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Mayor election tomorrow

Mysuru: With just a day left for the Mayoral election, the contest to occupy the top post in the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Council has intensified with neither Congress nor the JD(S), which have forged a post-poll alliance to take control of the urban local body, willing to relinquish their claim to the Mayor’s post....

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“Don’t demolish Devaraja Market, Lansdowne Building”

Mysuru: The Government-Constituted Heritage Committee to ascertain the lifespan of heritage structures and their conservation has recommended the State Government not to demolish the historic Lansdowne Building and Devaraja Market in Mysuru. The final report in this regard was submitted to Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G Sankar, who is also the Chairman of the Committee, on...

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‘Ayushman Bharat, Arogya Karnataka’ finally takes off

Bengaluru: Ending months of confusion, the State Government finally integrated the Centrally sponsored ‘Ayushman Bharath’ scheme with the Karnataka Government’s ‘Arogya Karnataka’ initiative, enabling people with Below Poverty Line (BPL) cards to avail medical assistance up to Rs.5 lakh per year. It would be Rs.1.50 lakh for Above Poverty Line (APL) families. Speaking to reporters...

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Mayor election tomorrow

Mysuru: With just a day left for the Mayoral election, the contest to occupy the top post in the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Council has intensified...

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“Don’t demolish Devaraja Market, Lansdowne Building”

Mysuru: The Government-Constituted Heritage Committee to ascertain the lifespan of heritage structures and their conservation has recommended the Sta...

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‘Ayushman Bharat, Arogya Karnataka’ finally takes off

Bengaluru: Ending months of confusion, the State Government finally integrated the Centrally sponsored ‘Ayushman Bharath’ scheme with the Karnataka G...

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Jawa Bikes launched in India

Three variants released, Online bookings open Mumbai/Mysuru: Die-hard Jawa motorcycle enthusiasts have a reason to rejoice as three variants of Jawa b...

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Sri Ramayana Darshanam’s amazing show mesmerises audience on Day-1

Mysuru: The four-and-a-half-hour ‘Sri Ramayana Darshanam,’ the play adapted from the epic poem of the same name penned by Jnanpith awardee and Rashtra...

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Abracadabra By K. B. Ganapathy, Columns

Congested Madikeri down-town needs a lung space

Madikeri Private Bus Stand can be transformed into Field Marshal Square on the lines of Trafalgar Square Rainfall, mist and fog in Kodagu are not occa...

Columns, Over A Cup of Evening Tea

My brush with the Ten Commandments!

By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Picking up the thread of narration from what I had written last Friday about popularising the sport of competition shootin...

Columns

Money, money, money…

By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Money, money, money… can money buy one all the happiness of the world? As a famous monk in his...

Abracadabra By K. B. Ganapathy, Columns

Taking ownership of a movement

The other side of Sir MV’s clarion call “Industrialise or Perish’ is Pratham’s call “Educate Children or Perish”. Every child. Specially in governmen...

Columns, Pet Talk

Pet Talk

In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka tells how chickens are raised, what are the benefits of keeping them, their life span and more. By Maneka Gandhi I liv...

EVENTS TODAY

Events Today

Niranthara Foundation

Staging of play ‘SAM-Samuel Andre Madsen’, directed by Somashekhar Sira and B.K. Kiran, Kiru Rangamandira, Kalamandira premises, 6 pm.

Events Today

Sri Digambar Jain Samaj and Padmsri Jain Mahila Samaj, Sankar Mutt

Karthika Masa – Nandishwara Ashtanhika Parva, Sri Bhuvanakeerthi Bhattaraka Mahaswamiji of Sri Kshetra Kanakagiri graces the occasion, Padmsri J...

Events Today

Sri Mahaganapati, Sri Chamundeshwari, Sri Muttumariyamma and Plegamba Amma Temple, Jyothinagar

8th annual celebrations and Kumbhabhisheka, Bharatanatya by Vidu. Mithra Naveen and troupe, temple premises, Jyothinagar, 6.30 pm.

Events Today

The Quorum Hotel

Delhi Street Food Festival, The Quorum Hotel, Vinoba Road, 6 pm to 10 pm.

EVENTS TOMORROW

Events Tomorrow

Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama

Swami Ishtanathananda speaks on ‘Atmabodha’, Ashrama premises, Yadavagiri, 6 pm.

Events Tomorrow

Kalasparsha Performing Arts Centre, Mysuru

School annual day celebrations, Danseuse Dr.Vasundhara Doraswamy inaugurates, Ganabharathi President Dr. C.G. Narasimhan, Fine Arts College Professor ...

Events Tomorrow

Sri Raghavendra Swamy Seva Samithi

Discourse on ‘Bhagvad Gita 18th Chapter’ by Pt. Bhadarayanacharya, temple premises, Jayalakshmipuram, 5 pm to 6.30 pm.

Photo News

Photo News
Vijaya Vittala PU students bag first prize in Science Expo
Abhishek Kulkarni, Akshay Krishna and Ankith Belavadi, 2nd PUC students of Vijaya Vittala PU College, Mysuru, have bagged first prize in ‘BERAGU-201...

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Garbage dumped at Rajivnagar needs to be cleared
Frequent dumping of garbage near Khairulwara Masjid on the 17th Cross at Rajivnagar 2nd Stage has turned into a dumping yard and adding to the misery ...

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Plea to asphalt C.V. Road at Bannimantap
With garbage and debris dumped on roadsides, leaking sewage pipelines, people answering nature’s call on roadsides and the unasphalted roads, the 2nd ...
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Khadi Utsav from today
RECALLING THE MAHATMA: Last minute preparations are in full swing for the inauguration of the Khadi Utsav at J.K. Grounds this evening as Mahatma Gand...

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Chamarajapuram Railway Station cleared of ‘bin-clutter’
Before-after: The Railway authorities seem to have woken up following the report titled ‘Chamarajapuram Railway Station turns Bin-Station’ published i...

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Malabar opens new showroom at Dharwad
Malabar Gold & Diamonds, one among the top five jewellery brands in the world, is on an expansion spree. Picture shows Kannada film actor Roaring ...

EDITORIAL

Editorial

Helpless helping-hands

Two topics that figured in exchange of pleasantries among urbanites at large until not too long ago used to be vagaries of weather and volatile inflat...

Editorial

Tailwind for traditional trading

This column is devoted and dedicated to the now-disappearing fraternity of traders with their kiraana shops knocked out by headwinds in the form their...

Editorial

Conformists Vs Non-conformists

While one owes one’s knowledge to a guru, both inside the four walls of a classroom and beyond, customs emerge from life’s experiences. Postulates tha...

Editorial

Unsung and Unhonoured

Saying that “when there is no money in one’s pocket, everything looks costly” is a gross understatement. The number of families in the land, unable to...

Editorial

Candid Confession

Global agencies such as the World Health Organisation (WHO) publish findings of their surveys on many occasions with data and information relating to ...

Editorial

Commuting in Cluttered Country

A simple postulate states that no two objects can occupy the same space at the same time. The land’s people commuting in automobiles, entering the mar...

Voice of the Reader

Voice of The Reader
A splendid idea: Converting Old Bus Stand to a Public Square
Sir, I was immensely happy and very much impressed by KBG’s Choomantra in ‘Mysooru Mithra’ dated Nov.1, 2018, regarding the Private Bus Stand in Madik...
Voice of The Reader
12-year wait for pension: PMO helps lady get arrears in 7 days !
Sir, I write this to share with you an instance of great joy to me. The wife of a student of mine, Perumala Rajagopal, retired from BSNL 12 years ago,...
Voice of The Reader
Plea for city bus service
Sir, This is a repeated plea for improving the city bus service in the Bank Employees Colony off the Ring Road. Presently, only one bus 69C (Market to...
Voice of The Reader
Devaraja Market: Recalling a 1976 incident
Sir, On reading Sanjay Kini’s letter titled “Destination Devaraja Market: A Jewel of Tourism Industry in Mysuru” in SOM dated Nov.5, I was reminded of...
Voice of The Reader
Green signal for Irwin Road widening: An afterthought
Sir, With reference to the news item on widening of Irwin Road (SOM dated Nov. 6), it is commendable that the government is offering above market rate...

OBITUARY

Obituary
Shivaraju
Periyapatna: Shivaraju (63), a resident of Periyapatna, passed away yesterday following road accident. Popularly known as Pani Puri Shivanna, he leav...
Obituary
H. Surendra
Surendra (70), a resident of Jayalakshmipuram, passed away yesterday in city. He was a bachelor. Last rites will be performed at his native place Kund...
Obituary
Divya
Divya (33), wife of Dinesh (Mohan) and a resident of Bannimantap, passed away yesterday in city. She leaves behind her husband, one daughter and a hos...
Obituary
M. Annapoorna
Annapoorna (65), wife of K. Srikanta and a resident of Gokulam (near Rama Mandira), passed away yesterday in city. She leaves behind her husband, thre...
Obituary
N. Choodamani
Choodamai (82), Vice-President of Seethasadana Mahila Vidyasamsthe on Ramavilas Road and former Head Mistress of Banumaiah Girls High School, passed a...
Obituary
S. Puttaswamy
Puttaswamy (79), retired Excise Department Deputy Commissioner and a resident of Siddarthanagar, passed away yesterday in city. He leaves behind his w...

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