By Girija Madhavan Star of Mysore recently carried two touching stories about pets. I recall an unusual one from my childhood. In the early 1940s, after an illness, I was kept at home. Our Railway bungalow had a large garden. A lonely child, I wanted a pet for company. Dogs were vetoed because the family…
By Maneka Gandhi In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka speaks about keeping birds as pet and about horse diet. My pet bird laid an egg; What to know and do? Unless the bird has been exposed to a male bird before the egg, or eggs, were laid, the egg will not be fertile — in…
Comparing cities with villages in the northern hemisphere is a different ball-game from the exercise in the southern hemisphere. So also, the relative profiles of the two regions in any country of the West present a strikingly diverse scenario from those of the East. In this context, comparing cities of India, numerically on the cusp…
Sir, The bus shelter provided near KEB stop in Kuvempunagar, which is said to have been sponsored by the Karnataka Bank, continues to remain topless despite the omission was reported earlier in November 2017 in these columns. The MCC, which provides the bus shelters in city, has not taken the matter seriously. Summer is over…
As monsoon sets in, most of the works outdoor come to a halt or say, goes on ‘AT A SNAIL’S PACE.’ This idiom finds mention mostly to express how slow the works, especially that of the PWD, go on in and around the city due to incessant rains. But on the contrary, the actual SNAIL…
Artist N. Parameshwara (3rd from right) explaining about one of his paintings on display at the Solo Painting Expo organised by the Department of Kannada & Culture at Kalamandira in city yesterday. Others seen are (from left) Ravivarma Art Institute Principal Shivakumar Kesaramadu, former Rangayana Director H. Janardhan, DCP-2 Mahaninga Nandaganvi, PA to DCP-2 Mahesh…
Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Crime and Technical Services and Commissioner for Traffic and Road Safety Dr. M.A. Saleem addressing Probationary Police officers at Karnataka Police Academy (KPA) in Nazarbad here this morning. Dr. Saleem will hold M-Trac Project review meeting with officials of all Traffic Police Stations in city at the conference hall…
Prize winners of 3rd edition of Monthly Mug [Best Ball] Golf Tournament – 2018 held on June 3 at J.W. Golf Club in city — (standing from left) S.K. Lakshminarayan, Deepak Kumar Jain, Dr. Abraham Thomas, K.L. Arun Kumar, Vinay Natarajan and M. Ramesh — are seen with (sitting from left) S.N. Hemanth (Chairman, Tournament…
Vijayanagar Basketball Club and Aryans Basketball Club won the titles in the boys and girls section respectively in the City-level Junior Basketball Tournament conducted jointly by Aryans SC and National SC at the University Basketball Club’s courts. The winning teams are seen with the guests. Around 8 teams took part in the Tournament and the…
This is the condition of a street leading to Kabir Temple in 2nd Eidgah in Mandi Mohalla. It was dug up to lay pipes about two months ago and is not asphalted yet which is causing difficulties to the residents to move on the uneven so called road. Authorities concerned are urged to take steps…
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