** UoM to get its own community radio station

If everything goes as planned, the University of Mysore may soon become the first State university to launch a community radio station (CRS) of its own for broadcasting educational-based programmes.

On the occasion of World Radio Day, the logo of the community radio station – Radio Manasa – was unveiled at the Vignana Bhavan here on Saturday

** The Wellesley Bridge: 200 years young

When you are over 200 years old, you know you have seen history happening. And you know you have been bridging the yesterdays with the todays.

The Wellesley Bridge, built in Seringapatam (Srirangapatna) in 1804 after the fall of Tipu Sultan in the fourth Anglo-Mysore war, still carries traffic today.

Surviving for more than two centuries, this oldest road bridge spans across the River Cauvery in the island town housing the famous temple of Lord Ranganathaswamy.

** Karnataka village girl defies all odds, bags award for ‘gourd art’ at national Kala Utsav

Chandana A, a Class 9 student of the government high school in GB Saragur of HD Kote taluk, has made the state proud by winning second place in the national-level Kala Utsav, an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) under the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan. Her artwork helped her bag the award for the state under the category ‘Indigenous Toys and Games’.