Mysuru: The Annual General Body Meeting of Konkani Christian Association (KCA), Mysuru, was held recently at Konkan Bhavan here and the following are the new office-bearers for 2019-2021: George William D’Souza – President; John William D’Souza – General Secretary; Jacob Menezes – Treasurer; Anthony Harry Pinto – Vice-President (Male); Joseline Priya Lobo – Vice-President (Female);…
Student electrocuted
October 14, 2019Periyapatna: A 13-year-old student was electrocuted, when he touched the power line, which was illegally drawn to supply power to a farm at Sampigekatte near Abbalati village in the taluk. The deceased boy is Manju, son of Poojary and a resident of B-Colony in Abbalati tribal hamlet. Following Dasara holidays, Manju, a class seven student…
Complaint lodged against chit fund fraud
October 14, 2019Mysuru: In the third case, a complaint has been lodged against a woman for not giving the chit amount despite the tenure of the chit is completed. The complaint has been lodged by Sowbhagya, a resident of Siddarthanagar, against Indira, a resident of the same locality. Sowbhagya had enrolled herself for the chit with Indira…
Inter-Collegiate students event “Panchatantra” from Oct. 18
October 14, 2019Mysuru: The Department of Mechanical Engineering of Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering (VVCE) is organising a two-day students event “Panchatantra” from Oct. 18. The event comprises five competitions — Mad-Ads, Quiz, Best out of Waste, Tech Charades and Poster-making. This event provides a platform for the students to imbibe the pragmatic skills of verbal communication, commercial…
UoM Ph.D Awardees
October 14, 2019Mysuru: Diddigi Vamsi Krishna has been awarded Ph.D in Sanskrit by the University of Mysore (UoM) for his thesis ‘Yaskaniruktasabdanirvacananam Gavesanatmakam Adhyayanam’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. B.A. Doddamani. P. Mahadevappa has been awarded Ph.D in History by the UoM for his thesis ‘Sthree Sabalikarana-Gandhiji Mattu Ambedkaravara Chintanegalu – Ondu Tulanika Adhyayana (1920-1956).’ [Guide:…
Pickpockets try to graduate into burglary; Police foil plot
October 14, 2019Mysuru: Mandi Police have arrested five pickpockets from Bengaluru, who were planning to loot a house in city. The arrested are 21-year-old Sharuk Pasha and Siddiq Pasha, 26-year-old Ejaz Qureshi and T.K. Imran and 45-year-old Fairoz Pasha, all residents of Bengaluru. Following information that five persons in a Tata Indica car were moving around in…
Miscreants steal laptop and burgle house in city
October 14, 2019Mysuru: In separate cases, Police have registered cases pertaining to theft of a laptop, house burglary and chit fund fraud at various Police limits in city. In the first case, a laptop of Linomo Think has been stolen from his room at Railway Layout in Vijayanagar 2nd Stage on Oct.10. Linomo, on Oct.10 afternoon, had…
Malabar’s gift of gold this Deepavali
October 14, 2019Mysuru: Malabar Gold & Diamonds, one of the largest jewellery retailers in the world, has announced gold gifts and special discounts this Deepavali across its showrooms in India. The offer and discounts are available to the customers from Oct.4 to Nov.10. Customers will get one gold coin for every purchase of gold worth Rs.15,000 and…
Leading by understanding the ‘SELF’
October 14, 2019By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam A few months ago, I saw a tweet from a recently elected Member of the Parliament (MP) expressing his happiness at the address of the Prime Minister to the newly-elected members. In his address, Prime Minister Modi reminded the MPs that being an MP should not be seen as a position…
Grand Slam Events over the decades
October 14, 2019By U.B. Acharya With the conclusion of US Open Tennis Tournament last month where Geriatric Rafael Nadal (33 years) had the better of one of the Next-Gen players, Daniil Medvedev (23 years), the curtain closed on Grand Slam events for the decade. However, this write-up is not about the final match or the whole tournament…















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