Mysore/Mysuru: With the city witnessing a rise in fatal road accidents, the City Police in a bid to ensure the safety of motorists and pedestrians and to regulate traffic movement, have notified vehicle speed limit on Outer Ring Road (ORR). The details are as below: The speed limit of vehicles on ORR and on roads…
Nirbhaya: Tihar asks hangman to report 3 days ahead of execution
March 16, 2020New Delhi: With just five days left for the execution of death sentence in the sensational 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, the Tihar Jail authorities yesterday said they have asked the hangman to report three days ahead of the scheduled hanging. The four convicts in the case are to be hanged together at…
National seminar on ethics in business practices
March 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A National-level seminar on ‘Ethical dimensions in business and management: Conceptual Vs reality’ was organised by Vidyavardhaka PG Centre, Department of Studies in Commerce and Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) recently. The seminar was inaugurated by Dr. P.S. Velumurugan, Professor in Commerce, School of Commerce and Business Management, Central University, Tamil Nadu. Addressing the…
Seminar focuses on sustainable living
March 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A UGC-sponsored State-level seminar was held recently at JSS College of Arts, Commerce and Science. The topic was “Innovations and challenges in Life Science” where Dr. Anu Appaiah, Senior Principal Scientist, Department of Microbiology and Fermentation Technology, CFTRI, addressed the gathering and emphasised on waste management. He gave the examples of those who innovatively…
Remembering ‘Imperious Leader’ Indira Gandhi in the days of CAA !
March 16, 2020Ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah decided that India as a country, after 73 years of Independence, should for once wake up from its euphoria of freedom and slumber of complacency, much had happened to our country’s destiny. If 1947 was a red letter day for India, so also was…
Melodies from a Medico
March 16, 2020By Anagha Mahesha Dr. Preethi Prakash Prabhu, a 23-year-old MBBS graduate from JSS Medical College, Mysuru, received five gold medals and five cash prizes at the recently held convocation and was adjudged ‘Best Outgoing Student.’ An alumnus of St. Joseph’s Central School, Vijayanagar and Vidyavardhaka Sangha Pre-University College, Mysuru, Preethi secured 18th rank in the…
Marshalling manpower
March 16, 2020The terms population burden and human resource, when mentioned by both seasoned writers and public speakers concerned with marshalling the nation’s millennials into productive tasks of economic value reflect contrasting outlook to the unemployment scene, oscillating between pessimism and optimism. The stressful mental state of families with members past the age of 20 years struggling…
Extend Mysuru-Hazarat Nizamuddin Swarnajayanti Express up to New Delhi Railway Station
March 16, 2020Sir, The train number 12781/12782 Mysuru-Hazarat Nizamuddin Swarnajayanti Express operates conveniently every Friday from Mysuru to reach Hazarat Nizamuddin near New Delhi on Sunday evenings. The train travels via Hassan-Arsikere-Hubballi-Belagavi-Pune-Miraj-Bhopal and Jhansi to terminate only at Hazarat Nizamuddin Railway Station (7 km short of New Delhi Railway Station). As most of the passengers intend to…
Irregular garbage collection
March 16, 2020Sir, The system of garbage collection, cleaning of roads and consequent cleaning and collection of debris in Brindavan Extension is deteriorating day by day. There seems to be total collapse of administration. Earlier the garbage collection and cleaning was at specific time and well-organised. Why this deterioration over a period of time, say last one…
Automated driving test track: A good initiative
March 16, 2020Sir, It is noteworthy that Mysuru now has an automated driving test track at RTO East in Rajivnagar. Compulsory theory classes and a computerised test on road safety and traffic rules with a required pass percentage would also augment this. Road-users in our city witness cases of people overtaking from the left side, speeding through…
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