Countdown begins The countdown has begun for the first Mysuru Literary Fest organised by the Mysore Literary Association on Sunday, June 18. The venue —Senate Bhavan — in the sprawling, beautiful Manasagangothri campus is getting spruced up as the literati and cognoscenti will descend in large numbers to listen and interact with some of the…
Rehearsing for the D-day…
June 14, 2017When hundreds of yoga enthusiasts are rehearsing for the International Yoga Day on June 21, this tiger at Dhamankatte in Nagarahole seems to be showing SOM photographer M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav that even he is practicing yoga for better health.
Finance Minister falsified, framed
June 14, 2017The Union Finance Minister is relentlessly in hot pursuit of the land’s people, irrespective of their socio-economic status, to mop up funds to fill the government’s kitty through the already familiar tools such as commercial tax, excise duty, sales tax, income tax, valued added tax and whatever, even as he is spearheading the move into…
Man caught trying to sell his daughter
June 14, 2017Srirangapatna: Child trafficking is one of the most heinous crimes. It is all the more reprehensible when the man himself indulges in it, trying to sell his three-year-old daughter. The Police and Women & Child Protection Officers have been able to nab the person, while he was in the act of selling the child yesterday….
Green toilet facility in Palace too by December
June 14, 2017Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep performed ground-breaking ceremony on Sunday last (June 11) to build a toilet facility at Mysore Palace premises. It is an initiative of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Automotive Axles Ltd., in partnership with District Administration. They had jointly built India’s first green building for public convenience (Toilet ) at…
Safety of school kids gone to air
June 14, 2017Sir, While expressing his concerns on safety of school children, Prof. K.V. Satyan, in his letter, clearly described how children are being taken to schools in various modes of transportation and the risks involved in the way the children are being taken to schools (SOM dated June 8). Supplementing to his concerns, I have recently…
Bags ‘Best Educationist Award’
June 14, 2017Dr. C. Anthony Paul Raj (right), Assistant Professor at St. Joseph’s College of Education, was given the ‘Best Educationist Award’ by the International Institute of Education and Management and ‘Rashtriya Vidya Gaurav Gold Medal’ by Indian Solidarity Council’ at a programme organised at New Delhi recently. He is seen receiving the award from Dr. Bhisham…
RBI issues new Rs. 500 notes with inset letter A, old notes to remain valid
June 14, 2017New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) yesterday announced that it has issued Rs. 500 denomination notes with inset letter A. However, the old notes, which were introduced after PM Narendra Modi’s demonetisation drive in Nov. 2016 will continue to remain legal tender. The Central Bank, in a statement, said that this was in…
Overflowing garbage bin needs to be cleared at Rajiv Nagar
June 14, 2017The garbage bin near Gupta Stores cross road in Rajiv Nagar is overflowing since a week resulting in empty plastic covers and waste papers getting scattered due to wind and entering nearby houses. Authorities concerned are urged to take steps to get the bin cleared frequently.
Vijay Mallya gets bail till Dec. 4
June 14, 2017London: Denying all allegations against him, Liquor baron Vijay Mallya yesterday claimed that he has “enough evidence” to plead his case as he appeared before Westminster Magistrates’ Court for his extradition case hearing. Talking to media outside the Court before the hearing, Mallya, who is wanted in India on loan defaults to several banks, said,…
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