Month: September, 2020

Mysuru ZP gets new CEO
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Mysuru ZP gets new CEO

September 16, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: More than 20 days after IAS Officer Prashanth Kumar Mishra was transferred following the row over the suicidal death of Nanjangud Taluk Health Officer Dr. S.R. Nagendra, the State Government on Tuesday appointed senior KAS Officer D. Bharathi as the new CEO (Chief  Executive Officer) of Mysuru ZP. Mysuru DC was holding concurrent charge…

Slew of protests in city
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Slew of protests in city

September 16, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: The city was witness to a slew of protests yesterday as many organisations staged demonstrations at various venues for different reasons. Members of Parisara Samrakshana Trust staged a protest near Visvesvaraya Circle (Government Ayurveda College Circle) against the MCC’s move to fell down two healthy rain trees on Irwin Road for facilitating road expansion…

Pickpocket, luggage thief held
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Pickpocket, luggage thief held

September 16, 2020

Gold ornaments worth Rs. 13.85 lakh recovered Mysore/Mysuru: Lashkar Police have arrested a person on charges of committing pickpockets and stealing luggage of passengers from KSRTC buses and have recovered 277 grams gold ornaments worth Rs. 13.85 lakh from him. The arrested person is 37-year-old Mohammed Imran, a resident of Thyagaraja Colony, next to Lashkar…

Vehicle drivers submit memorandum to DC
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Vehicle drivers submit memorandum to DC

September 16, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Seeking fulfilment of their various demands, vehicle drivers, under the banner of Karnataka Vehicle Drivers Welfare Association, presented a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner (DC) here yesterday. The memorandum said that though the Government had said that 7.75 lakh vehicle drivers would benefit by Rs. 5,000 one-time financial assistance announced by Chief Minister B.S….

Unidentified woman run over by train
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Unidentified woman run over by train

September 16, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: An unidentified woman, aged between 40 and 45 years, has been run over by a train between Akki Hebbal and Mandagere Railway Stations. The kith and kin of the deceased, if any, may contact Mysuru Railway Police Station on Ph: 0821-2516579, according to a press release.

The Importance of Internationals in IPL
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The Importance of Internationals in IPL

September 16, 2020

From the very beginning India has been under the influence of the foreign and different. We could say it rose from the ashes like the phoenix when it gained independence, and the Western culture was the only gift of the 200 year oppression. Even our constitution is built from the positives of various other constitutions….

Tukk… tukkk… tukkk… goes the Coppersmith
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Tukk… tukkk… tukkk… goes the Coppersmith

September 16, 2020

By Ragoo Rao, Ethologist This is the repetitive, monotonous, steady sound, one hears in a grove of trees, or a single standing heavy tree, that gives the bird that makes this sound, the name Coppersmith Barbet – Megalaima haemacephala as known in the Ornithological world. In yesteryears, when the metal copper was manually beaten into…

Pet Talk
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Pet Talk

September 16, 2020

In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka explains how to keep surroundings around the cattle sanitised By Maneka Gandhi What do the movement and position of the tail mean in cattle? The tail is an important signalling device in cattle. The tail will usually be held horizontal during defecation and urination. If, together with the head,…

Saluting AIR Architect Dr. M.V. Gopalaswamy
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Saluting AIR Architect Dr. M.V. Gopalaswamy

September 16, 2020

Sir, The recent write-up on the Architect of Mysore AIR Dr. M.V. Gopalaswamy by his grand-daughter (SOM dated Sept.12) makes it a worthy reading. She has unearthed many facts we never knew. The toils and troubles he faced in turning his dream a reality are really appreciable. Attempting at an unknown project, with literally zero-technology…

IPL 2020: BCCI Chief reviews preparations at Sharjah
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IPL 2020: BCCI Chief reviews preparations at Sharjah

September 16, 2020

Sharjah: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly on Monday visited Sharjah Cricket Stadium — one of the three venues for IPL 2020 — to review the preparations, with only few days left in the start of the cash-rich tournament. The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 was moved overseas to…

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