Mysuru/Hunsur: The Excise Department officials of Mysuru Zone 1 and Hunsur destroyed seized liquor at their respective places yesterday. The Mysuru Zone 1 Excise officials destroyed 60 litres hard liquor and 201 litres beer at its premises in Nazarbad in Mysuru. Excise Department Deputy Superintendent Mahadevu, Inspector P. Prema, Sub-Inspectors Chowdanayaka, R. Bhavyashree and staff…
Do not end your life with ENDS
November 7, 2019Support PM Modi in prohibiting deadly e-cigarettes in India Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi reiterated the intent of his Government to ban Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS) or Electronic Cigarettes or Vaping at the recent United Nations General Assembly. Following this, on Sept.18, 2019, the Ministry of Health has made public a Bill (titled:…
Sexual assault on minor: Accused sentenced to four years imprisonment, fined Rs. 25,000
November 7, 2019Mysuru: City’s Special POCSO Court has sentenced a man for four years imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 25,000 for sexually assaulting a minor girl. The accused is M. Mohan of Bengaluru. He (Mohan) had befriended the minor girl on facebook and later came to her house and sexually assaulted her besides harassing her mentally…
Shakti or Shaktiman?
November 7, 2019By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist I was recently trolled by a group of people. This was because I apparently had stated a claim that women are not powerful in India. I tried to figure out from where they had derived this alleged statement of mine and eventually realised that I had…
A chain of goodness does exist
November 7, 2019By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC A small story: A man walking on the road in a small town found a piece of paper stuck to an electric pole. The paper had a small note written on it. So curious to know what was written, he went closer and read the contents. The note…
Writing on the wall
November 7, 2019Going by reports from different regions of the country, its 731 districts have witnessed contrasting features of this year’s South-West monsoon, which has drawn its curtain down to be followed by its North-East version. Hardly any reservoir has not got its full capacity of water, some of the dams getting overfilled forcing the authorities to…
Proposal for Outer Circular Bus Route
November 7, 2019Sir, This is in response to the letter by Ashok Bhushan (SOM dated Oct. 28) regarding direct buses from JP Nagar to Ramakrishnanagar. This is the need for every Mysurean, connecting neighbouring areas by city buses, either JP Nagar to RK Nagar or Siddhartha Layout to Vidyaranyapuram. Circular bus routes is the only answer for…
Borewell rig rams into SUV near Kushalnagar
November 7, 2019In a serial accident involving three vehicles, two persons travelling in a car sustained injuries when a borewell rig rammed into the Sports Utility vehicle (SUV) from behind, resulting in the car crashing into the rear-side of a bus that was moving ahead of it at Tavarekere near Kushalnagar on Mysuru-Madikeri Highway this noon. The…
Bangladesh eyes for a series win
November 7, 2019Mahmudullah’s men are riding high after winning their first T20I against India held at Arun Jaitely Stadium in New Delhi on Nov.3. But, can they capitalise to seal the series with another win when they meet at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium for the second T20I later in the day? Only the time will tell. The…
KSCA Mysuru Zone Inter Club U-14 Tournament: Dhanush Gowda shines for Jawahar CC
November 7, 2019A well compiled century by Dhanush Gowda (104, 10×4) and useful contributions from Jay Rajesh Jain (86, 15×4) and Tushaar A. Singhavi (56, 7×4) enabled Jawahars CC to register a big 301-run win over Navodaya CC in the KSCA Mysuru Zone U-14 Inter Club Tournament played at Gangothri Grounds, here recently. The Scores: Jawahars CC…














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