Mysuru: A student of KSOU, who has been disappointed with the turn of events at the University, has sought euthanasia or mercy killing in a letter to the President of India. The youth is A.S. Nandeesh of Annahalli village of Malavalli Taluk in Mandya district. He has written that he has been extremely pained with…
Mysuru: Venerable Mother Park Chung Soo, who is working for world peace and one of the top 10 nominees in 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, visited the Mahabodhi Carla Students Home and Mahabodhi School at Saraswathipuram in city recently. Clad in the traditional Won-Buddhist attire, 81-year-old Venerable Mother Park Chung Soo is hailed as the Mother…
Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep, speaking to SOM here this morning, said that the box drain near Manandavadi Road – H.D. Kote Road was at a 90 degree angle and it had to be straightened. “The technical bid was completed and the financial bid was opened yesterday. The drain will be straightened shortly. MUDA will…
Barring the two well-known facts dating back to several centuries that Adi Shankara, the proponent of Advaitha philosophy, passed away at a very early age and Saint Ramanujacharya, credited with Vishistadvaitha philosophy, lived upto 120 years (1017-1137), we don’t hear scholars referring to the life span of most of the rishis whose names figure in…
New Delhi: Sex with a wife below 18 is rape, the Supreme Court said today, ending an exception in the law for men married to girls who are above 15 despite the ban on child marriage. “If a man has sexual intercourse with a wife who is below 18 years, it is an offence. The…
Sir, Kudos to Dr. Javeed Nayeem for his write-up on telephone history of India (SOM dated Oct.6). He has covered almost all aspects of our telephone culture in the recent past. But how can we ever forget our reverence to and the importance of the “black box.” It was placed on various types of mats,…
Mysuru; The National Service Scheme (NSS) Units of JSS University, Mysuru, had organised NSS Day on Oct.7 with a theme ‘Hand Washing and Disease Prevention’ as part of Swachhta Hi Seva (Cleanliness is Service) of Government of India. A NSS rally was held to create awareness about hand sanitisation and disease prevention in which more…
Mysuru: The three-day Village Panchayat Workers Convention will be held from Dec. 9 to Dec. 11. A preliminary meeting in this regard was held at Hotel Govardhan Hall on Sunday. It was decided to invite Chief Minister Siddharamaiah and other elected representatives for the Convention and submit a memorandum with respect to the problems faced…
Mysuru: Every Indian must participate in Swachh Bharat programmes willingly to achieve the vision of ‘Clean India’ by 2019 on the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, said Dr. N.N. Prahallada, former Associate Professor in Education, Regional Institute of Education. He was delivering a special lecture on “Gandhi’s Concept of Swachh Bharat” at…
Mandya: The District Police Officers who always work under tremendous stress were weaned away for a while from stress, by organising a trekking, yoga and meditation programme for them at Karighatta in Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district, here recently. The trekking was organised for the first time under the leadership of Mandya Superintendent of Police…
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