Mysuru/Mysore: The 95th Annual Sandal Urus Shariff of Hazarath Syed Faqeer Mohiuddin Shah Maqbil organised by Hazarath Maqbil Sha Social Educational & Welfare Trust (R) Mysuru will be held at the Darga (Shrine) near Sterling Theatre in Vidyaranyapuram here today evening. The celebrations will be held under the Presidentship of Sir Khazi of Mysuru Hazarath…
Pet Talk
February 13, 2020In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka explains why cats sometimes eat their own offspring By Maneka Gandhi What are the most common mistakes people make when feeding a cat ? Giving the cat too much food: Along with dry food, cats should only be fed two tablespoons of wet food, two times a day. Feeding…
Sexual assault on minor: CRPF Soldier sentenced to 20 years jail
February 13, 2020Madikeri: The Virajpet Second Additional District and Sessions Court has sentenced a CRPF Soldier to 20 years imprisonment and has imposed a fine of Rs. 96,000 after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a minor girl last year. The CRPF Soldier who has been sentenced is C.B. Nithin, a resident of Manandawadi in Kerala….
Agent cheats Finance company of Rs. 31 lakh
February 13, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: A Private Finance Company agent has allegedly cheated the company to the tune of Rs. 31 lakh which he had collected from various depositors. The accused is Somesh, an agent at Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company near Jaganmohan Palace in city. Somesh, who had collected a total of Rs. 30,96,901 from various depositors from…
Colour of Krishna’s skin
February 13, 2020By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist In the Sanskrit Valmiki’s Ramayana, Hanuman describes Ram as ‘shyama-varna’, which means one of dark-complexion. In folk poetry, poets describe Krishna as ‘ghana-shyam’, as dark as monsoon clouds. Yet, in our most popular art, we find Ram and Krishna visualised in blue colour. So, we wonder,…
War on wasting
February 13, 2020Availability of life-supporting resources in abundance and accessing them virtually effortlessly by people everywhere witness their consumption marked by unchecked profligacy until both these features show signs of scarcity. One resource that qualifies to be at the top of the multitude of such resources and talked about more than acted upon is water, the elixir…
Extend Hazur Sahib Nanded Express LHB rake upto Mysuru
February 13, 2020Sir, The Railway authorities are suggested to utilise the rakes of some trains that remain idle at Bengaluru and extend it upto Mysuru. Amongst them include the prestigious daily running 16593/16594 Bengaluru – Hazur Sahib Nanded Express LHB rake operating via Dharmawaram-Gooty-Guntakal-Mantralayam Road-Raichur-Bidar-Latur-Parbani-Purna-Nanded. The train’s LHB rake arrives at 5.30 am to Bengaluru and departs…
Install elevated road humps on Kalidasa Road
February 13, 2020Sir, The elevated road humps constructed on KRS Road near Vani Vilas Water Works are very effective in curtailing the speed of the zooming vehicles, especially the two-wheelers. I request the authorities concerned to opt for similar type of road humps on Kalidasa Road — one pair near Karnataka Bank and another pair near Yes…
Winners of Inter-Collegiate Tennis
February 13, 2020Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering &Technology won the Mysuru City Inter-Collegiate Women Tennis Championship 2020 organised at JSS Science and Technology University, Mysuru, recently. Seen are (from left) PE Director K.B. Manjunath, Principal Dr. M. Ravishankar, Tennis Captain Yashitha S. Nayaka, R. Shivani and D. Nishitha. A total of 12 teams from VTU Colleges across…
City Top Cop presents ‘Mysore City Gold Cup 2020’
February 13, 2020Mysuru City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta presenting ‘The Mysore City Gold Cup 2020’ to Mr. and Mrs. Ravinder Pal Singh Chauhan, owner of Ashwa Brooni, which won the event on the 14th day Mysore Races held at Mysore Race Club (MRC) premises in city yesterday. The winning horse, trained by Md. Sajid Qureshi, was…
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