Mysuru: A two-wheeler rider was killed when a lorry hit his scooter near the K.R. Mills Police check-post here last evening. The deceased has been identified as Basavalingappa (59), a resident of Siddalingapura on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway. Basavalingappa was proceeding on his scooter (KA-09 HB-5407) from Columbia Asia Hospital side towards Srirangapatna, when a Tamil Nadu…
Chain-snatched from senior citizen
May 22, 2017Mysuru: After a brief lull, chain-snatchers have struck again and this time they have targeted a senior citizen who was on her morning walk at Police Layout near Lalithadripura here. The woman, who lost her gold chain, has been identified as 65-year-old Siddarajamma, a resident of Lalithadripura. Siddarajamma, at about 7.30 am yesterday was returning…
Hubballi-Varanasi Weekly Express to be flagged off tomorrow
May 22, 2017Mysuru: Union Minister for Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu will flag off the inaugural special of the newly-introduced Train No. 17323/17324, Hubballi-Varanasi-Hubballi Weekly Express, through video link from Rail Bhavan, New Delhi, at 15:00 hrs. (3 pm) on May 23. Presently, connectivity between Hubballi – Varanasi and Hubballi – Jabalpur is very limited and through 2…
Two killed, one injured as car topples
May 22, 2017Srirangapatna: Two persons were killed on the spot, while another sustained serious injuries, when the car in which they were travelling toppled near T.M. Hosur Gate on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway late Saturday night. The deceased have been identified as Trilok Jadav (25), a resident of Laggeri in Bengaluru and Roopesh (25), resident of Dasarahalli in Bengaluru….
A Swiss Souvenir
May 22, 2017By Girija Madhavan Tourists collect small souvenirs of their visit to enjoyable holiday spots. For me, our three-year sojourn in Switzerland is a treasured memory. It influenced my outlook and understanding of other cultures. In 1961, my husband was posted to the Indian Embassy in Bern, Switzerland. With our infant son we started from Mysore…
ZP meeting discusses poor result in SSLC
May 22, 2017Mysuru: The district’s poor showing in the SSLC exam (2016-17) took centre stage at the Zilla Panchayat (ZP) General meeting that began at the ZP Hall here this morning. Even before the meeting agenda was placed before the members, ZP member from H.D. Kote taluk Venkataswamy moved a attention motion demanding an answer from the…
8 steps for positivity
May 22, 2017A time-tested yet simple approach to organise a space to enhance the positive energy is by adapting Feng Shui. Ensuring that you have not deviated from the basic tenets of Feng Shui is quite critical as the Art and Science of Feng Shui is to balance the flow of energy — Chi which is not…
Technology on, Livelihoods gone
May 22, 2017Various occasions luring audiences of diverse backgrounds and featuring speakers of all hues from both open platforms and restricted ones are abuzz with a virtual unanimous view that only education can provide many-sided dividends such as a) saying goodbye to ignorance, b) transform the land’s people at large into responsible, law-abiding citizens for building a…
Rotary Central bags awards
May 22, 2017The Rotary District 3181 Awards Nite ‘Vijayotsava’ was held recently at Rio Meridian Hotel on New Sayyaji Rao Road in city. Rotary Central Mysore won the second Best Rotary Club in the overall District. The Club also won many awards for Volunteer Management, E-learning, Teacher support, International understanding, Rotary Friendship Exchange, Service to Disabled, Women…
Officer plays good Samaritan, comes to nomad woman’s aid
May 22, 2017Mysuru: Food and Civil Supplies Senior Deputy Director Dr. K. Rameshwarappa, playing the role of a good Samartin, this morning helped a woman from a nomadic hamlet in Hunsur taluk, get a BPL card to avail free treatment for her husband, who is admitted to Jayadeva Hospital to undergo angiogram procedure. The nomad woman, identified…
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