Mandya: In a crackdown against illegal stone mining, a team of officials led by Pandavapura Assistant Commissioner (AC) raided a stone quarry at Bebi Betta on Tuesday and arrested three persons on charges of illegal quarrying. Following complaints that stone quarrying was going on illegally in Bebi Betta area despite the ban, especially during the…
Lay-off: DSS leaders stage protest
August 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Strongly opposing the Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) decision to lay-off 21 Pourakarmikas working in Zero Waste Management Units in city and terming it as unnecessary and unjustifiable, members of Dalit Sangharsha Samithi’s (DSS) pourakarmikas and unorganised workers unit held protest outside the Office of MCC yesterday morning. Protesters urged the MCC administration to immediately…
Man commits suicide
August 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A 33-year-old man has committed suicide by hanging self at his house in city yesterday morning. The deceased is Siddapaji, a resident of 18th cross at Railway Layout in Vijayanagar. According to Police, Siddapaji was suffering from illness and depressed over this, he took the extreme step when his family members were away from…
Rotary Midtown donates for a cause
August 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Rotary Mysore Midtown has financially assisted an engineering graduate under its community service project towards his kidney treatment. The beneficiary is 24-year-old M.R. Prathap, son of M.B. Ramakrishna, a farmer from Malagaranahalli in Maddur taluk, Mandya district, and Sudha, a home-maker, who has donated her kidney to her ailing son. Prathap underwent kidney transplant…
ICAI Mysuru signs MoU with Chikkamagaluru Institution
August 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI – Statutory body under an Act of Parliament), Mysuru Chapter and Sri Sai Angels Educational Society has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for CMA Foundation Course. As per the MoU, Sri Sai Angels Educational Society, Chikkamagaluru, is authorised to conduct coaching classes in their…
Entries invited for Rotary Datta Teachers Award – 2020
August 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Entries have been invited for Rotary Datta Teachers Award – 2020. Rotary Mysore has been presenting this award to eminent teachers of Mysuru city from past 22 years to celebrate Teacher’s Day and commemorate Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan’s birthday. The award was instituted by Rtn. K. Dinesh Babu and Ann Lakshmi Dinesh of Datta Jewellers…
Pet Talk
August 19, 2020In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka speaks about hyperventilating and intussusception in dogs By Maneka Gandhi Why does my dog sleep so much? Since dogs do not go to school or work, it is common for them to be bored all day and thereby sleep out of that boredom. But if they sleep all day…
Demand for International Airport for Mysuru: Some basic issues
August 19, 2020By R. Chandra Prakash There is a demand for an International Airport for Mysuru from business leaders and also a few people’s representatives. Tentatively its location is proposed near K. Shettihalli, beyond Srirangapatna on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway. While justifying their demand, availability of 900 acres of Government land and the future growth of the business…
Rainfall in Kodagu: Misquoted facts and ill-conceived thoughts
August 19, 2020Sir, This is to bring to light a few facts about the rainfall in Kodagu that go to contradict certain information furnished and views expressed in the articles “August rain in Kodagu due to climate change ….” (SOM dated Aug. 6) and “Kodagu receives 272 percent more rainfall in just 7 days” (SOM dated Aug….
Can BCCI call IPL 13th edition “Coronavirus Benevolent IPL”?
August 19, 2020By D. Vijeth Not only does the ball go in mystifying direction in IPL (Indian Premier League) but also the venues and countries. What seemed to be an improbable proposition under the current scheme of things, has finally carved a window between September 19 and November 8 at the shores of UAE. The World T20…
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