Rs. 1 lakh cash and a two-kg silver lamp, by milking a total of 43.35 kg milk in two sessions.

Nagaraj of Chandapura Circle, Anekal taluk, bagged the second prize of Rs. 75,000 cash and silver articles weighing 1 kg, by milking a total 41.2 kg, while M.G. Somanna of Nettakallappa Circle, Basavanagudi, won the third prize (Rs. 50, 000 cash and 1 kg silver articles) by milking a total of 40.30 kg milk.

C. Chowdappa of Padarayanapura won the fourth prize (Rs. 25,000 cash and 1 kg silver article) by milking 39.80 kg of milk and Gagan Reddy of Nirmal Milk Suppliers, Lalbagh West, Basavanagudi, womn the fifth prize (RS. 20,000 cash and 1 kg silver article) by milking 37.9 kg of milk.

More than 25 cow owners from Mysuru, Bengaluru, Hassan and other districts took part in the contest. Cine actor Darshan Toogudeepa gave away the prizes.

Hunsur MLA H.P. Manjunath, Mayor R. Lingappa, Cauvery-CADA Chairman C. Dasegowda, Hotelier Sandesh and other dignitaries were felicitated on the occasion.

Former Mayor D. Dhruvakumar, Corporator D. Nagabushan, former MDCC Bank President C. Basavegowda, Congress leader Siddaraju, Cow Ownwers Association President Desigowda, actor Dhruva Keerthi, Veterinary Department Deputy Director Dr. Devadas and others were present on the occasion.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Tuesday – January 27th, 2015

City Cops get President’s Medal

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1. Ravindra. 2) Aiyanna
1. Ravindra. 2) Aiyanna

Mysuru :

Two Policemen from the city are among the 20 cops from the State, who have been conferred President’s Police Medal for meritorious service on the occasion of Republic Day yesterday.

Also, four other Police Officers from the State were conferred with the President’s medal for distinguished service.

B.M. Ravindra and N.U. Aiyanna, both Head Constables at 5th Battalion, KSRP Mysuru, are the city cops who have been conferred the Medal.

B.M. Ravindra, originally hailing from Napoklu in Madikeri Taluk, has been serving in the Department for over 30 years while Aiyanna, who hails from Kushalnagar in Kodagu district, is associated with the Department for over 34 years.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Tuesday – January 27th, 2015

Natl. Mountain biking championship : City boy wins Silver medal

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Mysuru :

Tejaswi, a 10th std. student of Hari Vidyalaya in Bogadi, representing Karnataka for the first time has won a second place at the 11th National Mountain Biking Championship held from Jan. 18 to 22 in Pune.

The selection process was done in two stages. In the time trial stage, Tejaswi won the bronze medal and won the silver medal in the Mass Start stage. Tejaswi was trained by Nagaraj and Ekalavya awardee Lokesh. Tejaswi is the son of G. Shambulingegowda, Biology lecturer at Government Pre Univer- sity College in Akkihebbal and P.K. Nagaratna.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / Tuesday – January 27th, 2015

Malpe UHC switches to solar power in a first for India

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Manipal :

Urban Health Centre in Malpe, about 10 kilometres from here, became a solar powered clinic on Wednesday. Srinivas Prasad, CEO Philips Innovation campus, Bengaluru inaugurated the solar facility provided by Philips at a simple function. It is a first of its kind in India. Started in 1967 by Dr T M A Pai, the Centre provides maternal and child health services and also takes care of general ailments of people in the region.

The centre under administrative care of department of community medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal recently started screening activities for oral, breast and cervix cancers with support from Kasturba Hospital, Manipal. With ever-increasing work at the clinic, need for uninterrupted power supply became imperative.

The solar energy which became operational on Wednesday will greatly help to improve patient care.

In view of urgency and importance of having uninterrupted power in the clinic, Manipal University and Philips signed a memorandum of understanding for the pilot project. The Centre will henceforth not depend on electricity to run appliances. This innovation by Philips is a centralized solar DC grid, which reduces dependency on grid power and contributes towards green energy. The solar solution provided in Malpe Clinic consists of 6 KWp solar panels.

It is expected to generate on an average nearly 12 units per day, and the consumption of the Malpe clinic is around 8 units per day presently. Srinivas Prasad, a former Karnataka Ranji Trophy player said, “We are associated with Manipal University for over a decade now. So we decided to do this project with the University first. This initiative can serve as a model solution which can be replicated in tier 2 and tier 3 cities and rural areas across the country.”

Pramod Madhwaraj, Udupi MLA said he was extremely happy that Philips has decided to have the pilot project in his constituency. He urged Prasad to provide solar facilities to entire state. Even Dr Vinod Bhat, Pro Vice-Chancellor urged Philips CEO to use Technology to improve villages across India, “Because we cannot depend electricity alone to fulfill the needs,” he said. Dr Veena Kamath, head of department of community medicine welcomed the gathering.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Mangaluru / by Jaideep Shenoy, TNN / January 22nd, 2015