Mysore/Mysuru: A Guest Lecturer in the Organic Chemistry Department of Manasagangothri, who had returned from a tour of Turkey, has gone missing. The missing Lecturer is 33-year-old Dr. T.R. Swaroop, a resident of University Quarters on Chaduranga Road. According to the complaint lodged by Swaroop’s wife A.S. Punyashree with Jayalakshmipuram Police, Swaroop, who had been…
Graduates Reception of JSS Medical College tomorrow
March 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: JSS Medical College, a constituent college of JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, will be hosting its Graduates Reception on Mar.13 at 4 pm at Sri Rajendra Auditorium in the College premises. On the occasion, 202 students who have completed their MBBS course will receive the graduation certificates while nine…
Hootagalli Govt. School Teacher receives State Award
March 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Glora Alse Dera, a Primary School Teacher at Hootagalli Higher Primary Government School in the Taluk, was conferred with the State Award ‘Anupama Seva Puraskara’ on Mar. 8 at Chowdaiah Memorial Hall, Bengaluru, on the occasion of International Women’s Day. The award was presented by Shashikala Jolle, Minister of Empowerment of Differently Abled and…
Activists stage hunger strike against Citizenship Laws
March 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing the Union Government of introducing CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act), NRC (National Register of Citizens) and NPR (National Population Register) against the wishes of the people, over 70 activists under the banner of ‘Save Constitution Committee’, staged a day-long hunger strike, today at Gandhi Square in city. Alleging that the NDA Government at the…
Contract Pourakarmikas demand regularisation
March 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing the authorities of dropping two of their colleagues from the list of selected civic workers, over 40 contract Pourakarmikas under the banner of ‘Mysuru City Corporation Aggrieved Contract Pourakarmikas Association,’ staged a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office here this morning seeking their reinstatement as regular pourakarmikas. Maintaining that two pourakarmikas…
What You Need to Visit Thailand- Must Do Things (2020)
March 12, 2020Visiting Thailand for leisure or business is always exciting. You will be exposed to a whole new way of life, different weather, and get to enjoy authentic Asian culture, hospitality, and adventure all at once. Yes, Bangkok is as exotic and as mad as you’ve seen it depicted in western movies. Getting access to Thailand…
Remembering Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj — 6
March 12, 2020Shivaji sacks Aurangzeb’s Surat English merchants of Surat exhibit courage and principles! [Continued from Mar. 7] The failure of Aurangzeb’s uncle Shayista Khan to defeat Shivaji and capture his Forts caused the utmost consternation in Delhi and Agra. The Emperor Aurangzeb wrote coldly to his uncle Shayista Khan relieving him of his command and transferring…
From Square Harappa to Circular Mandala
March 12, 2020By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik Hindutva historians insist that the Harappan cities, that thrived 4,500 years ago across Punjab, Sindh, Rajasthan and Gujarat were full of Aryas chanting Vedic hymns and pouring ghee in fire altars made of brick. These convoluted theories have not been accepted in any peer reviewed international journal — but this is…
Society’s selfie
March 12, 2020Given the use of smart phone by nearly 500 million people in the country and making self-portraiture holding the device in one’s hand, the term selfie may not need to be explained to anyone, including the unlettered sections in the population, urban and rural. Long before the Kodak box camera made its debut in 1900,…
Extend newly-introduced Yeswanthpur-Mangaluru Central Tri-weekly Express upto Mysuru
March 12, 2020Sir, The train number 16595/16596 Yeswantpur-Karwar-Vasco Da Gama Express was introduced as a daily train very recently. The train, however, doesn’t touch Mangaluru and instead crosses via Padil bypass. The move is welcome but the cancellation of train number 16523/16524 and 16513/14 has put many passengers in jeopardy as the trains no longer travel via…
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