Mysuru: A 60-year-old man has gone missing from KSRTC Bus Stand in city on June 14. The missing person is Ningashetty, a native of Ajjur village in Arakalgud taluk, who was living with his son at Shidlaghatta. On June 14 at about 7 pm, Ningashetty, along with his son, had come to the KSRTC Bus…
Unidentified person dies
June 20, 2019Mysuru: An unidentified man, aged about 65 years, who was found lying sick near the Government School at Ramabai Nagar on June 13 and admitted to K.R. Hospital, has breathed his last at the hospital on Monday. The body has been shifted to MMC&RI mortuary and the kith and kin of the deceased, if any,…
Save Kodagu from over-tourism
June 20, 2019By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Aaj ka taaja khabar: The tourist spots, Nainital, Rishikesh and Haridwar have been submerged. Not by nature but by tourists! The unusually hot weather conditions in North India combined with holidays, these Hill Stations have been completely submerged by tourists. All the hotels are overflowing so much so…
A temple for a dog
June 20, 2019By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist In the State of Chhattisgarh, in Khapri village of Durg district, there is a temple dedicated to a dog. It is called Kukur Dev. The story goes that there was once a banjara (gypsy) who had a dog. During a famine, he had no money, so…
Land’s Liveability Pride & Prejudice
June 20, 2019Patriotism, an unalloyed virtue of love for one’s country and nationalism, driven by the ideology of a sense of belonging to one’s country seems to be witnessing suffocation in the current dispensation of providing good governance to 135-plus crore people across the nation, identifying themselves with diverse badges of their multitude of lingo, faiths, ethnicity,…
Gangothri campus becoming an eyesore
June 20, 2019Sir, Every time during my morning walks with Prof. B. Sheik Ali, I walk on the footpath separated by steel fence adjacent to the University of Mysore Guest House and I see a lot of construction materials lying on the lawn. Since it has been lying in this state for many years, grass and other…
Investiture Ceremony
June 20, 2019MAHAJANA PUBLIC SCHOOL, JAYALAKSHMIPURAM: The Investiture Ceremony was celebrated at the School premises recently. M.R. Dhanusha, International athlete, was the chief guest and Dr. Vijayalakshmi Muralidhar, Secretary, Mahajana Education Society (MES), was the guest of honour. Newly elected Captains and Vice-Captains were conferred the badges and sashes on the day by the chief guest. Seen…
Investiture Ceremony: BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN (BVB) SCHOOL
June 20, 2019BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN (BVB) SCHOOL, VIJAYANAGAR: The investiture Ceremony of BVB School was held at the School premises recently. The School prefects such as Captains & Vice-Captains were elected through ballot process. Inception of Captains and Vice-Captains was done by pinning their badges followed by oath-taking. Chief guest M.S. Vinayaka spoke on the importance and…
ICC World Cup-2019: Williamson stars in New Zealand’s four-wicket win over South Africa
June 20, 2019A brilliant hundred by the Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson and a solid 60 by Colin de Grandhomme enabled New Zealand to register a four-wicket win over South Africa in a keenly contested match at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on Wednesday. Needing 8-runs to win in the last over, New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson (106 n.o., 138b, 9×4,…
Aryan to make his intl. golf debut
June 20, 2019Aryan Roopa Anand, a promising golfer from city, will be playing his first International Amateur Tournament in Malaysia. The event is 117th Malaysian Amateur Open from June 20 to 23 at Kelab Golf Sarawak (Sarawak Golf Club) in Kuching. The newly upgraded championship course is 6,394 meters long, par 72, designed to test a player’s…
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