Mysuru: City’s Special POCSO Court has sentenced a man for four years imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 25,000 for sexually assaulting a minor girl. The accused is M. Mohan of Bengaluru. He (Mohan) had befriended the minor girl on facebook and later came to her house and sexually assaulted her besides harassing her mentally…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist I was recently trolled by a group of people. This was because I apparently had stated a claim that women are not powerful in India. I tried to figure out from where they had derived this alleged statement of mine and eventually realised that I had…
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC A small story: A man walking on the road in a small town found a piece of paper stuck to an electric pole. The paper had a small note written on it. So curious to know what was written, he went closer and read the contents. The note…
Going by reports from different regions of the country, its 731 districts have witnessed contrasting features of this year’s South-West monsoon, which has drawn its curtain down to be followed by its North-East version. Hardly any reservoir has not got its full capacity of water, some of the dams getting overfilled forcing the authorities to…
Sir, This is in response to the letter by Ashok Bhushan (SOM dated Oct. 28) regarding direct buses from JP Nagar to Ramakrishnanagar. This is the need for every Mysurean, connecting neighbouring areas by city buses, either JP Nagar to RK Nagar or Siddhartha Layout to Vidyaranyapuram. Circular bus routes is the only answer for…
In a serial accident involving three vehicles, two persons travelling in a car sustained injuries when a borewell rig rammed into the Sports Utility vehicle (SUV) from behind, resulting in the car crashing into the rear-side of a bus that was moving ahead of it at Tavarekere near Kushalnagar on Mysuru-Madikeri Highway this noon. The…
Mahmudullah’s men are riding high after winning their first T20I against India held at Arun Jaitely Stadium in New Delhi on Nov.3. But, can they capitalise to seal the series with another win when they meet at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium for the second T20I later in the day? Only the time will tell. The…
A well compiled century by Dhanush Gowda (104, 10×4) and useful contributions from Jay Rajesh Jain (86, 15×4) and Tushaar A. Singhavi (56, 7×4) enabled Jawahars CC to register a big 301-run win over Navodaya CC in the KSCA Mysuru Zone U-14 Inter Club Tournament played at Gangothri Grounds, here recently. The Scores: Jawahars CC…
A young yoga artist from city has won two gold medals at the International Yoga Championship held recently in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, organised by the Malaysian Government. Kuvalashava, son of Central Armed Reserve (CAR) Police Head Constable Parashuram and Manjula, is a resident of Besthageri. Kuvalashava has also won gold in five different asanas and…
Mysuru lad S.D. Prajwal Dev teaming up with Rishi Reddy of India in the $15,000 ITF Men’s Tennis Tournament at Maputo, Mozambique entered the men’s doubles quarter-finals on yesterday. Prajwal Dev and Rishi Reddy combined well to beat Raheel Manji (CAN) and Kelsey Stevenson (CAN) 7-6(4), 6-4. Earlier in the men’s singles event, Kelsey Stevenson…
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