Mysuru/Mysore: The University of Mysore (UoM) has awarded Ph.D in Commerce to Mahdi Kia Kojoori for his thesis ‘Ethical advertising by Corporates: A study of perceptions of Consumers in Karnataka’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. S. Marigowda. S. Gopal has been awarded Ph.D in Hindi by UoM for his thesis ‘Gangaprasad Vimal ke Sahitya…
Power theft: Two sentenced to one year jail, slapped Rs. 2 lakh fine
January 13, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: Hunsur’s 8th Additional District and Sessions Court has sentenced two persons to one year jail besides imposing a fine of Rs.2.02 lakh after they were found guilty of stealing electricity. Those sentenced are 61-year-old Chikkamadaiah of M. Kannenahalli, Hampapura hobli in H.D. Kote taluk and his son 31-year-old Basavaraju. Chikkamadaiah and Basavaraju had illegally…
DTE Karnataka Diploma Results Released
January 13, 2020Following examinations earlier in the year, the Department of Technical Education Karnataka released Diploma results at the end of 2019. With many successful students looking forward to new opportunities in 2020, the results give inspiration to many others. With more students choosing to undertake a technical education, the rise in related job opportunities is a…
Musings on Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa’s defence of CAA —1
January 13, 2020The sea is dangerous and its storms terrible, but these obstacles have never been sufficient reason to remain ashore.” — Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese explorer (1480-1521) For those who are opposing CAA in our country today, the idea of India is not in believing ‘India first.’ For them, India seems to come next. Whatever it is,…
Why only lawyers can understand Legal Language ?
January 13, 2020By Susheela Srinivasan and Dr. B. Shakira Jabeen English in legal documents in India is so unique that it goes by special nomenclatures — legal parlance, legal English, legalese, etc. This form of language is used in the Courts, legal documents, rules, bye-laws, judgments, Bills, Acts and amendments. A lawyer has to read and interpret…
Quick fix for Positivity
January 13, 2020Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese art and science which was developed over 3,000 years ago. It was designed to help balance energies or Chi within a space in order to promote harmony, good health and fortune. Its principles are based on the Taoist understanding of nature. Good Feng Shui in your home can help…
Distraught Democracy
January 13, 2020Happenings being reported by the media across the world, particularly heated exchanges among heads of their respective countries, protest demonstrations marked by anger by various outfits including youth at large as well as students, criminal acts taking lives of innocent people and so on don’t seem to be biased with respect to different regions. The…
Public Address System goes mute at Circles & Signals
January 13, 2020Sir, With a lot of fanfare the Public Address (PA) system was introduced in a few places where traffic signals are installed. Initially for a few days both Traffic Police and Home Guards used to address the offenders. Now the initial enthusiasm has died and things are back to square one. Several thousand of tax-payers…
BCCI Annual Awards: Jasprit Bumrah honoured with Polly Umrigar and Dilip Sardesai Awards
January 13, 2020Indian pace ace Jasprit Bumrah was awarded the prestigious Polly Umrigar Award (2018-19) on Sunday at the BCCI Annual Awards in Mumbai. The Indian pacer, who had a fruitful 2018-19 season with Team India across all formats won the award for being the best international cricketer. Bumrah recently became the leading wicket-taker for India in…
State U-17 Girls Chess Championship: Prasiddhi Bhat triumphs
January 13, 2020Mysuru girl Prasiddhi Bhat, representing Mysuru in the Karnataka State U-17 Girls Chess Championship 2019-20 held at Bengaluru from Jan. 10 to 12, drew her eighth and final round game against Chaya C. Poojari and with 7 points from eight rounds clinched the title in the Tournament which concluded yesterday. Two players, Zoya Nazir and…
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