Mysuru: In a tragic incident, a 30-year-old woman died of electrocution in the city yesterday. Geetha (30), a resident of Kyatamaranahalli, is the deceased. Geetha was reconnecting disconnected wires of the water sump motor in her house on Friday morning, when she suffered an electric shock. She was immediately rushed to K.R. Hospital where she…
Mysuru: The new team of office-bearers of Lions Club of Mysore South for 2018-19 will be installed on July 1 at Hotel Kalyani in city. Ln. V. Nagaraj Bairy, First Vice-District Governor, Lions Clubs International, District 3I7 A will administer the oath of office to Ln. K.K. Mohan as President, Ln. G.S. Santosh as Secretary,…
Mysuru: The National Institute of Engineering (NIE) is organising a one-day assessment workshop on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) on July 2 from 10 am to 1 pm at its Sarvepalli Radhakrishna Seminar Hall, Mysuru. The main objectives of the workshop are to collate the WASH issues in an urban milieu by involving all stakeholders…
Mysuru: Alleging total neglect of Kannada in the UGC’s Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) degree curriculum, the Kannada Professors Association will stage a demonstration in front of Crawford Hall here on July 2. Announcing this at a press meet here recently, Association Convenor Dr. M. Ramakrishna said that the UGC (University Grants Commission) has failed…
Mysuru: Udayagiri Police have arrested a 20-year-old youth on charges of attempting to rape a minor girl. The arrested youth has been identified as Hemanth Kumar, a resident of Gayatripuram in city. Hemanth Kumar is accused of luring the minor girl, who had gone missing for a couple of days and attempting to rape her….
Staging of play ‘Parshva Sangeetha,’ Mini Theatre, Kalamandira premises, 7 pm.
But for Democracy, Bureaucracy would have sealed our lips It was Mahatma Gandhi who wisely said that he would rather have bad self-government than good foreign rule. I had an embarrassing experience of the danger of this Maha Udgarah, great declaration, from Mahatma Gandhi yesterday afternoon. During morning walk, I noticed tree saplings were planted…
Last week I received a video clip on WhatsApp showing our recently elected MLA from Chamundeshwari Constituency G.T. Devegowda (GTD) replying to some questions posed by an English news channel. Though the video clip was circulated as if it were just an interview, the real intention was to mock the MLA’s English. Similarly, our ex-Mayor…
Narratives in the land’s epics as well as history featuring the event of man-woman coming together in wedlock are fascinating to read. The system of swayamvara (the bride-to-be at full liberty in choosing her man from among a number of aspiring men) included the practice of stipulating a select set of qualifications for the men…
Sir, The Road in picture is the 4th Main, 28th Cross, Vidyaranyapuram. After more than a decade of back-breaking motor rides, multiple requests, debates and arguments with elected representatives, our Road was prepared for asphalt on May 10 this year. But alas ! We forgot there is an election ahead. Now we have a Road…
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