Month: February, 2020

World Hearing Day on Mar. 3: Awareness at JSS Hospital
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World Hearing Day on Mar. 3: Awareness at JSS Hospital

February 27, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: The 3rd of March every year is celebrated worldwide as World Hearing Day. The theme for the year 2020 is “Hearing for life. Don’t let hearing loss limit you’! This has been designed with the aim of spreading awareness about the effects of deafness and the various means to overcome this disability.  Hearing impairment…

Ganja peddlers arrested: 23.567 kg ganja, cash seized
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Ganja peddlers arrested: 23.567 kg ganja, cash seized

February 27, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: City Crime Branch (CCB) Police, on Feb. 24, have arrested two persons on charges of selling ganja illegally and have seized 23.567 kg ganja and cash from them. Acting on a tip off, the CCB Police, on Feb. 24, raided the Bus Stop opposite PKTB Hospital on KRS Road and arrested 60-year-old Siddaraju of…

Woman’s gold chain snatched at Hebbal
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Woman’s gold chain snatched at Hebbal

February 27, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Bike borne miscreants have snatched a gold mangalya chain from a woman who was proceeding towards her home from a temple at Hebbal Layout in city on Feb. 24. The woman, who lost her gold mangalya chain is Geetha, a resident of Hebbal 2nd Stage in city.  Geetha, who had gone to Sri Annapoorneshwari…

Woman goes missing
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Woman goes missing

February 27, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: 45-year-old Puttarangamma who left her house at Kuppegala on Feb. 17 at about 12 noon, has since gone missing. She is 4.5 ft. tall, oily red complexioned, normal built, speaks Kannada and was wearing a red coloured saree and a black and white striped blouse at the time of going missing. Those having any…

Unidentified man run over by train
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Unidentified man run over by train

February 27, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru Railway Police, on Feb. 23, have found a body of an unidentified man aged about 40 years, who was run over by a train between Metagalli and Mysuru Railway Stations and have shifted the body to MMC&RI mortuary. The deceased is 5.5 ft. tall, with a broad forehead, wheatish complexioned,  normal built…

Body found at Saragur
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Body found at Saragur

February 27, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Saragur Police have found a body of an unidentified man floating in the Kabini Right Bank Canal between Shanthipura and Kunnapatna in H.D. Kote taluk on Feb. 15 and have registered a case. The deceased is about 30 to 35 years of age, wheatish complexioned, normal built and bald.  The kith and kin of…

Why Shiva marries
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Why Shiva marries

February 27, 2020

By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist When we read stories of Shiva, there is a constant reference to how he is forced to marry and produce his children, Kartikeya and Ganesha. When Shiva gets married, he comes down from the mountain Kailasa, which is cold, where no vegetation grows. He descends with…

Insight into indigenous cow
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Insight into indigenous cow

February 27, 2020

Milk production in India, reportedly more than 180 million tonnes a year, has earned the country top place among the few countries producing milk in large quantities. Mechanical engineer by training, late Verghese Kurien (1921-2012) and his team are credited with transforming the traditional grossly unorganised milk production and sales of milk in the country…

Jumping road dividers: A risky affair
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Jumping road dividers: A risky affair

February 27, 2020

Sir, Jumping the road dividers (either the metal grills in the past or the present cement blocks) by people of all age groups (young and even by senior citizens) can be seen very commonly on all four roads at the city centre, which have high density of vehicular movement. Though provision was made at many…

KBG calls on MLA Tanveer Sait
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KBG calls on MLA Tanveer Sait

February 27, 2020

Star of Mysore and Mysuru Mithra Editor-in-Chief K.B. Ganapathy called on MLA Tanveer Sait at his residence in Udayagiri this morning and enquired about his health. Tanveer Sait returned to city on Feb. 24 after undergoing successful treatment abroad. Presently, he is continuing with voice therapy. Others seen are (from left) Sait’s wife Sameena Bai,…

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