Successive governments have been proclaiming the country’s all round progress. Some of them also have been claiming that the country has made rapid progress even as the voices in the respective oppositions portray an opposite scenario. The opinion of the lay public about whether the country has been making progress, rapid or otherwise, depends on…
Selected for scholarship
October 17, 2017Mysuru: Mercedes Benz Research and Development India (MBRDI) has offered a scholarship of Rs. 2 lakh each and internship to 14 girl students pursuing second and third year bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Production streams in the National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysuru. The programme, “Mercedes in MECH”, is an initiative taken up…
Where locks hold key to fulfillment of wishes
October 17, 2017Sir, Reading KBG’s Abracadabra titled ‘Gone Away: To Germany & Austria – 3; A Day Out looking at Down Town Berlin’ (SOM dated Oct.12) where a mention was made about superstition as a phenomenon all over the world and a mention of locks being put on the barricade on either side of the bridge to…
Forest Officer attempts suicide
October 17, 2017Gundlupet: A Forest Officer, working at Bandipur Project Tiger as a Range Forest Officer (RFO), attempted suicide at the Forest Department Guest House on Monday over personal problems. The RFO, who attempted suicide, has been identified as 46-year-old K.R. Mukund, a native of Hunsur, who was staying alone at the guest house since four years….
Pharmacy student ends life
October 17, 2017Mysuru: A pharmacy student committed suicide by hanging self in his room here last night. The deceased student has been identified as Pavan Kumar (19), a first year pharmacy student at JSS College of Pharmacy and a native of Kanaganamaradi in Pandavapura taluk. Pavan was staying at a room in Shivarathreeshwara Nagar here and was…
Houses burgled: Gold ornaments, silver articles stolen
October 17, 2017Mysuru: In separate incidents, burglars who entered two houses in city, have decamped with gold ornaments and silver articles worth about Rs. 27 lakh from the houses. In the first case, burglars who broke into the house of one Syed Ameen in Subashnagar on Oct. 14, have decamped with gold ornament weighing about a kg….
Man held for poaching and sandalwood theft
October 17, 2017Periyapatna: The Forest sleuths arrested a person allegedly involved in poaching of wild animals and sandalwood theft here on Sunday. The accused has been identified as Suresh, a resident of Basaveshwara Colony in Bettadapura village. The Forest sleuths said, his brother Vijay, who was also involved in illegal activities, escaped from the spot. Forest sleuths…
ISHRAE@NIEIT inaugurated
October 17, 2017Mysuru: ISHRAE@NIEIT, the student chapter of ISHRAE — Indian Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning — was inaugurated by P.V. Bharadhwaj, President, ISHRAE Mysore Chapter, at a programme organised by the Department of Mechanical Engineering of NIE-IT at NIE-IT campus in city recently. Bharadwaj administered the oath of the Society. T.A. Prabhakar, Secretary of…
Feast of St. Teresa of Avila
October 17, 2017Mysuru: Teresianites celebrated the feast of St. Teresa of Avila, Patroness and Alma Mater of Teresian College and Institute, in the College premises recently. St. Teresa of Avila was born in Spain in the year 1515, a great Carmelite Saint and the first woman doctor of the Church. Pope John XXIII referred to her as…
Ranji Trophy: Karnataka on the verge of outright win
October 17, 2017Mysuru: Hosts Karnataka helped by some inspiring performance by their bowlers spearheaded by spinner K. Gowtham (three for 39), medium-pacer Abhimanyu Mithun (two for 29) reduced Assam to 169 for six in 63 overs and are on verge of an outright win on the penultimate day of their Ranji tie of the season played at…















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