By T.J.S. George It’s now two months since the Union Government issued orders that turned India into a surveillance State. Ten investigative agencies were authorised to “intercept, monitor and decrypt” all computer material kept by all citizens. The authorities justified it by saying that the rules were framed by the Congress-led UPA Government. That is…
“Chief Minister must not fall into the trap of heritage mafia,” says a retired Chief Engineer, who had worked for a Multinational Construction Company New City Law Court buildings are good examples Inside the newly-constructed market, the space earmarked for different products should be in keeping with the modern requirement, not the old design. By…
Addressing a gathering comprising representatives of business fraternity, both from India and many countries across the world at the Global Business Meet in the nation’s capital last week, the land’s Prime Minister didn’t hide his pride in saying, despite the opinion expressed in some circles that India can never become a clean country, the nation’s…
Sir, The news item in SOM dated Feb. 22 regarding eviction of 1.17 Million forest families is heartening to read as these families need to be rehabilitated with minimum facilities in a new place which is a more challenging task. Most of these families might have developed certain bonding and evolved socio-cultural living in tune…
Sir, Of late almost every other day we find Traffic Police conducting checks on two-wheelers at the junction of Hunsur Road and Gokulam Road. The cops station themselves right at this junction and the two-wheelers are forced to stop at the busy junction. This is causing a bottleneck for the free flow of traffic. Vehicles…
Kaushik S. Nandan and S. Suhas, 10th standard students of Kautilya Vidyalaya, have passed the State-level National Talent Search Exam (NTSE) conducted by NCERT and are now qualified for National-level Exam. The NTSE is based on 10th standard Science and Social Science subjects and those who qualify in this Exam will be provided scholarship for…
Star of Mysore had carried a news item titled ‘Cleanliness lesson to Mysureans from foreign woman’ yesterday (Feb.25, 2019). The Israeli woman Daariya (inset), along with a few local youths on Sunday, had collected garbage strewn in the Lake premises and placed it before the garbage bins in Kukkarahalli Lake, which is maintained by University…
Mysuru’s veteran Table Tennis player K.V. Krishnamurthy, representing Karnataka in the National Masters Table Tennis Tournament in Indore from Feb.12 to 17, won the 80+ Men’s Singles title. In the 80+ Men’s Singles event, K.V. Krishnamurthy beat Karnataka’s K. Sathyanarayana 5-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-6 in the final to clinch the title. K.V. Krishnamurthy completed a…
N. Madesh, a final year B.Com student of TTL College of Business Management, Mysuru, has bagged medals in the following Karate and Boxing Championship by representing India: In the 24th Asian International World Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Organisation (WFSKO) Karate Championship held at Mumbai on Feb.9 and 10, Madesh secured Bronze medal in Individual Kumite under…
C.S. Radhakrishna (Swami Manasa Datta), Secretary of Avadhoota Datta Peetham, Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Ashrama, Mysuru, passed away on Feb.24. He was 67. A bachelor, Radhakrishna leaves behind three brothers, a sister and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were performed at the foot of Chamundi Hill yesterday. A well-qualified and multi-faceted personality, he…
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