Mysore/Mysuru: Just a few days after the City Law Courts resumed functioning following a recent shutdown (July 8 and 9) after a practicing advocate tested positive for COVID-19, both the City Courts — District Law Courts Complex and Malalawadi Court Complex (behind Apollo Hospital) — have been closed for two days (July 22 and 23)…
Auto driver murdered
July 23, 2020Cops suspect friends behind the crime Mysore/Mysuru: An auto driver has been allegedly murdered with lethal weapons at Surya Bakery Circle in Hebbal on Tuesday night. The deceased is Darshan (21), a resident of Hootagalli. Bus commuters, who alighted from a bus at the Circle, saw Darshan lying in a pool of blood on the…
Rider succumbs to injuries
July 23, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A two-wheeler rider, who had sustained serious head injuries when his bike collided with another bike near Bake Point Circle in Saraswathipuram on Tuesday night and was admitted to a private hospital nearby, has succumbed to injuries yesterday. Two others, who were on the other bike, are undergoing treatment. The deceased is Rahul (26),…
Bubonic Plague and birth of a composer
July 23, 2020By Gouri Satya, Sr.Journalist Killer plague had attacked Mysuru when ‘Saraswathi Vilasa Karnataka Nataka Sabha’ Drama Company was at its height My previous article on the plague of 1896 published in these columns on April 1 ‘When Bubonic Plague hit Mysore State in 1896’ received an overwhelming response and was shared by many on the…
Spending to Live or Living to Spend!
July 23, 2020By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC A Gaur Gopal Das story which moved me: A man was ready to go to his office. His wife asked him to wait and told him to put some laundry clothes into the machine. However, she told him not to put too many clothes in the machine. The…
Financial lessons from Satyabhama
July 23, 2020By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Krishna was raised by cowherds and then he moved from Vrindavan to Mathura and thence to Dwarka, where he married many women, often Princesses from surrounding kingdoms. But his status in the Yadava clan was ensured by his marriage to Satyabhama, daughter of the richest Yadava…
MCC’s property tax assessment needs rectification
July 23, 2020Sir, A house, bungalow, villa albeit it being a duplex house, it is an independent dwelling unit even if it has a first floor. It is not an apartment and the land is not two. However, if the upper floor has been constructed as two with separate entrance via staircase from outside and the first…
Social gatherings without Covid precautions
July 23, 2020Sir, We keep seeing newspaper reports of various associations and organisations having their annual team installation meetings. It is a bit distressing to see that many such social gatherings seem to ignore basic precautions to be taken in these days of deadly Covid-19, including social distancing and wearing masks, for the sake of getting photos…
Foul smell emanating from garbage dump at Azeez Sait Nagar
July 23, 2020Uncleared garbage dump is emanating foul smell at Azeez Sait Nagar causing a lot of inconvenience to the residents living in the surrounding. The residents alleged that garbage was not being cleared regularly and during rains it enters the drains resulting in clogging of drains and sewage water entering the houses. Authorities concerned are urged…
Fallen tree branches hampering vehicular movement at Halladakeri
July 23, 2020Fallen tree branches on the 35th Cross of Ashoka Road in Halladakeri have blocked the road and is hampering vehicular movement. Also, another tree branch is hanging dangerously and is posing a threat to pedestrians. Authorities concerned are urged to take steps to get the fallen tree branches and also get the hanging tree branch…
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