Mysore/Mysuru: A 22-year-old youth was electrocuted while trying to pump out overflowing water from a sump last afternoon. He was using an electric water pump for the purpose. The victim is Mohan Gowda, son of late M.H. Siddappa and a resident of Janata Nagar. Yesterday at about 3.30 pm, Mohan, who noticed water overflowing from…
India Post to celebrate birth centenary of R.K. Laxman
October 22, 2021Tribute through cartoon drawing contest, release of special postal cover & postcards on Oct. 24 Mysore/Mysuru: India Post is celebrating the birth centenary of legendary cartoonist R.K. Laxman at the Postal Training Centre (PTC) in Nazarbad, Mysuru, on Oct. 24. Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman (Oct.24, 1921 – Jan.26, 2015) was best known for his creation The…
Kathe Kelona Banni restarts at Kalasuruchi
October 22, 2021Weekly story-telling session for children from tomorrow Mysore/Mysuru: Kalasuruchi, the city-based cultural organisation, embarked upon a small experiment to conduct weekly story-telling sessions by the name ‘Kathe Kelona Banni’ (Come, let us hear stories) almost 15 years ago and due to covid it had to be temporarily stopped. Now that life is returning to normalcy,…
Woman, children go missing
October 22, 2021Bharathinagar: A woman and her two children have gone missing from Sabbanahalli village near Bharathinagar since Oct. 17. Those missing are Bhagya, wife of S.P. Siddachari, 11-year-old Kruthika and 10-year-old Siddarth. According to the complaint lodged by Siddachari at K.M. Doddi Police Station, Bhagya, Kruthika and Siddarth, left the house on Oct. 17 at about…
Mysuru Literature Festival 2021: Vault of Vishnu: Sugar, Silk and Mystery
October 22, 2021Virtual session – Date: October 23 – Time: 7 pm IST Panellist: Ashwin Sanghi Ashwin Sanghi, based in Mumbai, is a very well-known author of the literary genre, thriller-fiction. Having done his schooling and initial college education in Mumbai, he went on to get his Master’s from the prestigious Yale University in the US. He…
Rural Sports Meet from Oct. 23
October 22, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to unearth rural sporting talent and to save rural sports and games that are on the brink of extinction, the city’s SMP Foundation has organised a two-day rural sports meet at Puttaraj Gawai Sports Stadium in J.P. Nagar, Mysuru, on Oct. 23 and 24. Announcing this at a press meet here…
Release of RSS leader’s felicitation volume tomorrow
October 22, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Veteran RSS Sanghachalak M. Venkataramu’s felicitation volume will be released at a programme to take place at Senate Bhavan in Manasagangothri at 11 am tomorrow (Oct. 23). Announcing this at a press meet here yesterday, the felicitation volume Chief Editor Dr. V. Ranganath said that the felicitation volume marks the 75th birthday of RSS…
Unidentified woman dies
October 22, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: An unidentified woman, who was found lying sick near a hotel on Mysuru-Hunsur Road and admitted to K.R. Hospital in city, has breathed her last at the hospital yesterday. The deceased woman is aged between 60and 65 years and Jayalakshmipuram Police, who have registered a case, have shifted the body to MMC&RI mortuary. The…
Why cameras are banned at Hebbal Lake Park?
October 22, 2021Sir, While I admire the work done by Infosys Foundation in maintaining Hebbal Lake Park, it irks me to no end that cameras are banned in this Park. It is a great location for bird and nature photography enthusiasts. Most people who visit this Park go with their smartphones which have fairly good cameras. So…
K. Govindaraju
October 22, 2021Mysuru, Oct. 22- K. Govindaraju (54), a resident of Kailaspuram, passed away on Wednesday afternoon in city. A bachelor, he leaves behind his sisters K. Lakshmammani Balaram, K. Rukmini Srinivas and K. Sumithra Kempaiah, brother K. Prasanna Chakravarthi, a social activist of Madiga community and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were performed…
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