Mysuru: Sri Lakshmidevi Krupa Poshitha Nataka Mandali, Mysuru, in collaboration with Department of Kannada and Culture, will be staging the drama “Sampoorna Ramayana” at 12 noon on Thursday (Feb.27) at Town Hall in city. The event will be inaugurated by G.T. Devegowda, Minister for Higher Education, in the presence of Sri Ilai Alwar Swamiji of…
SAMRUDDHI 2K19: Tribute to martyrs
February 26, 2019St.Joseph’s bags Overall Trophy in Fest Mysuru: Higher Education Minister G.T. Devegowda, who inaugurated SAMRUDDHI 2K19 – Commerce & Management Fest at TTL College of Business Management, Saraswathipuram, on Feb.22, also lit the candle to pay tribute to Pulwama martyrs. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister highlighted the importance of acquiring special skills during their…
VVCE signs MoU with Coimbatore Institute
February 26, 2019Mysuru: Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering (VVCE) signed an MoU with Coimbatore Institute of Technology (CIT) recently. VVCE was selected as the cluster centre in Karnataka for enhancing the teaching learning process through collaboration with CIT under the MHRD Funding scheme. Dr. V. Selladurai, Principal of CIT and Dr. V. Manikandan, Professor of EEE Department and…
Youth arrested for shouting slogans in favour of Pakistan
February 26, 2019Bharatinagar: K.M. Doddi Police, following complaint, have arrested a 22-year-old youth for shouting slogans in favour of Pakistan. The arrested youth is Sadiq Kolla Islam, a native of Assam, who is working at a saw mill along with 20 others and it is learnt that Sadiq was heard shouting ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ four days ago. On…
Derogatory comments on martyred soldiers: Tripura Police arrest youth
February 26, 2019Mysuru: Tripura Police, with the help of Mandi Police, have arrested a youth in city for posting the video of him making derogatory comments on the martyrs of Pulwama terrorist attack on social media. The arrested youth is 24-year-old Pramesh Debberma, who is said to be working at a hotel in city. Tripura Police, who…
Attempt to murder girl student: Accused student to be suspended from college
February 26, 2019Mysuru: A student of Yuvaraja’s College, who had attempted to murder his classmate, after she refused his proposal following which an attempt to murder case was registered against him at Lakshmipuram Police Station, will be suspended from the college. A decision in this regard has been taken by the University of Mysore (UoM) Vice-Chancellor Prof….
1984 and compulsive contrarians
February 26, 2019By T.J.S. George It’s now two months since the Union Government issued orders that turned India into a surveillance State. Ten investigative agencies were authorised to “intercept, monitor and decrypt” all computer material kept by all citizens. The authorities justified it by saying that the rules were framed by the Congress-led UPA Government. That is…
Reconstruct Devaraja Market & Lansdowne building keeping the ‘heritage’ facade
February 26, 2019“Chief Minister must not fall into the trap of heritage mafia,” says a retired Chief Engineer, who had worked for a Multinational Construction Company New City Law Court buildings are good examples Inside the newly-constructed market, the space earmarked for different products should be in keeping with the modern requirement, not the old design. By…
Monitoring Mysuru’s Misfits
February 26, 2019Addressing a gathering comprising representatives of business fraternity, both from India and many countries across the world at the Global Business Meet in the nation’s capital last week, the land’s Prime Minister didn’t hide his pride in saying, despite the opinion expressed in some circles that India can never become a clean country, the nation’s…
Eviction of Forest Families
February 26, 2019Sir, The news item in SOM dated Feb. 22 regarding eviction of 1.17 Million forest families is heartening to read as these families need to be rehabilitated with minimum facilities in a new place which is a more challenging task. Most of these families might have developed certain bonding and evolved socio-cultural living in tune…
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