Mysuru: A mahout of Mysore Palace elephant Ruby died after he fell from the elephant yesterday. He was taking the elephant on a walk. The deceased has been identified as 38-year-old Kalappa and he was admitted to K.R. Hospital as he had sustained severe injuries. Kalappa is a native of Hosahalli village in H.D. Kote…
Mysuru: The MCC Council meeting held yesterday at Old Council Hall was dominated by a verbal exchange between BJP and JD(S) Corporators, with Corporators from the JD(S) which is ruling the MCC in alliance with the Congress, demanding that a corner site close to MUDA office be allotted to the party for constructing JD(S) city…
H.D. Kote: A 40-year-old elephant was electrocuted when it accidentally came in contact with an electrified fence near Anemala village in the taluk on Sunday night. Villager Subramanya had illegally electrified the fence around his land where he grew banana. The elephant, from Nagarahole National Park probably searching for food could have come in contact…
Mysuru: A 20-year-old student was killed when a cement-laden vehicle rammed into the bike he was riding on JLB Road-Devaraj Urs Road junction yesterday afternoon. The deceased student is Raghu, son of Devaraju and a resident of Yaraganahalli in city. He was pursuing his Diploma course at Banumaiah ITI College in Udayagiri here. Raghu was…
Going by the latest political developments in our State, somehow I feel that my musings written in this same column on May 15, 2018, under the title ‘Pride goes before the Fall: Musings on Congress defeat in Karnataka’ literally fits to present political scenario. Considering the current political unrest and the blame game that has…
By T.J.S. George Finally, Kerala’s sensational nun-rape case will move another step forward this week. Charges against the libidinous Bishop Franco Mulakkal will come up for hearing in a Magistrate’s Court. Resourceful parties like this Jalandhar Bishop have different ways in which they can make things drag on. But, however snail-like the progress, there is…
By M.B. Pavan Murthy It is an age of Bhavans where Bhavans are constructed in the name of every National and State leaders who have ruled us in the past. Bhavans are also constructed to please communities and castes and present day netas do a perfect job of this with the sole aim of garnering…
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Living in Karnataka is like living in a world where each day reinforces one’s conviction in the existence of God. How else will one be able to explain the fact that the people are surviving and coping with what can be described as complete absence of State-driven governance in managing the…
Issues concerned with older adults, particularly their healthcare adapted to their ageing bodies and disturbed minds, both from the social science angles and as a medical speciality seem to have suffered very low attention by successive Governments as well as circles of cognoscenti who debate on various subjects centred on society’s welfare. The incumbent Union…
Sir, A very timely and appropriate advice has been sent in the letter dated July 8 by a “concerned citizen” to use water judiciously. The correspondent has very aptly described the various ways in which water has been wasted by our fellow citizens. It is high time the MCC, under which the water supply division…
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