Mysuru: The poll for electing the President of MYMUL (Mysore Milk Union Limited), which was scheduled for Friday (Aug.9) has been postponed due to lack of quorum. The sudden postponement of the election has given rise to speculations that there was a political motive behind it. The poll was scheduled to take place at 1pm…
World Breast-feeding Week concludes
August 10, 2019Mysuru: “There is no alternative to breast milk which is the most nutritious infant food,” asserted K. Padma, Deputy Director, Department of Women and Child Welfare. Speaking at the valedictory of the World Breast-feeding Week organised by Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP), Mysuru District Unit, at the Platinum Jubilee Hall at J.K. Grounds here on…
Boy goes missing from shelter home
August 10, 2019Mysuru: Adding to the long list of persons going missing from the city, a 15-year-old school boy has gone missing from a children’s shelter home in city. L. Balaji, who left Chamundi Children Shelter Home for school on the morning of July 31, 2019, has not returned to the shelter home since then, according to…
Physiotherapist arrested for rape of beautician
August 10, 2019Mysuru: The Udayagiri Police have arrested a 35-year-old Ayurvedic Physiotherapist for alleged rape of a beautician. Harish, 35, a resident of Rajivnagar in the city is the one who has been arrested. Harish, who was working as a physiotherapist at a resort on H.D. Kote Road, had allegedly developed a physical relationship with a 25-year-old…
Vocal concert at Nadabrahma by Madhuri Kaushik on Aug.12
August 10, 2019Mysuru: Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha is organising a Karnatak music concert by Vidushi Madhuri Kaushik on Aug. 12 at 6 pm at its Vasudevacharya Bhavan on JLB Road. She will be accompanied on the violin by Vidwan Vaibhav Ramani, on mridanga by Vidwan B.S. Prashanth and on ghata by Vidwan Vikram Bharadwaj. Profile: Madhuri Kaushik started…
World Elephant Day on Aug.12
August 10, 2019Mysuru: Elephants are the largest terrestrial animals on Earth, and they are one of the most unique-looking animals, too. With their characteristic long noses, or trunks; large, floppy ears; and wide, thick legs, there is no other animal with a similar physique. There are mainly 2 species of elephants — African and Asian. There are…
Finally, from Kashmir to Cape Comorin
August 10, 2019Kashmir is no more the special one. But it remains so for the Congress Party and Pakistan. And why not? Kashmir has been used and misused for politics both within India and Pakistan. After the special status to Kashmir was revoked, a headline in a Pakistani newspaper read, “Madman on the loose” with the photograph…
Ennobling Engineers
August 10, 2019The country witnessed a rise in the number of IITs (Indian Institute of Technology) a few years ago not too long past while the conventional engineering colleges downed their shutters, an event that didn’t lead to informed debates in the circles of stakeholders for engineering education. Karnataka was conspicuous on both counts, namely IIT in…
Will Irwin Road be ready before Dasara-2019?
August 10, 2019Sir, I regularly pass through Irwin Road to drop my wife to her office which is near the Suburban Bus Stand. But over the last two years, there is no city bus facility near to the Bus Stand. This is because of Irwin Road widening project which has been stalled now. It is a very…
B.S. Ramaswamy
August 10, 2019B.S. Ramaswamy (83), a retired Village Accountant and a resident of Jayanagar in city, passed away at a city hospital yesterday. A native of Basavanahalli near Bannur in T. Narasipur taluk, he leaves behind two sons, including Dr. B.R. Satyanarayana, a Kannada Professor at Maharaja’s College, three daughters and a host of relatives and friends….














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