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KARNATAKA ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2018: Mayawati in City

Mysuru: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati arrived in city this morning. She will address a mega election rally at Maharaja’s College Grounds at 4 pm. The BSP leader, called “Behenji” by her followers, will campaign from today for the victory of her party and JD(S) candidates for the...

Scrutiny of nomination papers begins

Mysuru: With the deadline for filing nominations ending yesterday, the scrutiny of nomination papers for four Assembly segments of Mysuru city began at three different offices here this morning. Scrutiny of papers for Chamundeshwari began at Room No. 107 in Taluk Office, Mini Vidhana Soudha, Nazarbad, at 11 am under tight Police security. The nominations...

Not upset by BJP move in denying me Varuna ticket: B.Y. Vijayendra

Mysuru: B.Y. Vijayendra, son of BJP State President B.S. Yeddyurappa, who was denied ticket from Varuna constituency and had become incommunicado after the political storm hit the party, yesterday said that he was not pained about being out of the poll fray and “happily accepted” the Central leadership’s decision. “I bow to the decision and...

Mandya’s ‘5-rupee’ doctor files nomination

Mandya: Popularly called as the ‘5-rupee Doctor,’ Dr. S.C. Shankaregowda filed his nomination papers for the Mandya Assembly constituency as an independent candidate on Monday. The election officers were surprised when he deposited a packet of Rs.5 coins as security deposit amounting to Rs.10,000 along with his nomination papers. The Officers were very frustrated as...

Chamundeshwari, Elections 2018, News

CM Siddharamaiah to conclude campaign at Chamundeshwari tonight

Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, after filing his nomination in the second Constituency, Badami in Bagalkot District of North Karnataka yesterday, landed at Mysore Airport in Mandakalli here this morning to continue his campaigning in Chamundeshwari Constituency. Addressing the media soon after his arrival, the CM expressed great confidence in winning from Badami as he had...

News

UoM suspends two professors for canvassing for Congress

Mysuru: – The University of Mysore (UoM) has suspended two of its professors for campaigning in favour of Congress party. The Mysuru Deputy Commissioner, who is also the District Electoral Officer, had directed the University to initiate action against Prof. B.P. Mahesh Chandra Guru of the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism and Prof. Aravinda...

Events Today

Events Today
Vivekananda Brahmana Mahasabha, Srirampura 2nd Stage
Sri Nrusimha Jayanti, Discourse on ‘Sri Nrusimha Avatara – Ondu Avalokana’ by Dr. N.K. Ramasheshan, Sabha premises, 6.45 pm.
Events Today
Sri Krishna Temple
27th year Brahma Rathotsava, Chatusthanarchana, Nithya Homa and Shanthyotsava, Temple premises, Gokulam 3rd Stage, 6 pm.
Events Today
Central Workshop Mysuru South, South Western Railway
63rd Railway Week celebrations at Diamond Jubilee Sports Complex, NIE campus, 4 pm.
Events Today
Vivekananda Brahmana Mahasabha, Srirampura 2nd Stage
Sri Shankara Jayanti, Discourse on ‘Paryatana Parivrajaka Sri Shankara’ by Dr. Jyothi Shankar, Sabha premises, 6.45 pm.
Events Today
Sri Krishna Temple
27th year Brahma Rathotsava, Rukmini Kalyanotsava, Temple premises, Gokulam 3rd Stage, 6 pm.

Events Tomorrow

Events Tomorrow
Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama
Swami Jnanayoganandaji speaks on ‘Sri Durga Sapthashati,’ Ashrama premises, Yadavagiri, 6 pm.
Events Tomorrow
Musical Nite
Musical Nite by Ramesh Kumar (Raj Kumar) and troupe marking the birth anniversary of thespian late Dr. Rajkumar and in memory of actor late Lokesh, S...
Events Tomorrow
Mysore Art Gallery
Exhibition of line drawing of Matinee idol late Dr. Rajkumar and other actors, marking 89th birth anniversary of Dr. Rajkumar, Mysore Art Gallery, Ra...
Events Tomorrow
Sri Krishna Temple
27th year Brahma Rathotsava, Homas and Dalothsava, 9 am; Ramatharaka Homa, Hanumanthotsava, Temple premises, Gokulam 3rd Stage, 6 pm.
Events Tomorrow
Vivekananda Brahmana Mahasabha, Srirampura 2nd Stage
Sri Nrusimha Jayanti, Discourse on ‘Sri Nrusimha Avatara – Ondu Avalokana’ by Dr. N.K. Ramasheshan, Sabha premises, 6.45 pm.
Events Tomorrow
Central Workshop Mysuru South, South Western Railway
63rd Railway Week celebrations at Diamond Jubilee Sports Complex, NIE campus, 4 pm.
Events Tomorrow
Mysore Art Gallery
Exhibition of line drawing of Matinee idol late Dr. Rajkumar and other actors, marking 89th birth anniversary of Dr. Rajkumar, Mysore Art Gallery, Ram...

COLUMNS

Columns, Pet Talk

Pet Talk

By Maneka Gandhi In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka explains causes of indoor urination in house-trained dogs. My dog has a lump on his right ear. Is it a tumour? It is not unusual to find lumps and bumps on dogs, especially when they enter their senior years. The most important thing to remember is...

Abracadabra By K. B. Ganapathy, Columns, Elections 2018

Boat Burners of BJP

BJP will win Karnataka only if Amit Shah and B.S. Yeddyurappa work together to the exclusion of others with ambition Are we going to see in Varuna Constituency a replay of 2006 by-election in Chamundeshwari Constituency where Siddharamaiah contested as Congress candidate after quitting JD(S) and also his MLA seat? One S. Shivabasappa, a political...

Columns, Point of View

The age of darkness is upon us

By T.J.S. George Why should life get so degenerate so often in our country? See the multiplying rape cases, each more brutal than the other. Why should party leaders talk like party leaders and not like human beings when human issues come up? Comments on the Kathua rape horror were an indiscretion, said the BJP’s buddhijeevi,...

Columns, In Black & White

Finality of SC verdicts under threat!

A soft coup is what the opposition is trying to pull off. And a coup it is, because what the opposition is unable to do with elections it is trying to do by breaking an important pillar of Democracy — the Judiciary. The 64 MPs, by signing the motion to impeach the Chief Justice of...

In Briefs

In Briefs
Calling women and school drop-outs
The Paul Haris Vocational Training Institute of Rotary Mysore West will be conducting 6-month training for women and school drop-out girls in Tailorin...
In Briefs
Institute Day at RIMSE
Ramakrishna Institute of Moral and Spiritual Education (RIMSE), a unit of Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama, Mysuru, will be celebrating Institute Day at its pr...
In Briefs
Urology camp
Narayana Multi-speciality Hospital, Devanur, Mysuru, has organised a free Urology camp at its premises on Apr. 26 and 27 from 10 am to 3pm. For detail...
In Briefs
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s birth anniversary
Sarada Vilas Educational Institutions will be celebrating the 127th birth anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar at Sarada Vilas Law College’s M. Venkatakri...
In Briefs
Power disruption tomorrow
Owing to emergency maintenance works, power supply will be disrupted in the following areas tomorrow (Apr.26) between 10 am and 5 pm: Belavadi village...

FEATURED ARTICLES

Nostalgia – World of Cinema: When Jayachamaraja Wadiyar sent a yellow saree with Gandabherunda emblem and a gold ring as wedding gift to the actress

By N. Niranjan Nikam [Continued from yesterday] Star of Mysore (SOM): In spite of being a very successful actress, you did face financial crisis at a very young age itself. Does stardom make people become careless? Saroja Devi: You are right, I had to pay a very heavy price. Income Tax is something that nobody...

Traffic Congestion in CBD: MGP interacts with Merchants

By R. Chandra Prakash, MGP Vehicular congestion in Central Business District (CBD) is escalating day by day. This has started to very adversely impact heritage, commerce and tourism of the city in general and of the CBD in particular. There is a feeling among the public that shop owners park their vehicles opposite their shops...

Interview with B. Saroja Devi, the Queen of Tamil Cinema – 2: Nostalgia – World of Cinema

By N. Niranjan Nikam [Continued from yesterday] Star of Mysore (SOM): Very few heroines have had the opportunity to be paired with top stars in the country and you name the leading actors of your time you have acted with them. The list includes MGR, Rajkumar, N.T. Rama Rao, Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, Kalyan Kumar,...

Remedy for Stress and Anxiety

By S.B.S. Surendran Every day hustle bustle and all the happenings have a great influence in our lives, one can experience joy and happiness with the happenings or get stressed and overwhelmed with anxiety. Stress and anxiety have a major influence not only in the behaviour but also inner health of the person. The faster...

Photo News

Photo News
Line drawing Expo marks Dr. Raj’s birth anniversary
Retired Principal Prof. M. Krishnegowda (2nd from left), who inaugurated the three-day line drawing exhibition on matinee idol late Dr. Rajkumar and o...

Elections 2018, Photo News
Ganiga Ravikumar files papers from Mandya
Congress candidate from Mandya Ganiga Ravikumar, who was allotted the party ticket at the last minute, filed nomination at Mandya yesterday. He was ac...

Photo News
Election rally at Maharaja’s Grounds
The Maharaja’s College Grounds spruced up for the mega rally where BSP President Mayawati will seek votes for the candidates of her alliance partner J...
Elections 2018, Krishnaraja, Photo News
K.R. BJP candidate S.A. Ramdas seeks Pejawar Seer’s blessings
Krishnaraja (K.R.) BJP candidate and former Minister S.A. Ramdas called on Pejawar Seer Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji at Sri Krishna Dhama in city ye...

Photo News
Pooja Gandhi re-joins JD(S)
Ahead of Karnataka Assembly polls, sandalwood actress Pooja Gandhi re-joined the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) at the party’s office in Bengaluru yesterda...

Photo News
Secures Natl. Means Cum Merit Scholarship
Sadvidya High School gets 21 Ranks in the National Means Cum Merit Scholarship (NMMS) Examination conducted by DSERT, Bengaluru. N.S. Parinitha of 8th...

Voice of the Reader

Voice of The Reader
Tribute to Student-Teacher
Sir, The recent death of well-known Kannada writer Dr. K. Prabhushankar took my memory back to my High School days. A new High School was started in 1...
Voice of The Reader
More on preserving Mysore Vasudevacharya’s house
Sir, Apropos the letter “A unique tribute to Mysore Vasudevacharya” (SOM dated Mar. 27), I write this to inform about some of the initiatives taken up...
Voice of The Reader
Mysore Vasudevacharya’s house
Sir, Very sad to read S.M. Rajeshwari’s letter (Mar. 27) about the condition of the house where the great composer of Karnatak music, lived from 1865 ...
Voice of The Reader
Water woes and the unconcerned Mysureans
Sir, Every day, the blazing heat of summer sun pierces through the already-thin ozone layer sending people scurrying for a spot under the shade of a t...
Voice of The Reader
Railways should say ‘NO’ to plastics in trains
Sir, As a further step to Swachhatha Abhiyaan, the Railways should take steps to say ‘NO’ to plastics in the trains. The vendors selling eatables like...

EDITORIAL

Choking cash crunch

A Kannada proverb succinctly expresses the societal status of a person with his pocket jingling with cash (Duddiddavane dodappa). One who has years of dealing with people behind him has rightly remarked that if your pocket is empty, even one rupee seems costly. A lay definition of inflation being “Too much money at the command...

People, politicos, polls

Karnataka is currently embroiled in a PPP action, the acronym standing for today’s column, its expanded form appearing at the top of the script. A report appearing in a popular daily a few days ago said that PPPs had not fared well both in the State and elsewhere in the country, meaning Public-Private-Partnerships launched with...

Longing to live long

When all conditions of one’s life are in the zone of comfort, the desire to live long is justified. There is presumably a maximum life span for the human race established in the genetic material. Homo sapiens is the systematic name used in taxonomy for human species. The term is Latin for ‘Wise man’ introduced...

Crime-ridden country

Some regions of the world have been portrayed to suggest one or the other of dominant features. Africa has been perceived for long by the West as a dark continent. Countries too have been described with suggestive adjectives and terms again as the West took notice. India described as the land of snakes and snake-charmers...

OBITUARY

Obituary
Cherumandanda Kamini Joyappa
Cherumandanda Kamini Joyappa (Mandachanda), wife of C.K. Joyappa and a resident of V.V. Mohalla in city, passed away at her native place Parane in Kod...
Obituary
Mubarak Ali Khan
Mubarak Ali Khan (68), a fish merchant and proprietor of Royal Medicals in Udayagiri here passed away yesterday following brief illness. He leaves beh...
Obituary
Shankar Rao Kadam
Shankar Rao Kadam (81), retired Assistant Executive Engineer at KPWD and a resident of Moksha Marga in Siddarthanagar 1st stage, passed away on Thursd...
Obituary
V.N. Nanjundaswamy
V.N. Nanjundaswamy (64), a resident of Varuna in the taluk and priest of Chamundeshwari Temple, Vidyanagar in city, passed away yesterday. He leaves b...
Obituary
Ishrathulla Khan
Ishrathulla Khan (59), a resident of S.S. Nagar in city passed away this morning. He leaves behind his wife, one son, one daughter and a host of relat...
Obituary
Nataraja
Nataraja (58), a resident of Agrahara and a priest and astrologer at the temple in Madiwala Swamy Mutt in Chamundipuram, passed away yesterday in cit...

SPORTS

Teresian College felicitates outgoing sports students

The Department of Physical Education, Teresian College, felicitated students who excelled in sports during the Sports valedictory programme recently. Rev. Dr. Sr. Sajitha, Director, Teresian Institutions, Mysuru, was the chief guest on the occasion. Rev. Sr. Anjali, Manager, Teresian Institution, Mysuru, presided. During the occasion, students received Intramural Games Trophy and Overall Team Championship Trophy....

IPL 2018: Rashid, Kaul bowl Sunrisers to 31-run win over Mumbai

Mumbai: Sunrisers Hyderabad produced a stunning bowling performance under pressure as they defended a small total of 118 to beat holders Mumbai Indians by 31 runs in a low-scoring but engrossing IPL match on Tuesday. Mumbai bowled out the visitors for a paltry 118 in 18.4 overs but then made a heavy weather of the...

Winners of State U-15 FIDE Rated Chess

Seen in the picture are (from left) Hemadri Sathish (Mysuru – 7-52), K. Deepthi Lakshmi (Dakshina Kannada – 7.5-49.5), WCM A.N. Shefali (Mandya – 7.5-49.5) and Swara Lakshmi S. Nair (Bengaluru – 7.5-50.5), who won first four positions in the girls category of Karnataka State U-15 FIDE Rated U-15 Chess Championship conducted by Mysore Chess...