Text & photographs by Dr. Mahadeswara Swamy, Scientist Mob: 97429-91057 e-mail: [email protected] La Gardenia – A paradise of fruit plants A garden is an outdoor space for cultivation, display and deriving pleasure and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The most common type of garden is a residential garden built around the living…
Disruption of BSNL service at Bandipalya
June 4, 2017Mysuru: The services of BSNL landline, broadband, leased lines etc., are disrupted in and around Bandipalya ‘B’ Block of Mysuru city due to breakdown of the underground cable in Outer Ring Road. The restoration work by BSNL is in progress and efforts will be made to restore the services at the earliest. The inconvenience…
Training for Food Safety Supervisors held
June 4, 2017Mysuru: “The Indian food processing industry accounts for 32 percent of the country’s total food market, one of the largest industries in India and is ranked fifth in terms of production, consumption, export and expected growth,” said Dr. Chidamabar, Designated Officer, Food Safety and Standard Authority, Mysuru District. He was speaking after inaugurating a training…
World Environment Day on June 5: More Action, Less Celebration
June 4, 2017By Ashvini Ranjan , Mysore Grahakara Parishat June 5 each year, people are called upon to celebrate the “World Environment Day.” It is equated to a festive event to rejoice and be happy. But the term celebrate sounds inappropriate given the current status of health of our earth’s environment. More appropriately, World Environment Day should be…
Dejagow played a key role in the growth of State Universities: Writer
June 4, 2017Mysuru: Maintaining that Dejagow (D. Javaregowda) dedicated his entire life for realising Kuvempu’s dream of a unified Karnataka, senior littérateur Dr. Malali Vasanthkumar said that Dejagow played a vital role in the growth of State Universities. He was speaking at Nadoja, Padmashri Dr. Dejagow Nudi Namana, marking the first death anniversary of the nonagenarian littérateur…
Dharmendra Kumar Meena takes charge as Chamarajanagar SP
June 4, 2017Chamarajanagar: Young IPS Officer Dharmendra Kumar Meena (in pic) took charge as the new SP of Chamarajanagar here on Friday. He took charge from Additional SP Geetha Prasanna, who was holding additional charge as incharge SP following the transfer of Kuldeep Kumar Jain. Jain, who had served as Chamarajanagar SP for nearly 2 years, was…
Install pedestrian crossing over-bridges on wheels instead of subways
June 4, 2017Sir, This is with reference to the news item “Right time to open subway for pedestrians” (SOM dated May 2) at Dasara Exhibition Grounds, wherein it was wrongly indicated that it was under lock since its inauguration, which is not correct. Traffic Police are trying their best to direct the people towards the subway whenever…
Two riders injured in bus-bike collision
June 4, 2017Mysuru: Two motorcyclist sustained serious injuries when the two wheeler they were riding was knocked down by a bus near KSRTC Layout on Mysuru-T. Narsipur Road last evening. The injured, who have been identified as Yogaraj, 23, of Mysuru and Varad S. Digadi, 24, of Belagavi are being treated at a private hospital in city….
Mysuru Passport Seva Kendra is ‘working’
June 4, 2017Sir, Recently an article was published in SOM stating that the new Passport Office in Mysuru is not serving the people of Mysuru and surrounding districts and it’s just a dispatch unit. I was applying for my passport so I asked my friend about this and they all told me to go to Bengaluru. But…
City cloth merchant killed in rail mishap at Yadgir
June 4, 2017Mysuru: In a tragic incident, a city cloth merchant was killed when he slipped while boarding a train and came under its wheels at Yadgir town in North Karnataka last night. The deceased has been identified as Sushil Lunkar (42), son of late Dhanraj Lunkar and a resident of Ittigegud. Sushil Lunkar, along with his…
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