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Nizamuddin Markaz: 63 from Mysuru quarantined

Police enforce nakabandi to prevent free movement Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Administration has successfully mounted efforts and has tracked down nearly 63 people who were among the 342 from the State who attended the religious congregation of Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi between Mar. 8 and Mar. 20. The gathering had hosted 9,000 people including 1,500...

COVID-19, News

Light candles, diyas dispel darkness: PM

Switch off lights for 9 minutes at 9 pm on Apr. 5 New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi this morning urged people to light candles, lamps or mobile flashlights at 9 pm on Sunday, Apr. 5, for 9 minutes to “raise the great power of 130 crore Indians” and make everyone feel that no one...

COVID-19, News

Home delivery of ration launched

Mysuru district first in State to introduce this initiative Mysore/Mysuru: Following the COVID-19 Nationwide lockdown,the district administration, in a bid to ensure that every citizen gets essential commodities, today launched home delivery of ration (for April and May) to households in the district. MLAs G.T. Devegowda and S.A. Ramdas, MP Pratap Simha and Deputy Commissioner...

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COVID-19, News

Nizamuddin Markaz: 63 from Mysuru quarantined

Police enforce nakabandi to prevent free movement Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Administration has successfully mounted efforts and has tracked d...

COVID-19, News

Light candles, diyas dispel darkness: PM

Switch off lights for 9 minutes at 9 pm on Apr. 5 New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi this morning urged people to light candles, lamps or m...

COVID-19, News

Home delivery of ration launched

Mysuru district first in State to introduce this initiative Mysore/Mysuru: Following the COVID-19 Nationwide lockdown,the district administration, in ...

Quarantined persons shifted to New District Hospital

COVID-19, News

Quarantined persons housed in a city lodge shifted to New District Hospital

Mysore/Mysuru: Following a snap stir staged by residents of Devaraja Mohalla last night demanding shifting of all persons who were under quarantine fo...

News

Demand for mutton goes down as chicken sale picks up in city

Sheep, goat and chicken meat to be sold on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays Mysore/Mysuru: Nearly 80 percent of meat shops selling chicken meat opened fo...

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Abracadabra By K. B. Ganapathy, Columns

Remembering Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj — 9

Shivaji accepts Aurangzeb’s invitation and goes to Agra… [Continued from Mar. 23] During my school days, there was a text book in Kannada about ...

Columns

If someone needs you, be there and stay…

By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC A human interest story: The on-duty Nurse took the anxious young Army Major to the bedside. “Yo...

Abracadabra By K. B. Ganapathy, Columns

“Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam”

We are one world, one people and one earth citizen “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main, ...

Columns

Time to take a look at Bubonic Plague of 1896

By Gouri Satya, Senior Journalist The outbreak of Coronavirus across the countries has led to radical measures like curfew, lockdown, and isolation to...

Columns

What this Virus has taught me

By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC A Gaur Gopal Das sermon, which I wanted to share with SOM readers: Any of you getting frustrate...

EVENTS TODAY

Events Today

Elected

M. Shadakshari was elected unopposed as President and K. Ningamma as Vice-President of Mysuru, Chamarajanagar and Mandya District KSRTC Employees Cred...

Events Today

Abhiyenthararu – a Theatre for Engineers, Mysuru and South Zone Cultural Centre (SZCC), Thanjavur

Rashtriya Ranga Utsava (National Theatre Festival), Staging of Hindi play ‘Ghatotkacha’ by Abhinay Kalyan, Mumbai (Director – Abhijeet Zunjarrao...

Events Today

Vidwan R.K. Srikantan Trust, Bengaluru and Ganabharathi, Mysuru

Birth centenary celebrations of legendary maestro Padma Bhushan, Sangeetha Kalanidhi late Dr. R.K. Srikantan and Mysore Maharaja late Sri Jayachamaraj...

Events Today

JSS Medical College, Mysuru

Graduates Reception, Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji graces the occasion, Dr. H. Vinod Bhat, Vice-Chancellor of Manipal Academy of Higher Educatio...

EVENTS TOMORROW

Events Tomorrow

Postal Mela tomorrow

A day-long Postal Mela has been organised at the Head Post Office on Ashoka Road in city from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm tomorrow. The members of the public c...

Events Tomorrow

Sri Ramakrishna Ashram

Swami Yukteshanandaji speaks on ‘Divine Life of Sri Ramakrishna,’ Ashram premises, Yadavagiri, 6 pm.

Events Tomorrow

Vidwan R.K. Srikantan Trust, Bengaluru and Ganabharathi, Mysuru

Birth centenary celebrations of legendary maestro Sangeetha Kalanidhi late Dr. R.K. Srikantan and Mysore Maharaja late Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar, Musi...

Photo News

Photo News
Distribution of food supplies to Old Age Home
Srinivasan Services Trust (SST), the social arm of TVS Motor Company, distributed food supplies to Little Sisters of the Poor, an Old Age Home in Mysu...

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MDJA donates Rs. 1 lakh to CM’s Relief Fund
Mysuru District Journalists’ Association (MDJA) donated Rs. 1 lakh to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund this morning. Picture shows MDJA President C.K....

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Brahmana Sangha donates Rs.2 lakh to PM CARES Fund
Mysuru District Brahmana Sangha donated Rs.2 lakh towards Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES ...
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Food distribution continues
Janaspandana Trust, led by former MLA M.K. Somashekar, in association with Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Ashram, distributed food to the daily wagers n...

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Mahalakshmi Sweets Owner Shivakumar lends helping hand to hundreds
Corporator M.V. Ramprasad distributed foodgrains donated by Mahalakshmi Sweets Owner Shivakumar to residents of Medarkeri and other areas coming under...

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When a ‘friend’ is in need...
Dogs are said to be man’s best friend. Pets at home are generally given all attention and care. But missing that attention and care are these stray do...

EDITORIAL

Editorial

Administration amends Aam janata adjusts

The issue of providing good governance in the country has just turned tougher than in normal times, thanks to the pandemic in almost all countries acr...

Editorial

Courage conquers crisis

Global scenario, particularly in the self-declared developed countries and that in India are strikingly contrasting on many counts in the ongoing Covi...

Editorial

Home-bound for homework

In an act of empathy for the cause of children in primary schools of Karnataka, the Minister for Primary and Secondary Education in the State Governme...

Editorial

Lessons from Lockdown

Even as the land’s media has been drumming up the unsavoury phenomenon of slowdown of the nation’s economy, invoking global rating agencies as well as...

Editorial

Trial by fire

The expression Trial by Fire, a test of one’s abilities to perform well under pressure alluding to the medieval practice of determining a person’s gui...

Editorial

Containing the contagion

Contagions, the diseases that spread from one person or animal to another through touch or through the air have currently aroused the world like never...

Voice of the Reader

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Kudos to Railways’ healthcare service
Sir, The recent move by Railways to chip-in to transport essential goods across the country is highly appreciated. The move comes at a critical time w...
Voice of The Reader
The Rediscovery of India
Sir, Mahatma Gandhi said that the Future of India lies in its villages. Today when we see heart-wrenching visuals of lakhs of poor desperately trying ...
Voice of The Reader
On curbing the Coronavirus
Sir, Thanks to both the Central and State Governments for taking measures to curb Coronavirus. I suggest and urge our Prime Minister Modi to take the ...
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Supply of vegetables, groceries during lockdown
Sir, The actions taken by the Government of Karnataka in general and the Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Mysuru in particular are commendable. Their role ...
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This is the time to say ‘Yes We Can’
Sir, People of India magnificently responded to the call of the Prime Minister to observe Janata Curfew to stay indoors on 22nd instant and joined in ...

OBITUARY

Obituary
H. Parvathamma
H. Parvathamma (81), wife of late H. Puttappa and a resident of Vijayanagar 3rd Stage, passed away yesterday in city. A native of Ballari, she leaves ...
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Kamalamma
Kamalamma (68), wife of retired Fire Station Officer Siddegowda and a resident of Yelwal, passed away yesterday in city. A native of Hassan, she leave...
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S. Mahadevaswamy
S. Mahadevaswamy (48), proprietor of Shreya Advertisers and a resident of J.P. Nagar, passed away in the early hours of this morning at his residence ...
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P. Mahadevu
P. Mahadevu (67), retired Sub-Inspector and a resident of Police Layout in city, passed away yesterday. He leaves behind his wife, a son, two daughter...
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Alhaj Mohammed Maqbool
Alhaj Mohammed Maqbool (72), Proprietor of M.M. Industries and a resident of N.R. Mohalla, passed away on Saturday. He leaves behind his wife, three s...
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Gangadhara Phadke
Gangadhara Phadke (75), father of danseuse Dr. Kripa Phadke and a resident of Srirampura here, passed away on Saturday. A native of Belthangady, he le...

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