By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist To the North of Iraq live the people known as Yazidis, roughly half a million in number, who have been mercilessly hunted down by the rabid hordes of the Islamic State (ISIS) on grounds that they are Devil-worshippers. In reality, Yazidis have a unique belief system…
Mysuru: A day-long training for Police personnel to be deputed for the proposed Reception Desks at all Police Stations in city was held at V.V. Puram Traffic Police Station here this morning. Briefing the Police personnel, City Police Commissioner Dr. A. Subrahmanyeswara Rao contended that the Reception Desks would help the Police to communicate better…
Mysuru: The 6th Additional District and Sessions Court, which is also the special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) Court, yesterday sentenced a 30-year-old man to 20 years rigorous imprisonment for raping and killing a relative’s two-and-a-half-year-old daughter on Oct.30, 2015. The accused here is Saddam alias Hussain, a resident of Jnanaloka Ambedkar…
Madikeri: An undertrial, who had escaped from Madikeri Government Hospital where he was admitted after he had consumed phenyl in the Prison has been arrested by Madikeri Police at Yelwal in Mysuru. He was arrested on charges of thefts and was lodged in a Jail at Madikeri Central Prisons. The undertrial, who had escaped and…
Mysuru: The exclusive Fever Centre at the Epidemic Diseases (ED)Hospital premises on KRS Road here has begun to function since a month. Disclosing this to SOM, District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. B. Basavaraju said that the Fever Centre would be fully operational by the end of January or the first week of February after which…
Mysuru: Silk Roots has organised an exhibition-cum-sale of pure silk products of the country at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry on Vinaba Road here. The entry is free and the expo will conclude on Jan.7. The expo has a huge display of sarees, dress materials, stoles, dupattas, kurtis, home linen and many more drawn from 14 States….
Bengaluru: The State Government has established a Foundation in the name of littérateur late Dr. K.P. Poornachandra Tejaswi and has also constituted a Committee in that context headed by former MLC B.L. Shankar. The Government has also indicated the Department of Kannada and Culture to release funds to the new Foundation as being done for…
Mysuru: The Mysore Paints and Varnish Limited (MPVL), a State government undertaking which achieved a turnover of Rs. 28.46 crore, made a profit of Rs. 6.18 crore (profit before tax) during the financial year 2016-17. MPVL has declared a dividend of 25% for the year 2016-17 to its shareholders. The Karnataka government being one of…
Mysuru: Observing that Congress workers have the responsibility of contributing to the growth of the party, for which Mahatma Gandhi and other great leaders have made sacrifices, former ZP President Dr. Pushpa Amaranth has underlined the need for unity among the Congress workers for retaining power in the State. She was speaking at the 133rd…
Bengaluru: The State BJP unit has levelled yet another allegation of illegal de-notification against Chief Minister Siddharamaiah. Senior BJP leader and former Deputy CM R. Ashok, addressing press persons here yesterday, said that the alleged de-notification was made for a project expected to come up near Lalbagh in city. Claiming that the 2.39 acre land,…
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