Mysuru: Is an organised gang roaming around in city targeting women to part with their gold jewellery? A couple of incidents in and around Hootagalli prove this. The women are promised of good fortune, better health and are made to remove gold ornaments and place them inside small vessels that contain rice and a few…
Bengaluru: Tejraj Sharma, who stabbed Karnataka Lokayukta Justice P. Vishwanath Shetty at the Lokayukta office in Bengaluru yesterday, has been remanded to Police custody for five days. The accused was produced before a Magistrate at 3 am today and he was sent to Police custody. Karnataka’s most senior anti-corruption officer, its Lokayukta, was hospitalised yesterday…
Mysuru: The special train, Humsafar Express introduced by Indian Railways between Mysuru and Udaipur began its second run from city to Udaipur today with hardly 50 to 60 passengers, as against the 1,152 passengers the special train can ferry. The first run was flagged off on Mar.1. The fully air-conditioned, 16-coach, three-tier train, left the…
Mysuru: The First Level Checking (FLC) of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) is going on at the storage room in the MCC Zonal Office, opposite Vidyavardhaka College on Seshadri Iyer Road, since the last four to five days. Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep (now transferred) and the officials from…
Mysuru: ‘Pink Raksha,’ a team to rescue women and children in distress was launched in city this morning as part of the International Women’s Day. The team was launched at an event organised by the District Administration at the Town Hall. The ‘Pink Raksha’ is an initiative of District Women and Child Welfare Department and…
Mysuru: She is the first woman loco pilot in the Mysuru Division of the Railways. Meet B. Usha Someshwari as she sits confidently in the loco cabin of the diesel engine. She has been piloting the trains since the last nine years and her experience so far has been one of sheer joy. Speaking to…
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC What was unique about the 4th edition of the Travel Mart held in J.K. Grounds, Mysuru this year? It was the presence of the Union Minister of Tourism [independent charge] K.J. Alphons, as chief guest. Mysore Travel Mart is organised by the stake-holders of tourism industry and very conspicuous…
Mysuru: Did Chief Minister Siddharamaiah himself direct the then DGP-Prisons to provide all five-star facilities to V.K. Sasikala, the close aide of late Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu J. Jayalalithaa in the Parappana Agrahara Jail? This shocking revelation was made by the then DGP Sathyanarayana Rao before the investigation agency probing into the matter. However,…
Mysuru: GUARD (Group for Urban and Rural Development), Mysuru, in association with L&T Public Charitable Trust, Mumbai, had organised a programme at Jaganmohan Palace in city yesterday to mark its 34th anniversary and International Women’s Day celebrations. On the occasion, certificates were issued to 726 women of the district who had completed various vocational and…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist In the Old Testament there is the concept of the serpent who tempts Eve in the garden of Eden, but one is not clear if the creature is supernatural or the Devil. In the Judaic Tanakh, the Devil is a heavenly prosecutor who appears on behalf…
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