Mysuru: Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML), a Public Sector Company under the Ministry of Defence and a premier manufacturer of mining and construction equipment, has launched an indigenously developed nation’s first 150T Electric Drive Rear Dump Truck. Deepak Kumar Hota, CMD BEML, flagged off the 150T Dump Truck on Aug.15 for its use in the…
Complaint registered against Varsity student
August 18, 2018Mysuru: University of Mysore (UoM) student Welfare Officer K.B. Praveen has filed a Police complaint against research student Mahesh Sosale for allegedly threatening him in convection with an administrative issue. Praveen his complaint lodged with Jayalakshmipuram Police on Aug.16, has accused Mahesh Sosale of verbally abusing him and threatening him when he (Sosale) entered his…
Violin concert at Nadabrahma tomorrow
August 18, 2018Mysuru: Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha has organised a Violin solo concert tomorrow (Aug.19) at its premises on JLB Road in city at 5.30 pm. The accomplished artiste is multi-faceted Vid. Ravi Harikumar. He will be accompanied by Vid. G.S. Ramanujan on mridanga and Vid. C.A. Raghunandan Rao on ghata. Profile: Hari Ravikumar is a Karnatak…
Sravana Saturdays: Sri Datta Venkateshwara Temple timings extended
August 18, 2018Mysuru: A large number of general public are visiting Sri Datta Venkateshwara Temple during Sravana Masa, every year. To facilitate the general public, the Temple timings are extended on Sravana Shanivaras (Saturdays) — Aug.18, Aug.25, Sept.1 and Sept.8. Temple will be open from 6.30 am to 1.30 pm and 4.30 pm to 9.30 pm on…
Youth goes missing from city
August 18, 2018Mysuru: A 24-year-old youth, who left his house on Aug.14 at about 11 am on his Honda Activa scooter (KA-09 HG-6329) has since gone missing. The missing youth, identified as Ravikumar, is 5.5 ft. tall, fair complexioned, oval faced, normal built, speaks Kannada and was wearing a black jerkin and night pant at the time…
A Statesman and a Survivor
August 18, 2018Vajpayee is gone and everyone has good things to say about him, even the Opposition. He was the first Prime Minister with no connection to the Congress and coincidentally, it was Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister who, impressed with Vajpayee’s oratory skills, said in 1957: “This young man will one day become the country’s…
FOODPATHS: Pushing pedestrians off the footpath
August 18, 2018A photo feature by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav Come evening and there is a Mela on certain city roads with vendors turning out in large numbers to sell everything from momos to gobi manchurian, egg, vegetarian and meat rolls to dosas, cut fruits, salted-and-peppered raw mangoes and pani-puris from their pushcarts. With people, especially youngsters and…
Painful Patriotism
August 18, 2018Spiritually driven philosophers of yore in our land have bequeathed to its people of all later generations words of wisdom, mostly laying down the rules of life to achieve a sense of purpose and fulfilment, in a virtual cornucopia from which anybody can draw while writing scholarly articles or speaking before audiences with varied backgrounds….
Lingambudhi Lake not getting enough water despite copious rains
August 18, 2018Sir, I stay close to the Lingambudhi Park which is abutting the Lake. I take regular walk in the Park and around the Lake very often. The Lake capacity has been increased recently with construction of bund all around and fortifying the surface with stone abutments and clearing the weeds in the Lake. Last year,…
MLA performs bhoomi puja to install Water Dispensing Unit
August 18, 2018Chamaraja MLA L. Nagendra is seen performing bhoomi puja to install a Water Dispensing Unit at Gokulam 13th Cross (near Water Works) recently as Mayor Bhagyavathi, Corporator SBM Manju, Karnataka Rakshana Vedike District President and BJP leader K. Madesh, AEE Kempegowda, EE Anand, Yethiraj and others look on.















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