Even as the poll campaign for the prestigious Nanjangud by-poll is getting hotter with each passing day, former Minister S.A. Ramdas hit the campaign trail early this morning by extensively touring various localities in the town, seeking votes for BJP candidate V. Sreenivasa Prasad. Speaking to press persons during the campaign, Ramdas said he saw…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Globally, we are seeing a wave against intellectuals, those whose rationality overthrew the priests of yore, who saw the world through a mathematical prism, and sought to create a fair and just society by redistribution of wealth and power, using logic. In Vedic theory, one can…
Returning Officer G. Jagadeesha has rejected the nomination papers of R. Renuka and Shivappa, the two independent candidates, who had filed their nominations for the Nanjangud by-elections. With this the Election Commission has accepted nominations papers of 12 candidates. Among the candidates whose nominations papers have been accepted include: M. Pradeep Kumar (Karunadu Party –…
Dr. B. Satishchandra Nayak (71), Founder of Sri Maha Maya Nursing Home near Ballal Circle (now defunct) and partner of B. Nirmala Devi & Company (a 47-year-old Mangalore Ganesh Beedies distribution firm in Mysuru), passed away yesterday. A resident of Saraswathipuram in city, Satishchandra leaves behind his wife Geeta S. Nayak, son Industrialist Sandheep Nayak,…
Sir, It was very nice to hear the news about putting an end to the monkey menace around the Kukkarahalli Lake by the Forest Department staff and MCC officials. But is this really an end to this menace ? We could still spot certain stray monkeys around the Saraswathipuram Swimming Pool road area entering the…
Owing to emergency maintenance works, power supply will be disrupted tomorrow (Mar. 24) between10 am and 6 pm in the following areas: Chikkaharadanahalli, Srirampura Naidu Store, Jayanagar, Apollo BGS Hospital surrounding areas, Kuvempunagar ‘K’ Block, Saraswathipuram 1st to 5th Main Road, K.G. Koppal, University Quarters, Saraswathi Theatre and surrounding areas, according to a press release…
Sir, I have been writing in this column about the mobile menace of motorists. It is unfortunate that no concrete steps are taken by the stakeholders to control this menace. Of late, we see every second person on a bike or driving a car with the mobile stuck to his / her ear. Such practice…
Stating that this is one of the many roads that connect the Ring Road in J.P. Nagar which is now closed due to overgrown bushes and weeds, one of SOM readers, who has sent this photograph, questions the authorities concerned as to why, the slum-dwellers, who had occupied the vacant sites near here, were relocated?…
Sewage water, which is accumulated behind Senate Bhavan in Mysore University campus opposite Girls Hostel since about six months, has resulted in foul smell emanating from it causing inconvenience to the students and even morning walkers. This apart, the stagnant sewage water has also become a breeding place for disease-spreading mosquitoes. University authorities are urged…
Srinivasaiah, a retired employee of Mysuru City Corporation and a resident of Srirampura, passed away last evening. Brother of Drama Master late Rangadamaiah of Bidaragodu, Srinivasaiah leaves behind a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were held at K.G. Koppal burial grounds this afternoon.
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