Summer is soaring and the ‘King of Fruits’ has occupied its throne in Mysuru. Luscious mangoes have piled up in make-shift shops, carts, street corners and stalls at various junctions and prominent places. It is that time of the year when other fruits are sidelined and mango is placed on top of the fruit ladder….
Tranquillised leopardess dies en-route to Mysuru Zoo
May 11, 2019Mysuru: The leopardess that was tranquillised by the Forest Department at Kyathanahalli village near Gaddige in H.D. Kote Taluk died last evening while it was being shifted to Mysuru Zoo for treatment. The two-and-a-half-year-old feline was in a weak condition and it had sustained serious injuries as it was caught in a wire snare placed…
School admission counselling
May 11, 2019Mysuru: District Department of Social Welfare is conducting counselling for admission to 6th standard in Morarji Desai, Kittur Rani Chennamma, Ekalavya, Vajpayee, Ambedkar and Indira Gandhi Residential Schools from May 21 to 25 at Pre-metric Boys students hostel in Nazarbad. On May 21, counselling will be done for general, special, disabled, nomads, ex-servicemen children and…
Conservation conversation
May 11, 2019Tracing the origins of the multitude of life forms on planet earth and their arrival on its surface, including the different water bodies in the range of oceans-rivers-lakes-streams-ponds-wells-and-what-have-you, followed by their departure, read disappearance for good, popularly described as extinction, over the time span of the planet’s existence, estimated chemically at 4.5 billion years, has…
ITC Chairman passes away
May 11, 2019New Delhi: Yogesh Chander Deveshwar, the longest-serving Chairman of the ITC Group, who transformed cigarette business into one of India’s leading FMCG players, died this morning after a brief illness at a private hospital in Gurugram. He was 72. He is survived by his wife and son. Deveshwar, who stepped down from an executive role…
Mother, daughter go missing
May 11, 2019Mysuru: A woman who had reportedly gone to her parents house along with her daughter have gone missing. Bhuvaneswari, 43 along with her daughter C. Lakshita, 13 from Kuvempunagar had left for her parents house in Mandya on Apr. 7 according to a complaint lodged by the woman’s husband. He stated that he had texted…
Digitalise house tax payment
May 11, 2019Sir, I have been paying my house tax every year since last 10 years. Paying house tax is a highly cumbersome and tiresome process in Mysuru. Two pages of Form, a FOUR part challan, waiting in the queue for hours at the mercy of the “writer/RI” of the MCC, paying him/her Rs.50 for filling in…
Three chain-snatchers held
May 11, 2019Mysuru: CCB Police have arrested Mohammed Abran, 21 of Gandhinagar yesterday when he was allegedly trying to sell a few gold chains near Rajkumar road in Yeraganahalli. A gold chain worth Rs. 1 lakh and a two-wheeler have been seized. Metagalli and NR Police have arrested Mohammed Idhris, 20 and Mohammad Khashif, 21 of Rajendranagar…
‘Sachchidanandashri’ book release tomorrow
May 11, 2019Mysuru: ‘Sachchidanandashri,’ a book brought out by the city’s Sahitya Mattu Samskrutika Balaga in honour (Guruvandana) of Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji will be released at Nada Mantapa of Ganapathy Ashrama on Nanjangud Road here at 4 pm tomorrow (May 12). Senior writer Dr. C.P. Krishnakumar is the Hon. Editor of the book which will be…
IAP workshop for Obstetricians and Paediatricians tomorrow
May 11, 2019Mysuru: Over 24 million babies are born every year in India. These babies face the highest risk of dying in their first month of life. Presently in India, for every 1,000 babies born, over 25 babies die. “Saath-Saath-Perinatal Meets” is a one-day workshop planned by Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) and the Federation of Obstetricians…
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