Nanjangud: An awareness programme on traffic rules was held at the DySP’s office here on Sunday. Over 300 auto drivers and owners participated in the programme which focused on overloading of students in school autorickshaws, importance of vehicle documents and ban on transporting people in goods vehicles. Presiding over the programme, DySP Mallick asked auto…
Mysuru: Two married lovers have committed suicide at Ramabainagar here yesterday morning after their affair came to be known. The deceased are Harish (name changed) and Kumari (named changed), both residents of city. They committed suicide by hanging self at the house of Harish, when their affair came to be known by their family members….
Mysuru: Sri Krishna Mithra Mandali and Sri Krishna Trust had organised a function at Sri Krishnadhama premises in Saraswathipuram here on Sunday evening for the presentation of Pratibha Puraskar to meritorious students. Students who had excelled in SSLC are H.K. Tejas, V. Himani, M.N. Anagha, N. Srihari, G. Sadhana, S. Keerthana, T. Aditya, Manya S….
Mysuru: Two persons, accused in the brutal murder of a youth at a vacant land in Gowrishankar Nagar on June 29 afternoon, have surrendered before the Court yesterday. Those who have surrendered are Pramod alias Betta and Avinash. The Judge has remanded them to two days Police custody for interrogation. It may be recalled that…
Mysuru: In a tragic incident, a witness in a case who had come to depose in the Malalavadi (Jayanagar) Court Complex, died in the Court premises reportedly due to a heart attack on Monday. S. Nandeesh (36) of Mandakalli in the taluk, is the deceased. Nandeesh had come to the Court to depose as a…
Mysuru: Champaka Academy, a premier educational and cultural institution in Mysuru with the mission to nurture and promote Indian culture, is conducting a two-day Bharatanatyam workshop at its premises in Ramakrishnanagar. Renowned Bharatanatyam Guru, Karnataka Kalashree B.K. Vasanthalakshmi will conduct the workshop on July 13 and 14 teaching rare “Kshetrayya Padams.” Bharatanatyam practitioners aged 14…
Hunsur: A Police Constable, attached to Nanjangud Traffic Police Station, reportedly died of excessive boozing in Hunsur late last night. Mahesh of Modur P. Koppalu in the taluk is the deceased Cop. Mahesh, who was serving at Nanjangud, came to the town yesterday and attended a party late in the evening. Mahesh, who is said…
By T.J.S. George In a democracy, a working majority is better than a brute majority. This is especially so in a country like India where the structure of Democracy is honoured while the spirit is not. The effects of the brute majority enjoyed by the present government have been unhealthy as the actions and statements…
One of the most regulated sectors in the land with the greatest number of its players is the area of education, only next to agriculture along with the workforce in unorganised status, considering the three sections namely, students, teachers and administrators in institutions, both managed by Government and non-Government agencies. Classes functioning outside the territory…
Sir, With reference to the news item “Mandya DC urges parents not to buy bikes for students” (SOM dated June 29), I would like to share my views. When my son was 6 or 7 years old, I had given him a cycle which he used till his first PUC. When he turned 16, I…
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