Mysuru: A leopard has killed a goat, which was tied at the backyard of a house in Chikkegowdanahundi near Uttanahalli in the wee hours of today. The incident took place in the backyard of the house of one Savithramma. Savithramma, who heard the goats creating noise at about 1 am, took the torch and peeped…
‘Smart phone craze has made WhatsApp indispensable among youths’
August 8, 2019Mysuru: Maharani’s Science College had organised a function at the college premises on JLB Road here on Tuesday to inaugurate Sports, Cultural and National Service Scheme (NSS) activities of the institution. Inaugurating the programme, Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports Assistant Director K. Suresh opined that Cultural, Sports and NSS activities among youth helps to…
MLA performs Guddali Puja for new MCC Zonal Office-1
August 8, 2019Mysuru: MLA S.A. Ramdas performed the ‘Guddali Puja’ for the construction of the new building for Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Zonal Office-1 at an MCC plot on Uttaradi Mutt 5th Cross Road in Agrahara here yesterday. After receiving the complete details of the proposed building, Ramdas suggested that the building should be designed on the…
CESC Public Grievances Meet turns a damp squib
August 8, 2019Mysuru: Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) had organised a Public Grievances Meet yesterday at Ramakrishnanagar Sub-Division Office which turned out to be a damp squib as none of the electricity consumers came to submit a written grievance for reasons best known to the consumers only. CESC Assistant Executive Engineer R. Surendra, who was supposed to…
Heritage Walk for specially-abled students
August 8, 2019Mysuru: The Department of Archaeology, Heritage and Museums, together with Rotaract Club of Mahajana First Grade College had organised a Heritage Walk for specially-abled students in city yesterday. About 30 students of Government School of Deaf and Dumb participated in the event. The Heritage Walk was flagged off by Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar at…
Boot Camp to encourage student entrepreneurship
August 8, 2019Mysuru: The Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society (KITS), Department of IT-BT Start-Up, Government of Karnataka, launched its Boot Camp to encourage student entrepreneurship across the State at a function held at Sir MV Auditorium of the National Institute of Engineering (NIE) here on Aug.5. Dr. Sandhya R. Anvekar, Programme Head-Skilling, KITS, Department of IT-BT, inaugurated…
Sympathy – no — Understanding – yes
August 8, 2019By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC At a fund-raising dinner for a school that serves children with learning disability, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. He started by first extolling the school and its dedicated staff, and as he came to…
Rains clobber Kodagu
August 8, 2019Incessant heavy to very heavy rainfall is lashing Kodagu since the last four days bringing untold misery to the people of the hilly district. While last year’s havoc of floods and landslides — a result of a series of cloudbursts — was concentrated in Madikeri and Somwarpet Taluks, this year the scene has shifted to…
Child-sage Balak Nath
August 8, 2019By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist In Himachal and nearby regions, a yogi is worshipped, who is considered a form of Shiva in Kalyug. His name is Baba Balak Nath. In art, he is visualised as a young boy with a yoga staff in his hand, seated on a peacock with the…
Hair talk
August 8, 2019Talking about hair can be fascinating for those who are endowed with that filament in both pleasing hue and abundant mass, particularly on one’s head. Explaining that hair is a protein that grows from follicles in the dermis in different regions of the body’s skin may not excite too many people. Strangely or otherwise, the…















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