Mysore/Mysuru: The leaking roof of the decades old State Bank of India (SBI) Main Branch building on Sayyaji rao road next to D. Banumaiah College, has caused concern amongst the Bank staff and customers alike. The building from which the Bank is functioning is called as ‘Motikhana Building,’ which is listed as one of the…
Portion of Commercial Tax Office compound wall collapses
October 22, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Wednesday night torrential rains resulted in the collapse of a portion of the compound wall of Commercial Tax Office located on Dewans Road, Devaraja Mohalla. Authorities said that five feet length of the compound wall had completely collapsed. The wall which was built using mud-mortar decades ago, could not withstand the pounding of…
Youth electrocuted while draining out sump water
October 22, 2021Mysore/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…
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