Mysuru: VV Puram Police have booked a case against three persons including the owner of a company, for allegedly trespassing into an industrial plot which had been attached by a bank in lieu of non-payment of a loan procured by a Company from the bank. Bangalore City Co-operative Bank Limited, Kuvempunagar Branch, Officer Mohan Kumar…
Leopard with cubs spotted
August 21, 2018Mysuru: A leopard with two cubs was spotted under a big tree in Preethi Layout near Srirampura early this morning at 5.30. A milkman who was on his rounds distributing milk sachets spotted the leopard and informed another bike-borne person on the road who also saw them. Later, speaking to Star of Mysore, milk vendor…
SDM team wins NIPM Quiz
August 21, 2018Mysuru: National Institute of Personnel Management (NIPM), Mysore Chapter in association with Edtouch, Mysuru, had organised a National HR Quiz – 2018: Chapter Level 1 at St. Philomena’s College, Department of Social Work, Bannimantap, in city recently. The Quiz was conducted by Quiz master Shivshankar. In all, 21 teams from different MBA and MSW colleges…
Woman commits suicide in front of drunk husband
August 21, 2018Mysuru: A 35-year-old housewife committed suicide by hanging self in front of her drunk husband at her house in Rajarajeshwari Nagar in city on Saturday night. The deceased has been identified as Sowmya, while her husband is Sripathi. Sripathi, who had come home heavily drunk, fought with Sowmya leading to her taking the extreme step….
‘Antigone’ play to be staged on Aug.23 and 24
August 21, 2018Proceeds will be donated to flood relief Mysuru: Janamana Samskruthika Samsthe will stage the play ‘Antigone’ (Egypt-based), directed by K.R. Sumathi, on Aug.23 and 24 at 6.30 pm at Mini Theatre in Kalamandira here. Disclosing this at a press meet at Pathrakatara Bhavan here yesterday, former Rangayana Director H. Janardhan said that the shows with…
Youth meets watery grave in Varuna Canal
August 21, 2018Mysuru: A youth, who had gone out to swim in the Varuna Canal along with his brother and friends on Saturday afternoon, has met his watery grave. The deceased is Gagan (16), son of Sudhakar Shetty, a resident of Metagalli. Gagan, a ninth standard student of Kuvempu High School, came home after school on Saturday…
The Prime Minister as Gentleman
August 21, 2018By T.J.S. George My Lord, Never let me climb so high that I’m unable to embrace a stranger. The humanism in Atal Bihari Vajpayee made him taller than a Prime Minister. In the vastness of his mind the ephemerality of political glory counted for what it was. He once said: You might become an ex-Prime…
“We need to rescue politics from being reduced to Saam, Daam, Dandh, Bhed” – 1
August 21, 2018To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy. —Will Durant There are many diplomats who typify what the great writer-philosopher Will Durant voices. However, there are a few exceptions among them who do not hesitate to speak their mind and one such person is Pavan Kumar Varma, the diplomat-writer-philosopher-politician, all rolled…
Cinema tsunami
August 21, 2018Even as different languages of the land are witnessing their protagonist, both authors of repute and outfits pursuing the cause of languages of their respective regions through hi-decibel sloganeering, public speakers of all hues make it a point to lament on the decline in quality of literary works of various authors, barring exceptions, in our…
Hazardous Police barricades
August 21, 2018Sir, During a recent trip to Mysuru, I was appalled to see barricades on busy roads, particularly those that often see high-speed traffic (like the Ring Road and Hunsur Road). Upon close observation of these poorly maintained structures, these barricades appeared to have been erected by the City Police and conveniently forgotten. Furthermore, I concluded…















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