Date: July 5th, 2017

Legislative Panel on Welfare of BCM holds meeting
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Legislative Panel on Welfare of BCM holds meeting

July 5, 2017

Mysuru: The Legislative Committee on Welfare of Backward Classes and Minorities (BCM) held a review meeting regarding BCM hostels in the district at Zilla Panchayat auditorium here this morning. The Committee, headed by J.R. Lobo, comprised Member Secretary Amba, Members P.M. Narendraswamy, M.D. Lakshminarayan, K. Abdul Jabbar, Suneel Subramani and Mankala Subba Vaidya. Addressing the…

RTI activist demands withdrawal of Prof. Shivaraj’s reinstatement
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RTI activist demands withdrawal of Prof. Shivaraj’s reinstatement

July 5, 2017

Mysuru: RTI activist R.N. Satyanarayana has demanded the State Government to withdraw the reinstatement of B. Shivaraj to Bahadur Institute of Management Sciences (BIMS), University of Mysore. Addressing press persons at Pathrakarthara Bhavan here this morning, Satyanarayana blamed the University for asking Prof. Shivaraj to go on compulsory retirement rather than dismissing him from service…

Kurubarahalli Survey No. 4 and Alanahalli Survey No. 41
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Kurubarahalli Survey No. 4 and Alanahalli Survey No. 41

July 5, 2017

Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep has said that a decision on the controversy-ridden Kurubarahalli Survey No. 4 and Alanahalli Survey No. 41 is likely to be taken at a meeting being called by the Revenue Secretary within a week. The Regional Commissioner has already submitted a report with regard to the land and property dispute…

Surprising survival
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Surprising survival

July 5, 2017

The lyricist who scripted the lines of a song for the popular movie Pyaasa a few decades ago, sounding philosophical, conveyed the message that while people at large keenly looked forward to receive love from others in return for love got only a load of troubles. Likewise, the top brass in the government of a…

Seeking Justice to Jimmy: Maneka Gandhi steps in
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Seeking Justice to Jimmy: Maneka Gandhi steps in

July 5, 2017

In response to a complaint made to Maneka Gandhi, the Union Minister, who is also an Animal Rights Activist, by a SOM reader about a dog by name ‘Jimmy’ being brutally attacked (Star of Mysore dated June 27), Maneka Gandhi has sent a message to SOM, through Meenakshee Awasthi of People For Animals (PFA) as…

Zoo authorities asked to implement Kannada strictly
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Zoo authorities asked to implement Kannada strictly

July 5, 2017

Mysuru: Kannada Development Authority (KDA) Chairman Prof. S.G. Siddaramaiah has taken strong exception against the Mysuru Zoo authorities as it does not use Kannada in its website nor do shops inside the Zoo display Kannada on their boards. He was speaking at a meeting he was chairing yesterday regarding the implementation of Kannada in the…

Documentary on Mysuru Zoo
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Documentary on Mysuru Zoo

July 5, 2017

Mysuru: A documentary on Mysuru Zoo titled “Namma Mysuru Mrigalaya,” will be released soon. The preview of this documentary was shown to the members of the Kannada Development Authority (KDA) at the review meeting on implementation of Kannada. The nearly 25 minute documentary highlights many significant developments of the Zoo that was started by Sri…

Complaint against woman for producing fake documents to claim job
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Complaint against woman for producing fake documents to claim job

July 5, 2017

Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has lodged a complaint against a woman for producing fake documents to claim  the job on compensatory grounds. A complaint in this regard has been lodged at K.R. Police Station. The complaint states, one Kariyamma, who was working as a Pourakarmika in the MCC passed away on Apr. 28, 2010…

Dr. No: The lucky patient!
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Dr. No: The lucky patient!

July 5, 2017

Sir, KBG’s Point Blank titled “Dr. No” published in SOM dated July 3 reminded me of a similar incident. Recently, one of my employees had suffered a similar predicament. He had visited the K.R. Hospital, where the abscess had been opened surgically and the pus squeezed out. The wound was then dressed and he was…

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