Mysuru: As part of United Nations (UN) Foundation Day, the UN Flag was hoisted alongside the National Flag atop the Deputy Commissioner’s Office here yesterday. The State Government, based on a directive from the Union Government, had issued a circular to all the DCs asking them to hoist the UN Flag to mark the UN…
Bara-Roz-Ijlas celebrations at city Mosques from Oct. 29
October 25, 2019Mysuru: Bara-Roz-Ijlas celebrations will be held as part of Jhasne Meelad-Un-Nabi from Oct. 29 to Nov. 10 at Mosques across city. Religious lectures have been organised at various Mosques daily, which are as follows; Daily after Namaz-e-Fajar prayer: Masjid Ya Rasool Allaha at Rajivnagar 1st Stage; Madina Masjid at Muslim Block in Kyathamaranahalli; Masjid Raza…
Industrial awareness programme for specially-abled entrepreneurs
October 25, 2019Mysuru: District Industries Centre (DIC) in association with Mysuru District SC/ST Industrialists Association, Hebbal, conducted an awareness programme for prospective specially-abled entrepreneurs at its premises on Sayyaji Rao Road here this morning. Inaugurating the programme, In-charge Deputy Commissioner and ZP CEO K. Jyothi called upon specially-abled entrepreneurs to make use of various welfare schemes and…
Two go missing from city
October 25, 2019Mysuru: In separate incidents, two persons have gone missing from city. In the first incident, 29-year-old M.S. Shivaparasad, who is suffering from mental illness and left his house on Feb. 12, 2018 at about 10.30 am has since gone missing. He is 6ft. tall, fair complexioned, oval faced, normal built, speaks Kannada and English and…
Chamundi Hill in Peril ?
October 25, 2019By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD With a little extra rain even our rock solid Chamundi Hill seems to be in some amount of danger going by the fairly disturbing landslide that occurred there three days ago. Since the rain that we have experienced in and around our city has not been above average, I…
Desiring before deserving
October 25, 2019The idiom If wishes were horses, beggars would ride, traced to a collection of Scottish proverbs about 1628, seems to mistakenly divert attention to horses and beggars, masking the message that if wishing could make things materialise, then even the most destitute people would have access to everything they wanted. Further, the veiled insult hurdled…
Deplorable condition of KRS Road
October 25, 2019Sir, It is shocking to see the deplorable condition of KRS Road. Some stretch of the road is bad and some stretch very bad. I am unable to fathom the irresponsible and lethargic attitude of the engineers and the officers concerned in letting one of the most travelled road of Mysuru like this, especially during…
College fetes Ph.D awardees
October 25, 2019The Ph. D awardees — Dr. K. Paramesha, Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Dr. M. Suchitra and Dr. R. Shilpa, Associate Professors, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering and Dr. Vinayak Prasanna Narayan Hegde, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics — who were felicitated by Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering (VVCE), Mysuru, during the Teachers-cum-Engineers…
Pathetic condition of Ashoka Road East Cross in Lashkar Mohalla
October 25, 2019This is the condition of the Ashoka Road East Cross behind the Bishop’s House in Lashkar Mohalla. With the sides of the road dug up long back and not asphalted, the wheel of a car got stuck and the car owner had to summon others to get his car removed from the slush caused by…
Overflowing manhole causing problems in Mandi Mohalla
October 25, 2019Sewage water overflowing from a manhole near Yellamma Temple in Mandi Mohalla as foul smell is emanating from the sewage water. One of SOM readers, who has sent the photo said that about two days ago, a two-wheeler rider unable to recognise the presence of the manhole due to rain, fell down and was badly…














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