Verbal spat between commuters, Policemen; tense situation eases after senior officers intervene Mysore/Mysuru: An accident occurred yesterday afternoon at the Mysuru-Nanjangud Ring Road junction, resulting in injuries to 52-year-old K. Kalavathi, the wife of retired Government employee P. Nagaraju and a resident of Naidunagar. The accident led to a heated exchange of words between the…
Train timings changed
October 2, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division, has announced the revision of train timings for more than 314 trains, effective from Oct. 1, 2023. This includes the departure timings for 9 trains leaving from Mysuru Station. Passengers are urged to note the changes in the train schedule well in advance before commencing their journey. To…
Prez presents NSS National Award to Seshadripuram College
October 2, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The NSS Unit of Seshadripuram Degree College, Mysuru, was accorded the “National Service Scheme Award for 2021-22” in recognition of the Unit’s extension activities and promotion of social causes. College Principal Prof. K. Sowmya Erappa, NSS Programme Officer Dr. R. Raghavendra and auxiliary officers received the award from the President of India Droupadi Murmu…
EPFO Mysuru Regional Office holds cleanliness drive at Chamundi Hill
October 2, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: As part of ‘Ek Tareekh Ek Ghanta Ek Saath’ programme under Swachhata Hi Seva Campaign 3.0, a massive cleanliness drive was conducted by Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) Regional Office, Mysuru, at Chamundi Hill yesterday. Vinit Kumar, Regional PF Commissioner-I (RPFC-I), Regional Office (RO), Mysuru, presided. Snake Shyam, a wildlife conservationist, Suman Saurav, RPFC-II…
Father-son go missing from Nanjangud
October 2, 2023Nanjangud: A 35-year-old-man and his four-year-old son have gone missing from Tagadur village in the taluk and a missing complaint has been lodged at Kavalande Police Station. The missing man and his son are Guruprasad and Pavan Kumar. They left the house at about 11 am on Sept. 29, saying that they were going to…
Youth flees with gold given for testing
October 2, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A youth, who was given gold weighing 1281.530 grams to test its genuineness, has reportedly fled with the same. The accused youth is 29-year-old Naveen of Gayathripuram and 40-year-old Soundararaj, proprietor of SDJ Gold Company is the one who has lost the gold. Soundararaj had appointed people to test gold ornaments sold by customers…
Holy River Cauvery and Unholy Cauvery Water Dispute
October 2, 2023To quantify the water Karnataka releases to Tamil Nadu, the Centre has constituted a Committee. In that Committee every member is a Tamilian. In this Committee there is an engineer nominated by Karnataka and the irony is even that engineer is a Tamilian. — H.D. Kumaraswamy, former Chief Minister Having written enough and more in…
Bhava Kusuma: An evening of light music by city doctors
October 2, 2023There is a verse in Kannada ‘Vaidyo Narayano Harihi,’ which means doctors are the Gods in disguise. But on Saturday (Sept. 30)Doctors were in the disguise of poets and poetesses singing some very rarely known and sung verses by the country’s finest poets like Varakavi Da.Ra. Bendre, K.S. Narasimhaswamy, Vedavyasa Joshi, Y.S. Louis, Kuvempu, by…
Violin duet marks inauguration of Fine Arts Club at Vijaya Vittala
October 2, 2023Anvita Srikiran and P.S. Shrutha, students of Vijaya Vittala Composite PU College, Saraswathipuram, gave a brilliant Violin Duo performance at the college auditorium as inaugural programme of ‘Fine Arts Club-2023’ recently. Anvita Srikiran and Shrutha began the day’s performance by the traditional Varna, composed by Tiruvattiyur Thyagaiyar, in Saranga raga, Aadi Taala. Next performance was…
All pervasive encroachments
October 2, 2023Sir, It is common knowledge that many commercial establishments make use of the footpaths in front of their shops for various purposes including parking of vehicles. Each such instance has to be highlighted separately so that the focus of the encroachment is not lost. One such commercial establishment is located on the Guest House road…
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