Periyapatna: Hundreds of farmers laid siege to Periyapatna Police Station yesterday after Police arrested Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) Vice-President Lokesh Raje Urs over a trivial issue. Urs had gone to Periyapatna Police Station yesterday in connection with a complaint lodged by a woman of Hirimalali village in the taluk, when he enquired a Woman…
Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel showcases assortment of mango dishes Mysuru: It’s that time of the year when the intoxicating aroma of mango wafts through every street and household of namma city. Yes, the king of fruits, or ‘the Fruit of Gods’ as legends would have it, is taking the city by storm. The sheer multitude…
Mysuru: A two-day training programme on ‘Application of innovations in sustainable WASH (Water, Sanitary and Health) Solutions’ organised by National Institute of Engineering (NIE) in association with Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), New Delhi, commenced at NIE premises on Manandavadi Road here this morning. About 100 officials of engineering…
By Shashank Gouri from New York Rahul Gandhi must be ruing the day his party coined the phrase ‘Chowkidar Chor Hai.’ In a bid to counter the ruling BJP’s strategy to transition Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Chaiwala to Chowkidar, the Congress might have finally met its match in Modi-Shah as they are left grappling…
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC A beautiful message I saw in my WhatsApp. I thought of sharing it with SOM readers: I was jogging this morning and I noticed a person about half-a-km ahead. I could guess he was running a little slower than me and that made me feel good. I said…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist In traditional Hindu society, dogs are considered inauspicious. This is most evident in dharma shastras, which were put together about 2,000 years ago. Dogs were associated with death, as well as with pollution and, therefore, belonged to the periphery of society. Dog-eater was a common way…
Renowned American inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), on his visit to the 1,063-ft. tall Eiffel Tower, the gigantic wrought iron structure on the Champ de Mars, the large green space in Paris, France, constructed in 1889 and named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel whose company designed and built the tower, is said to have signed…
Sir, With profound sorrow, I read the obituary of Dr. Frank I. Tovey, former Director of CSI Holdsworth Memorial Mission Hospital, Mysuru (SOM dated May 4, 2019). More than a surgeon, Dr. Tovey was the very personification of sympathy and compassion. My grandfather, who was in his fifties somewhere around 1955-1956, developed intolerable stomach pain…
Joyalukkas Foundation donated an Ambulance to Tejomaya De Addiction Center, Mysuru. Joy Alukkas (Chairman & Managing Director – Joyalukkas Group) handed over the Ambulance Key to Fr. Jinto Thomas (Director – Tejomaya De Addiction Center, Mysuru) in the presence of Jolly Joy Alukkas (Director- Joyalukkas Group) and other dignitaries.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has welcomed India’s G.S. Lakshmi as the first female to be appointed to the ICC International Panel of Match Referees. Following close on the heels of Claire Polosak, who earlier this month became the first ever woman umpire to stand in a men’s ODI, Lakshmi will be eligible to referee…
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