Mysore/Mysuru: As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Apollo BGS Hospitals, Mysuru, joined the nationwide initiative by Apollo Cancer Centres through ‘Check-Olate,’ a unique chocolate that delivers a powerful message ‘Take a moment for yourself.’ ‘Check-Olate’ encourages women to make breast self-examination a monthly habit and promote early detection. N.G. Bharateesha Reddy, Vice-President & Unit…
Staging of play ‘Nijamahatma Babasaheba’
November 3, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Rangabhoomi Trust, Kodagu, will be staging the Kannada play ‘Nijamahatma Babasaheba’ at Mini Theatre in Kalamandira premises from Nov. 3 to 5 at 6.30 pm every day. Written and directed by former Rangayana Mysuru Director Addanda C. Cariappa, the play delves into the life and legacy of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, featuring key characters such…
Re-elected as KUWJ President
November 3, 2025Bengaluru: Senior journalist Shivanand Tagadur was re-elected unanimously as the President of Karnataka Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ). This will be his third term as the President of the Union. Meanwhile, Ajjamada Ramesh Kuttappa and Mathikere Jayaram (Vice-Presidents), J.C. Lokesh (General Secretary), Pundalika B. Baloji, Somashekar Keragodu and Lingappa Chavadi (Secretaries) and Vasudev Holla (Treasurer)…
Bags prize in poetry competition
November 3, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: S.J. Veera, a student of Ideal Jawa Rotary School in city, who participated in the National-level Anuvrat Creativity Contest 2025, organised by the Anuvrat Vishva Bharati Society in Ahmedabad recently, has bagged the third prize in the poetry competition. The contest held with the theme ‘A strong Constitution empowered with ethical Revolution,’ saw participation…
Newly-wed among two go missing
November 3, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: In separate cases, two persons including a newly-wed have gone missing from city. In the first case, a newly-wed woman, who left her rented house at Belavatha on Oct. 9, has since gone missing. The missing woman is 23-year-old Suchitra. She had married Vijay Kumar a few months ago after falling in love with…
Youth killed in road accident
November 3, 2025Bettadapura: A youth was killed in a road accident at Ramanathapura in Hassan district on Saturday evening. The deceased youth is Ranjan (20), son of N.P. Harish, a journalist at Periyapatna. He leaves behind his parents, brother and a host of relatives and friends. Post-mortem was conducted at Hassan General Hospital and the body was…
Unidentified man dies in hospital
November 3, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: An unidentified man, who was found lying sick at Sub-Urban Bus Stand on Oct. 27 and admitted to K.R. Hospital for treatment by the public has breathed his last at the hospital on Oct. 30. The deceased is aged about 38 years, 5.4 ft. tall, normal built, light brown complexioned, sports beard and moustache,…
Jayamma
November 3, 2025Jayamma (74), a resident of Banchalli Hundi village, Chikkayyanachatra hobli in the taluk, passed away yesterday at the village. She leaves behind her husband Basavaraju, three sons and a host of relatives and friends. She was the sister-in-law of former Zilla Panchayat President B.M. Ramu and former Tandavapura PACC Bank President B.M. Nagaraju (Dhani). Last…
Unclaimed bank deposits drive: Some suggestions
November 3, 2025Sir, This refers to the news item titled “Unclaimed Bank Deposits Drive” in SOM dated Oct. 30. Unfortunately, so many deposits and accounts are lying either dormant or unclaimed. This is probably because nominations are not registered or the addresses of nominees are not updated when they change residence. The same issue applies to account…
India claims maiden ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup
November 3, 2025Navi Mumbai: India defeated South Africa by 52 runs to clinch their maiden Women’s World Cup title in Navi Mumbai on Sunday. Chasing 299 runs, South Africa were bowled out for 246 in 45.3 overs, as Deepti Sharma took a five-wicket haul. Shafali Verma was also key for India, smacking 87 off 78 balls and…















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