Mysore: Karnataka State Souharda Federal Co-operative Limited (KSSFCL) had organised a contact meet of Souharda Co-operatives at a private hotel in city recently. Presiding over the programme, KSSFCL Director H.V. Rajeev asked Co-operatives to come together and advocate new principles and systems matching with the time. He advised them to evolve a combined movement to…
Book ‘Kodagina Thallana’ on natural disaster released
June 23, 2019Mysuru: Mysuru District Journalists Association (MDJA) and Yukta Prakashana together had organised a function at Pathrakartara Bhavan here this morning for the release of the book ‘Kodagina Thallana,’ a collection of true stories behind the recent natural calamity in Kodagu, written by I. Ramesh Uthappa. Speaking on the book, Professor Dr. Besur Mohan Palegar said…
Ambassador Nazareth, a true Gandhian
June 23, 2019By 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….
Nauseating Stench: Meat waste plant leaves residents of Old Kesare and surrounding areas gasping for clean air
June 23, 2019If 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…
Whither City Traffic?
June 23, 2019Sir, 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…
Carry an identity card while going out
June 23, 2019Sir, 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…
Gastroenterology Unit at DRM Multispeciality Hospital
June 23, 2019DRM 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.
ICC World Cup 2019: Bumrah, Shami bowl India to a thrilling 11-run win over Afghanistan
June 23, 2019Southampton: 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…
ICC World Cup 2019: New Zealand beat West Indies
June 23, 2019New 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…
Harare ITF World Tennis Tour: Prajwal Dev, Rishi Reddy win Doubles title
June 23, 2019Mysuru 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….















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