Mysuru: In two separate murder cases, the Fourth Additional District and Sessions Court has sentenced four persons to life imprisonment. The four persons, who have been sentenced, are S. Shekar, C.R. Pradeep and Kunta for murdering watchman Venkatarangaiah at People’s Park in Nazarbad and another accused Manu for murdering one Dinesh for petty reasons. Shekar,…
Miscreant snatches teacher’s gold chain at Hebbal
October 11, 2018Mysuru: A miscreant has snatched a gold chain of a teacher who was walking near Sankranti Circle on Tuesday afternoon. The teacher, who lost her gold chain, is Gangamma, who was working at Sumukha Educational Institution in Hebbal. She was proceeding near Sankranti Circle on Tuesday afternoon towards her house when the miscreant, who came…
Unidentified body found
October 11, 2018Mysuru: Saraswathipuram Police, have found a body of an unidentified person who had died soon after consuming liquor at a bar and restaurant on the Ring Road in Bogadi junction on Oct. 9. The deceased is about 45 year-old, 5.5 ft. tall, lean built, oval faced, has a scar on his left knee and was…
‘Hindi Week’ celebrated at AIISH
October 11, 2018Mysuru: All India Institute of Speech & Hearing (AIISH), Mysuru, recently conducted “Hindi Week” at the Institute for its employees. Various Hindi competitions for staff and JRFs were arranged under two categories — Region A & B and for Region C. Noting & Drafting, Dictation, General Knowledge, Oral Quiz and Pick-N-Speak competitions in Hindi were…
Eureka! The President of India 2022 !
October 11, 2018When I first learnt of the Chairperson of Infosys Foundation Dr. Sudha Murty’s choice to inaugurate this year’s Dasara festival, I was delighted. She would go to the Chamundeshwari Temple atop the Hill, offer prayers and inaugurate the 10-day festival amidst religious fervour. Yesterday she successfully performed this service to the Goddess and the people…
A sauna of wisdom, the need of the hour
October 11, 2018By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Another gem from Monk Gopal Das, a relevant story for the present: There were two independent houses, separated by a common compound. In one lived a techie and in the other a retired man. Both of them planted identical saplings on their side of the compound. The young…
Is Ganesha married?
October 11, 2018By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist In South India, Kartikeya is worshipped as Murugan, who stands on top of mountains. On either side of him stand his two wives, Valli and Sena. Valli is a tribal girl, while Sena is a celestial princess, the daughter of Indra. There are songs of Murugan’s…
Work and working hours
October 11, 2018The army of Government staff, numbering close to 50 lakh in the various Departments of the land’s Union Government and a few times that number in 36 Governments of the country’s States and Union Territories put together are the envy of those slogging in the non-government sector including industries, agriculture, healthcare, academics, business establishments and…
Chaos at M.G. Road Vegetable Market !
October 11, 2018Sir, The M.G. Road behind Dasara Exhibition Grounds is narrowed with stray cattle, hurly-burly parking and stoppage of vehicles for loading and unloading of vegetable crates. To add further chaos, vendors have started selling flowers and coconuts right on the middle of the Vegetable Market Road! This Road is a stone’s throw away from the…
Food Fest opens at Gun House
October 11, 2018A month-long food festival at the historic Gun House premises began in city this morning. The festival has been organised as part of Dasara by S. Sunanda Girish, Chief Executive, Nagarajun Engineering Enterprises, Bengaluru. Member of erstwhile royal family Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, MLA S.A. Ramdas and others visited the joint today and inspected the arrangements….















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