A body of a three-month-old baby boy, wrapped in a plastic cover, was found in Government Guest House premises in city on Thursday morning. The public, who saw a pack of dogs moving around in the area, went to the spot only to find the dead body of a baby boy wrapped in a plastic…
‘Rotary Sainik Desh Rathna Award’ presented
February 18, 2017Rotary Mysore Midtown, in association with Shrisainik Family, presented the first ‘Rotary Sainik Desh Rathna Award’ posthumously to martyr Major Akshay Girish at a programme held at Rotary Centre on JLB Road in city on Feb.15. Ashkay’s father Wing Commander (retd.) Girish Kumar received the award from Major General (retd.) Dr. Mohan P. Muttagikar. Seen…
Swachatha Abhiyan tomorrow
February 18, 2017Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama, Yadavagiri, which has started a 40-week Swachatha Abhiyan along with volunteers on Sundays since Jan. 29, will be holding this fourth such programme tomorrow (Feb.19) at Paduvarahalli from 7 am, according to a press release from the Ashrama.
TN Assembly adjourned amidst pandemonium
February 18, 2017Stalemate continued in Tamil Nadu Assembly as opposition DMK MLAs created ruckus ahead of floor test on the confidence motion moved by Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palanisamy this morning. As we went to the press the House was adjourned till 3 pm. Trouble started after Speaker P. Dhanpal rejected the demand for a secret ballot…
Shops encroaching footpaths cleared
February 18, 2017A JCB machine of MCC this morning brought down a zinc sheet put up as a shelter in front of a shop on Paduvarahalli Main Road which had encroached the footpath. During the footpath clearance drive, the MCC officials with the help of Police also demolished the steps and petty shops which had come up…
‘Gender imbalance is detrimental to country’
February 18, 2017District-level workshop on Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act “Drastic reduction of gender ratio (male and female) in the country is causing concern which should be viewed seriously,” opined P.G.M. Patil, Principal District and Sessions Judge. He was speaking after inaugurating a day-long District-level workshop on Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994…
Girl commits suicide
February 18, 2017An incident of a 26-year-old girl committing suicide by coming under a moving train has been reported near Varuna Canal close to Ring Road in city yesterday afternoon. The deceased has been identified as Vijayalakshmi, daughter of Lakshmamma and a resident of Bamboo Bazaar here. It is learnt that Vijayalakshmi was working at a petrol…
DC may look at Farmers’ Vegetable Market on M.G. Road
February 18, 2017Sir, KBG’s Abracadabra titled “Mysuru calling, why are you not going?” published in yesterday’s SOM seemed to ‘instruct’ those in authority to become game-changers to develop tourism in Mysuru. However, I would like to mention that there are two more tourist destinations that need immediate attention. One is Brindavan Gardens. It is a chaotic situation…
Silver Jubilee celebrations of Ganabharathi
February 18, 2017The Music and Dance School of Ganabharathi, Kuvempunagar, has organised the 25th anniversary celebrations on Feb.19 at 10 am. The Principals who have served the institution and the teachers who are serving the school will be felicitated on the occasion. Awards for the winners in various competitions held to mark the occasion will be distributed….
Grand procession marks Nalwadi Jayanti
February 18, 2017A grand procession marked the 133rd birth anniversary celebrations of Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar, in city this morning. The citizens, accompanied by cultural troupes performing Veeraghase, Dollu Kunitha, Puja Kunitha, Kamsale and Nandi Dhwaja, participated in the colourful procession along with a flower-decked silver chariot carrying the portrait of the Rajarshi. The Mounted Police personnel, two…
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