A total of 3,677 cases registered this year Mysore/Mysuru: Following increase in youths violating traffic rules, the Mysuru City Traffic Police, who conducted special drives from Nov. 1 till Nov. 19, 2023 for defective number plates, fake number plates, triple riding and other traffic rules violations have registered a total of 179 cases on offenders…
Mysore/Mysuru: Maharani’s Science College for Women on JLB Road in the city, a prominent heritage building in cultural capital Mysuru, may soon fade into oblivion if no emergent steps are taken to restore the structure. The building with 107-year-old history is crumbling at places with the walls in dilapidated condition and the ceiling collapsing at…
Mysore/Mysuru: Water levels in the four major reservoirs of the Cauvery basin — Harangi, Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS), Kabini and Hemavathi — have fallen to less than half of their total gross capacity. This downturn serves as a stark indicator of an impending crisis in the months and weeks to come. The available water supply…
Mysore/Mysuru: Four Army personnel, including two officers, were killed in an ongoing encounter with terrorists in the border district of Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. Among the fallen heroes is Mysuru-based Captain M.V. Pranjal of 63 Rashtriya Rifles. Capt. Pranjal is the only son of retired Managing Director of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals…
Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the State Government is mulling over the renovation works of heritage Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel, the Arch Gate of the Palace on Mysuru-T. Narasipur Road continues to be in a state of utter neglect due to lack of maintenance, with the latest being the damage to a portion of its compound wall….
Mysore/Mysuru: The problem of private ambulances and goods vehicles parking along the side of the bustling Dhanvantri Road, stretching from Janatha Bazar Medical Store to Sayyaji Rao Road and from the Sayyaji Rao Road-Dhanvantri Road junction to the Government Ayurveda College Circle, is once again in the spotlight. This issue not only exacerbates existing parking…
Bengaluru: Even as pressure is mounting on the Karnataka Government to make the State’s Socio-economic and Educational Census, popularly known as the ‘caste census’, public, in a narrative resembling a suspense thriller, it has now come to light that the original copy of the survey report has mysteriously disappeared, raising eyebrows and legal concerns. The…
Mysore/Mysuru: The tragic incident of a woman and her nine-month-old daughter burning to death in Bengaluru’s Whitefield (near Hope Farm) after coming in contact with a live electric wire which was cut and lying on the footpath on Nov. 19 has exposed the callous attitude of the electricity supply companies who have left the wires…
By Bapu Lingaraj Urs Mysore/Mysuru: The history of Kannada, one of India’s ancient languages, dates back to over 2,000 years. Recognising its historical significance, Kannada has been accorded Classical Language status to actively promote linguistic research. However, even 15 years after the establishment of the Centre of Excellence for Studies in Classical Kannada (CESCK) in…
Opposing NEP-2020 for non-academic reasons undermines students’ future Mysore/Mysuru: University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Prof. Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar has expressed concerns regarding the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. He pointed out that there is opposition to NEP-2020 in some quarters, questioning the rationale behind such opposition and emphasising the policy’s significance as…
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