By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore Recently we were invited to attend an international convocation in Mysuru city. The graduating students were mostly from universities abroad. They, wearing conventional gowns and hoods, were full of joy as it was a red-letter day in their lives….
If Saadat Hasan Manto, writer, playwright and author born in Ludhiana during the British Raj became famous with his Urdu short story “Boo” that means “Smell”, a quiet locality in Mysuru is becoming famous or rather infamous or call it notorious for its “Smell” — a horrible meat waste stench. The smell is due to…
Sir, Mysuru city traffic is in utter chaos. Traffic signals, one way traffic and most of the No Parking Zones are just a namesake. Every major road corner is converted as auto stand, occupying both sides of the roads. Footpaths are display places for shops/ establishments and people are forced to use busy roads to…
Sir, Recently my friend’s father who is new to Mysuru was presumed to be missing, during his morning walk. Apart from his mother tongue, which is not Kannada, he is not conversant with any other language and was not carrying his mobile phone also. After a panic search for more than an hour, he was…
DRM Multispeciality Hospital started its Gastroenterology Unit. A fully equipped Gastro Department, which was inaugurated by Directors Dr. B.H. Manjunath and D.T. Prakash, will be headed by Dr. Ramakrishna as Gastro Enterologyst and Dr. Deepak as Gastro Surgeon. It has all the modern equipment like upper and lower GI endoscopes and ERCP and other accessories.
Southampton: Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami held their nerves in crunch situation and executed their plans perfectly in the death overs to help see-off Afghanistan resistance and eventually beta them beat by 11 runs in a nail-biting encounter at The Rose Bowl Stadium in Southampton. Shami became the second Indian bowler in the history of…
New Zealand (NZ) scored an exciting 5-run win over former World champion West Indies (WI). It was heart-break for C. Brathwaite and West Indies as it was a good chance for the West Indies to pull out a win. In the last ball of the 48th over bowled by Neesham, Trent Boult took a breathtaking…
Mysuru lad S.D. Prajwal Dev, teaming up with India’s Rishi Reddy and representing India in the Harare $15,000 ITF World Tennis Tour Men’s Tourney at Zimbabwe on Saturday, won the Men’s Doubles title. In the final, Prajwal and Rishi beat Martin Beran (Can) & Joshua Paris (GBR) 7-6(5), 6-4 to clinch their maiden professional title….
Kokkalera Devakie Uthaiya (Pulianda), wife of Kokkalera N. Uthaiya and a resident of House No.4, 4th Cross at Bannimantap in city, passed away yesterday afternoon at her residence. She was 82. She leaves behind her husband, a daughter, a son, grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites will be held at Chirashantidhama…
N.C. Ponnuswamy (90), father of former India Number 3, Tennis Champion N.P. Raghuveer and one of the Founders of Mysore Tennis Club, passed away at his residence in Chamarajapuram this morning. He leaves behind sons Raghuveer and Manjunath, daughter Vijayalakshmi and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites will be held at 5 pm…
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