Voting for Karnataka Assembly’s 224 seats takes place tomorrow. [To be exact, it is 223 seats as polling for Jayanagar seat in Bengaluru has been countermanded following the death of BJP candidate B.N. Vijaya Kumar.] A fair and peaceful voting under the watchful eyes of the Election Commission and the security forces is expected —…
Elections: The Grouse of the Disappointed Urban Elite
May 11, 2018By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Ever since I wrote my last Friday’s piece urging more and more townsfolk to shed their apathy to our elections and come out of their comfort zone to cast their votes, I have found myself at the receiving end of their angst. My inbox is full of letters, just…
Deciding departure
May 11, 2018Birth and death, the two events marking the start and end of life’s journey, the first perceived as an accident and the second accepted as inevitable in case of all living beings have not spared even the characters featured in the land’s epics scripted between five and ten thousand years ago. Barring a few among…
Hinduism is liberal, pluralistic and broad-minded
May 11, 2018Sir, This is with reference to the rejoinder of U.B. Acharya to TJS George’s articles with their barely concealed antipathy towards Hinduism. It is an irony that we live in a land where the beliefs and traditions followed by the majority of its people are ridiculed, criticised, harangued by all sorts of people who are…
Uganda F2 Futures Men’s Tennis: Mysuru lad Prajwal Dev enters quarter-finals
May 11, 2018Mysuru lad S.D. Prajwal Dev, representing India and taking part in the ongoing Uganda F2 Futures 15,000$ ITF tennis tourney for men in (May 7- May 13) won the men’s singles pre-quarter-final tie against Sweden’s Christoffer Solberg 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 on Thursday. In the other second round men’s singles tie, Mysuru lad C. Vasisht lost…
IPL 2018: Shikhar Dhawan, Williamson star for Sunrisers as Pant’s ton goes in vain for Delhi Daredevils
May 11, 2018New Delhi: Shikhar Dhawan and Kane Williamson put on a record unbeaten 176-run partnership as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Delhi Daredevils and became the first team to seal a playoff berth in IPL 2018. Rishabh Pant scored an unbeaten 128 for Delhi as they posted 187 on what looked to be a slow and sluggish pitch….
Bavaria Donau Cup 2018: City’s Vijayeendra scores over Alexander Lie
May 11, 2018Former State champion Y.G. Vijayeendra from Mysuru, representing India and taking part in the Bavaria Donau Cup 2018 in Regensburg, Germany, won his second round tie against Alexander Lie (1820) on Thursday. Nine players are tied with two points after two rounds. In the first round, Vijayeendra had scored a good win over Lutz Spreer…
69th Junior Natl. Basketball Championships: Gujarat women score upset win over MP
May 11, 2018Gujarat’s women scored an upset 73-71 win over Madhya Pradesh in their Group ‘A’ league tie on the fourth day of the 69th Junior National Basketball championships being played at the Ludhiana Basketball Academy, Guru Nanak Stadium, here on Thursday. Results (Men-Group A): UP (Akshay 31, Prasun 25, Priyanshu 22) bt Chandigarh (Rahul 32, Ajmer…
Mohammed Moosa
May 11, 2018Mohammed Moosa (78), a native of Chennai, who had come for Jamath in city, passed away this morning at Rahamania Masjid at Fort Mohalla here. He leaves behind his wife, seven daughters, three sons and a host of relatives and friends. Namaz-e-Janaza will be held after Ishaa (8.30pm) at Meelad Park, opposite to Masjid-e-Azam on…
Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama, Mysuru
May 11, 2018Swami Atmajnanandaji speaks on ‘The Gospel of Holy Mother,’ Ashrama premises, Yadavagiri, 6 pm.











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