Mysuru: “Girl children should not cut short their studies for any reason,” opined Makkala Kalyana Samithi Chairperson Kamala, cautioning them against relationships at a very young age. She was speaking after inaugurating the International Day of the Girl Child programme jointly organised by Mysuru Child helpline, Organisation for the Development of People (ODP), Rural Literacy…
Mysuru: Four persons have gone missing from city. A 75-year-old man, P. Koosappa who left his house on Oct. 22 at about 10 am, is missing. He is 5 ft. tall, oval faced, oily red complexioned, thin built, has a mole on the centre of his chest, wears spectacles, speaks Kannada and Tamil and was…
Mysuru: Columbia Asia Hospital, Mysuru, had organised a corporate quiz and a talk on Cardiology and a Basic Life Support training session by Dr. C. B. Keshavamurthy and Dr. Sasirekha at the Hospital premises recently. Around 65 people participated in the corporate quiz and about 100 people attended the health awareness session. Basic Life Support…
Begur (Chamarajanagar): Manju Rao (35), a resident of Kalyanagiri in Mysuru is said to have committed suicide by consuming poison at a dilapidated building near Chikkahundi Gate. He was believed to have come in his autorickshaw three or four days ago to the spot and committed suicide. Tahsildar Najundaiah, Begur Police Sub-Inspector Lokesh and Village…
Mysuru: The Fifth Additional District and Sessions Court here has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife. Rajesh alias Raju of Lingapura Colony in Periyapatna taluk is the one who has been sentenced. Rajesh, an alcoholic, used to pester his wife Kumari who worked as a labourer for money. But…
Mysuru: The City Crime Branch (CCB) on Oct. 24 arrested two persons who were allegedly involved in mobile phone thefts. The accused are Tausif Pasha, a resident of Kalyanagiri and Firoz Pasha, a resident of Ghousianagar. According to the Police, the accused were nabbed near M.A.R Mobile Shop on Akbar Road in Mandi Mohalla while…
Mysuru: Forest Mobile Squad arrested two persons while selling an elephant tusk. The accused are Suresh alias Kulla, a resident of Junglehaadi in Virajpet and Chethan, a resident of Kattekeri in Mandya. Mobile squads sleuths, based on a tip-off, nabbed the duo near Anechowkur in Periyapatna and recovered a 20 kg tusk and a Tata…
By S.T. Ravi Kumar [Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav] Lamps filled with oil and a cotton wick is lit. The wick burns itself with the help of oil to spread light to encounter darkness. A beautiful reddish yellow light stays stubborn in the battleship of air. It battles with the passing by winds, dancing, twisting,…
By M.B. Pavan Murthy [Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav] The popular Mannar’s Market in Shivarampet has paved way for artisans and traders to make extra money as Deepavali draws near. Some traders in the bustling Mannar’s Market sell lamps of various hues and shapes procured from different parts of the country. Besides, clay lamps too…
Looking for the origin of earthen lamps or Diyas for Deepavali, Star of Mysore, on a rainy day, arrived at Doora, a village located 20 kms to the South of Mysuru. At Doora, we were standing right in the middle of a sea of clay pots and Diyas. This village is keeping the tradition of…
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