Month: May, 2020

220 migrant workers leave for Jharkhand, Uttarakhand from Mysuru
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220 migrant workers leave for Jharkhand, Uttarakhand from Mysuru

May 21, 2020

KSRTC charges Rs. 300 per passenger to Bengaluru Mysore/Mysuru: After facing hardships for nearly two months following lockdown, 220 migrant workers left for their native Jharkhand and Uttarakhand from the city yesterday. District Administration and Labour Department had arranged seven Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) buses to ferry 220 migrant workers to Bengaluru, who…

Singer Nancy Nandita no more
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Singer Nancy Nandita no more

May 21, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Well-known singer Nancy Nandita (38), daughter of singer late Renukumar, passed away on Tuesday following heart attack at Bengaluru. A resident of Gandhinagar’s Lurdnagar-Karunapura in Mysuru, she had been to Bengaluru to attend a relative’s marriage. She leaves behind her husband Samuel Dev Nesan, daughters Angel Maria, Ann Maria and Ansila Maria and a…

Tirumala Temple to sell laddus at 50% discount
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Tirumala Temple to sell laddus at 50% discount

May 21, 2020

Rs.1.97 crore e-Hundi collection in April 2020 Tirupati: With uncertainty continuing as to when the darshan will resume, Sri Venkateswara Temple authorities yesterday decided to sell ‘Tirupati laddu Prasadam’ or the sacred offering among devotees at 50 percent discount across Andhra Pradesh and in the State capitals of neighbouring States. The laddu, weighing 175 gm,…

Freak mishap: Baby boy dies after being hit by father’s vehicle
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Freak mishap: Baby boy dies after being hit by father’s vehicle

May 21, 2020

Chamarajanagar: In a freak mishap, a baby boy who had sustained serious injuries after he was hit by Tata Sumo vehicle, which his father was reversing, has succumbed to injuries at a hospital on Tuesday. The deceased baby boy is Rohit (one year and 10 months), son of Sathyaraj and Shakthivelu couple of Bommanahalli village…

1,042 criminal cases registered from Jan. 1 to May 18 in city
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1,042 criminal cases registered from Jan. 1 to May 18 in city

May 21, 2020

Cases include 9 murders, 9 extortions and 15 chain-snatchings Mysore/Mysuru: There has been a total of 1,042 criminal cases including nine murders, nine extortions, 156 robberies and 15 chain-snatching cases registered from Jan. 1 to May 18, 2020 at various Police Stations in city.  According to the statistics by the City Crime Record Bureau (CCRB),…

COVID-19: Health Department issues guidelines on cleaning vehicles
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COVID-19: Health Department issues guidelines on cleaning vehicles

May 21, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: The Office of the Department of Health and Family Welfare, in a bid to prevent the spread of COVID-19, has issued 14 guidelines on sanitising vehicles which are ferrying the sick to hospitals. As COVID-19 (Coronavirus) would be alive for 72 hours on metals, glass, plastic materials etc., vehicles should be washed with detergent…

District Congress donates Rs. 16.51 lakh to KPCC Disaster Fund
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District Congress donates Rs. 16.51 lakh to KPCC Disaster Fund

May 21, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Coming to the help of the poor and the needy during the COVID-19 lockdown, the Mysuru District Congress donated Rs.16.51 lakh  collected by it to the KPCC Disaster Fund. A Congress delegation comprising former MP R. Dhruvanarayan, MLA Dr. Yathindra Siddharamaiah, MLC R. Dharmasena, former MLA Kalale Keshavamurthy, District Congress President Dr. B.J. Vijaykumar,…

Seafarers: The Unsung Heroes
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Seafarers: The Unsung Heroes

May 21, 2020

 “Life’s roughest storms prove the strength of our anchors”  By Nivedita Achappa For decades our seafarers are the unsung heroes of the maritime. In times of need, they are selfless and ready to help. Everyone everywhere relies on the shipping industry for the goods and commodities we all need and want. But it’s a tough…

How ‘dharma’ manifests in Vedas and Puranas
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How ‘dharma’ manifests in Vedas and Puranas

May 21, 2020

By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist The word ‘dharma’ first appears in the Rig Veda; but in a collection of a thousand hymns, the word dharma occurs less than a hundred times, making it not a very key concept. It is related to ‘foundation’ and ‘stability’ and ‘governance’. Even in the Upanishads,…

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