Mysore/Mysuru: The 105th birth anniversary of former Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs was celebrated in a simple manner at a programme organised by District Administration in association with Zilla Panchayat and Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department at Maneyangala in Kalamandira premises here this morning. Speaking on the occasion, MLC A.H. Vishwanath said that Devaraj…
Writer wants installation of Devaraj Urs Statue in Mysuru
August 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Senior writer Prof. Kalegowda Nagavara has urged the State Government to install a statue of former Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs in Mysuru. He was speaking at D. Devaraj Urs award conferment programme organised under the joint aegis of Karnataka Rajya Hindulida Vargagala Jagruta Vedike and Kannada Sahitya Kalakoota at Pathrakartara Bhavan here yesterday….
Devaraj Urs birth anniversary: Meeting held
August 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In view of the 105th birth anniversary of late CM D. Devaraj Urs on Aug. 20, a preliminary meeting was held at the Deputy Commissioner’s (DC) Office here yesterday. Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Manjunathaswamy, who chaired the meeting, informed that the birth anniversary will be held in a simple manner due to Covid pandemic….
Former CM Devaraj Urs remembered
June 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Tributes were paid to former Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs on his death anniversary at a programme organised at Congress Bhavan near City Railway Station here yesterday. Speaking after offering floral tributes to the portrait of the late CM, former MLA M.K. Somashekar said that Devaraj Urs was the voice of the backward class…
Missing roadside garbage bins back
January 11, 2020Two roadside garbage bins installed by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) that were stolen by miscreants have been replaced by the MCC. The MCC had installed two bins (one for dry waste and another for wet waste) by hanging them onto iron stands installed on D. Devaraj Urs Road. The theft under its very nose…
Vishwanath seeks separate Hunsur district named after former CM D. Devaraj Urs
October 13, 2019Hunsur: “Being an administrative centre for six taluks, Hunsur Sub-division should be separated from Mysuru District, be given a district status and be named after former CM late D. Devaraj Urs,” asserted former Minister A.H. Vishwanath. Addressing a press meet at the Press Club here on Friday, Vishwanath observed that Mysuru District is facing problems…
Devaraj Urs’ 104th birth anniversary tomorrow
August 19, 2019Mysuru: The Backward Classes Welfare Department will celebrate the 104th birth anniversary of late Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs at Kalamandira on Hunsur Road at 11 am tomorrow (Aug.20). Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath will inaugurate the programme. Chamaraja MLA L. Nagendra will preside. Writer Dr. Malali Vasanthkumar will be the main speaker. Several Legislators and MPs…
Former Dy.SP wants recognition for protecting the then CM Devaraj Urs from mob
August 16, 2019Mysuru: Following the decision of the District Authorities to celebrate the birth anniversary of late Chief Minister of Karnataka D. Devaraj Urs on Aug. 20 at Kalamandira, the admirers of the former Dy.SP K.S. Sadanand have made an appeal to the Deputy Commissioner to honour K.S. Sadanand on the occasion for ‘Saving the life of…
Devaraj Urs Birth Anniversary on Aug. 20
August 6, 2019Mysuru: The 104th birth anniversary celebrations of former Chief Minister late D. Devaraj Urs will be held on Aug.20 at Kalamandira. Chairing a meeting at his Office yesterday, DC Abhiram G. Sankar instructed the officials to prepare for a grand celebration befitting the contribution of Devaraj Urs to society. However, the chief guest and other…
D. Devaraj Urs’ wall poster in Sussex University: Reminiscing with Prof. James Manor
October 4, 2017By K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Jt. Director of Information & Publicity It was a surprising and happy moment for Prof. James Manor of London University, who was in Mysuru to deliver a lecture on D. Devaraj Urs at MYRA School of Business on Aug. 21, under the aegis of Devaraj Urs Centre for Development Studies…
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