Bengaluru: The H.D. Kumaraswamy-led coalition government between the JD(S) and the Congress in Karnataka completed 100 days in office yesterday, a period marked by a focus on the yet-to-be-implemented farm loan waiver and keeping a lid on dissidence in the rank and file. Kumaraswamy met Congress President Rahul Gandhi at his residence in New Delhi…
FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES IN KODAGU: They tied the knot sailing through all hurdles
August 31, 2018Madikeri: After the wedding of Manjula, a flood victim from Kodagu who had taken shelter at a relief camp and who got married at Sri Omkareshwar Temple in Madikeri last Sunday, it was the turn of Kusuma to tie the knot with Dhananjay yesterday. Kusuma’s wedding was on the verge of being postponed as floods…
World Senior Citizens Day: District-level sports contest
August 31, 2018Mysuru: On account of World Senior Citizens Day-2018, District-level sports contest will be held at 9 am on Sept.6 at J.K. Grounds in city. The events are as follows: Men’s Section (60 – 70 years): 100 mts running race and 3 kg shot put; 71 – 80 years: 75 mts running race and 3 kg…
Reflections…: On Mysore University
August 31, 2018There was an Editor’s Note to the letter titled “Buildings in Manasagangothri: A correction” in SOM dated Aug. 6, 2018. The note stated: “In spite of the University of Mysore (UoM) celebrating its centenary, it took nearly one hundred years for a comprehensive book on the history of the University to come out. The book…
Body waits for burial as cemetery is flooded
August 31, 2018Kushalnagar: Floods in Kodagu has brought unique reports of distress like this one from Kushalnagar where a cemetery was flooded when a pit was being dug to bury a dead body. Water, which started to spring from the pit, soon covered the entire cemetery and a sucking machine had to be used to draw out…
A Wedding in Russia…
August 31, 2018By Sudha Murty, Infosys Foundation Recently I was in Moscow, Russia. The day I went to the Park was Sunday. It was drizzling and cold, though it was summer. I was standing under an umbrella and enjoying the beauty. Suddenly, my eyes fell on a young couple. It was apparent that they had just got…
Woman Constable on poll duty with baby in arms
August 31, 2018Mysuru: A woman Constable who is posted for the Mysuru City Corporation election duty was forced to carry her two-year-old daughter to work. She is E. Jyothi attached to Lashkar Police Station who came with her child to the Maharani’s College Mustering centre yesterday and after finding out where she has been posted for election…
Former Chief Secretary K. Ratna Prabha to join BJP today
August 31, 2018Bengaluru: Amid speculations of her entry to politics after retirement as a top bureaucrat, former State Chief Secretary K. Ratna Prabha is all set to join the BJP today. Ratna Prabha, who retired as Chief Secretary in June this year after a three-month extension, is likely to be fielded as the BJP candidate to take…
Mysuru City Inter-Collegiate Athletic Meet 2018: Basudeva Somani, Teresian bag Overall Team titles
August 31, 2018Mysuru, Aug.31- The Basudeva Somani FGC, Mysuru, with 57 points and Teresian College for women with 27 points won the Overall Team Championship title in the men’s and women’s sections respectively in the Mysuru City Inter-collegiate Athletic Championship-2018, conducted jointly by the Dept. of Physical Education, University of Mysore (UoM) and Yuvaraja’s College, Mysuru, at…
Deve Gowda makes Twitter debut
August 31, 2018Bengaluru: The 86-year-old former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, who has so far stayed away from social media platforms, yesterday made his debut by setting up a Twitter account. His first tweet congratulated the 100-day-old government led by his son H.D. Kumaraswamy: “The JDS-INC coalition government has completed 100-days of governance today. On this occasion…














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