Mysuru: A free eye screening camp, organised by Unity Charitable Trust, Mysuru, was held under the supervision of Trust President Noor Mohammed at the Muslim Girls Orphanage on Ashoka Road here recently. The camp, inaugurated by Abdul Azeez Chand, Hon. Secretary of the Orphanage, was conducted by Dr. E. Manjunath and staff of the District…
Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary at Perpetual Succour Church
August 29, 2017Mysuru: Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church, Srirampura, will be celebrating the Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary from tomorrow at 5.30 pm daily. On Aug. 30, Rev. Fr. Staney D’Almeida will hoist the flag. This will be followed by Rosary, Procession, Holy Eucharistic Celebration, offering of flowers and Novena Prayers to Mother Mary. The Celebrants…
Ph.D awardees
August 29, 2017Mysuru: Preethi Mahadev has been awarded Ph.D in Computer Science by the University if Mysore for her thesis ‘Incremental dimensionality reduction in high dimensional databases’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. P. Nagabhushan. She is the daughter of Dr. K. Mahadev, ex-Syndicate Member of UoM. H.N. Meenakshi has been awarded Ph.D in Computer Science by…
Three burglars arrested, various machineries recovered
August 29, 2017Mysuru: N.R. Police, on Aug. 26, have arrested three burglars on charges of breaking into a factory and making away with various machines from it. The arrested have been identified as Tanveer Pasha, M.J. Saleem and Kaisar Pasha, all residents of Haleemnagar in Bannimantap here. During interrogation, the accused are said to have revealed that…
Burglars burrow into jewellery shop
August 28, 2017Mysuru: Close on the heels of serial burglaries reported at houses in Vijayanagar yesterday, a similar incident of miscreants making away with gold jewellery and silver articles worth about Rs. 20 lakh has been reported in city, this morning. Police said that burglars had entered Vardhaman Jewellers and Bankers, located in Bharath Seva Dal building,…
Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh sentenced to 20 years in jail for rapes
August 28, 2017Rohtak (Haryana): A special CBI court today sentenced Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh to 20 years in prison after his conviction in two rape cases. CBI Judge Jagdeep Singh pronounced two sentences of 10 years rigorous imprisonment in each of the two cases that date back to 2002, said defence lawyer S…
More rains predicted in next three to four days
August 28, 2017Mysuru: More rains are predicted in the coming three to four days. The city has been experiencing rains from Saturday night and the downpour continued from Sunday evening. The rainfall disrupted normal life as it continued to pour the whole of last night and this morning. Naganahalli Organic Farming Research Station Nodal Officer Dr. C….
Mass immersion of Ganesha idols in city
August 28, 2017Mysuru: The mass immersion of Ganesha idols, installed at various places across the city, was held under the aegis of Mysuru Nagara Samoohika Vinayaka Visarjana Mandali here yesterday. The idols were taken for immersion in more than 50 decorated vehicles from Veeraganapati Temple in Veeranagere. The vehicles, accompanied by a host of folk troupes including…
Corporation continues to ignore collapsed Heritage Buildings
August 28, 2017Mysuru: The month of August is coming to an end and it is raining quite heavily since the past few days, which is a good sign. However, the rains bring along with it misery and the damages it causes. Five years ago, it was during the last week of August that a portion of the…
Indo-China Doklam standoff ends
August 28, 2017New Delhi: China and India have agreed to end a lengthy stand-off at the Sikkim border that began in June, said the Centre today. The breakthrough was reached by diplomatic talks, India said. “On this basis, expeditious disengagement of border personnel at the face-off site at Doklam has been agreed to and is on-going,” said…















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