Kollegal: A Police Constable, who was returning home on his bike after finishing his duty, died after falling from his bike yesterday early morning. The deceased is Siddaraju, a Constable (Crime Division) at the Rural Police Station and a resident of R.S. Doddi in Hanur. Siddaraju, who was on duty on Dec.31 night, was returning…
Prize winners in various contests
January 2, 2020Mysuru: The students of The Orchids Public School have secured 2nd Runner-up position in the competitions organised by Mysore Round Table 21 and Mysore Ladies Circle 9. The team performed a mime, solo dance and group song to depict the theme ‘Technology and Social Media – Finding the Right Balance’ and also participated in the…
New Year Resolution…
January 2, 2020By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC A cold storage in the US. They employ about 200 and Mary Hoppins was also one of them. She had regular timings and was considered a pleasant employee. One day, at about 5 pm, she found some discrepancy in the records and went to check the packages in…
Vedic approach to desire
January 2, 2020By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Buddha said that desire is the cause of suffering. Outgrowing desire enables one to experience freedom from suffering. The Vedic approach was very different. Suffering can be reduced when we pay attention to, and try to satisfy, each other’s desires. This gave rise to the ritual…
Self-discovery by a teacher
January 2, 2020Title : Reflections of a Teacher Author : K.L. Nagaraju Pages : 230 Price : Rs. 250 Year : 2018 Publisher : Notion Press, Chennai We learn from Thythiriya Upanishad about the virtue of respecting mother, father, guru and guest, all being perceived as divinity. Even as the outlook of people at large towards teachers…
Flogging a dead horse
January 2, 2020Medium of teaching the children at Primary and Secondary School stages, setting question papers of public examination in the final class of Secondary School, contents of textbooks conforming to the syllabus followed in the Schools that come under the purview of the State Government, stipulation of minimum age for admission at the start of schooling,…
Arise, awake! Stop not till Mysuru gets Cleanest City Award
January 2, 2020Sir, Swachh Survekshan-2020, the annual survey will start from Jan. 4 but look at the scenario facing Mysuru city at present: * Roads are dug up soon after they are patchily tarred. * Renovation of houses are taken up on a war-footing and construction materials, old and new are dumped on roadsides. * The so-called…
Ajjikuttira family fetes Justice A.S. Bopanna couple
January 2, 2020Supreme Court Judge Justice A.S. Bopanna and his wife Monica being felicitated by Ajjikuttira family members at a function held at Kodava Samaja in Ponnampet recently on his elevation as the Judge of the country’s Top Court. Family members A.C. Subbaiah, Raja Nanjappa, A.C. Poonacha, A.K. Achaiah, A.S. Madaiah and others were present on the…
Prize winners of Music competition
January 2, 2020A group photo of the prize winners of the music competition conducted by Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Mysuru, recently at its Chaitanya Bhavan in Gokulam 3rd Stage. Standing: Dr. M.R. Bharathi Sridhar Raj Urs, Programme Sponsor, Sri Shivakanthanandaji, chief guest, B.S. Sridhar Raj Urs, Sabha President, J. Mahesh, Secretary and Renuka Devi, Treasurer, are seen…
South Zone Inter-University Women’s Hockey 2019-20: Mysore University emerges champs
January 2, 2020The women’s hockey team of University of Mysore (UoM) won the South Zone Inter-University Women’s Hockey Tournament 2019-20 held at the Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University, Chennai, on Tuesday by beating Mangalore University 1-0 in their final match. UoM will be taking part in the All India Inter-University Women’s Hockey Championships 2019-20 to…














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