DC tells heads of Civic Bodies Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar has directed Commissioners and Executive Officers of all CMCs, TMCs and Town Panchayats of the district to immediately remit total pending Library cess of Rs. 42.19 lakh to the District Library Authority (DLA). Presiding over the 75th meeting of the District Library Authority…
State-level Executive Committee meet of Youth Congress held in city
February 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that the Congress party stands for Equality, Social Justice and Constitutional Rights, senior Congress leader and former Minister Dr.H.C. Mahadevappa stressed on the need for organising the party at all levels. Speaking after inaugurating the one-day State-level Executive Committee meeting of Karnataka Pradesha Youth Congress at Congress Bhavan near the city Railway Station here…
‘Sathgamaya-2020’ State-level multi-fest from Mar. 3
February 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Mysuru campus, is organising Sathgamaya- 2020, a State-level multi-fest on Mar.3 and 4 at its college premises in Bogadi II Stage. This is a novel idea introduced to incorporate fun filled learning. All the disciplines of the college such as Computer Science, Visual Communication, Management and Commerce, Sciences, Languages and Physical…
Ex-Mayors demand action against anti-national slogan raisers
February 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a display of unity, over 15 former city Mayors, under the banner of ‘Mysuru Ex-Mayors’ Council,’ staged a demonstration at Gandhi Square in city this morning, seeking stern action against women activists Amulya and Arudra, who had raised anti-national slogans at Anti-CAA protests in Bengaluru recently. Accusing Amulya and Arudra of showing utter…
Tension prevails at Fountain Circle as MCC authorities remove idol
February 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Tension prevailed near Fountain Circle on Mysuru-Bengaluru Road this morning as MCC authorities removed an idol of Veerabhadreshwara Swamy installed under a tree opposite the Petrol Bunk on Shivaji Road leading from Fountain Circle. Acting on a Supreme Court order directing the State Governments to remove unauthorised religious structures on Public streets, public parks…
Boy goes missing
February 29, 2020T. Narasipur: A 13- year-old boy has gone missing from Kurubur in the Taluk. S.Preetham, a student of Government Higher Primary School at Kurubur, who left home for school on the morning of Feb. 26, has not returned since then, according to a complaint lodged by his father Sundar at T. Narasipur Police Station. Anyone…
Factory worker ends life
February 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A 43-year old factory worker ended life by hanging at his residence in SBM Layout near Bogadi here on Thursday. Honnappa (43), who was working at a factory in Metagalli Industrial area, allegedly committed suicide when his family members were away. In a death note written by him, Honnappa has blamed two of his…
Manoeuvring Obstacles
February 29, 2020By B.C. Thimmaiah [Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav] Mysuru Regional Transport Office (RTO) East in city has seen a tectonic shift in how driving tests are conducted to issue licences. Tests are now conducted in specially designed Automated Driving Test Tracks which have many segments, each of which has to be passed in a particular…
Hate in the time of Coronavirus
February 29, 2020Coronavirus brings death, but it sure is less macabre than the death brought by rioting mobs of Delhi. Coronavirus kills one with fever, unlike rioters in East Delhi who killed Ankit Sharma with hundreds of stab wounds or shot Mudassir Khan in his head as he simply stood outside his house. May be the real…
Democracy’s downturn
February 29, 2020Scholars who are credited with writing verses in the distant past have mentioned the term Bharathakhanda, meaning the territory of which present India is only a part. Many explorers, particularly the Italian merchant and explorer Marco Polo (1254-1324), Chinese travellers Fa Hien (337-422) and Hiuen Tsang (602-664) are recollected by many public speakers as having…















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