Napoklu (Kodagu): The 7th Annual Thok Namme (Gun Carnival) was held under the aegis of Codava National Council (CNC) on the banks of River Cauvery at Appachira Rammy Nanaiah’s Cauvery Estate located at Kolakeri here on Dec.18. The event was organised to mark World Minorities Rights Day. Kodava men and women dressed in their traditional…
Woman steals gold chain
December 20, 2017Mysuru: A woman has allegedly made away with a gold chain from another woman after making her unconscious by spraying liquid on her in city on Dec.16. The victim has been identified as Nagamma, a resident of Kanakagiri in city. Nagamma, on Dec.16, got down from the city bus near Pathashala Circle and was walking…
Lifestyle diseases and deaths
December 20, 2017Health buffs, whose presence in society nowadays is marked by only the talks they deliver before mostly their captive audiences on the steadily expanding health issues and also articles some among them take trouble to write for publication in the exclusive columns of their chosen popular dailies, including this one, as arbiters of wellness of…
Nine-feet-tall Padmavati statue to be installed in Udaipur
December 20, 2017Jaipur: Even as Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmavati” continues to be a touchy topic, the BJP Government in Rajasthan is planning to install a nine-feet-tall statue of the Chittor queen in Udaipur to cash in on the Rajput vote bank in the State. According to the informed sources, State Home Minister Gulabchand Kataria had organised a…
Stray dog menace: MCC clarifies
December 20, 2017Sir, Apropos the letter titled “Eradicate stray dog menace” (SOM dated 29.11.2017), the MCC staff have visited the spot at Subhashnagar on 9.12.2017 and captured the unsterilised dogs. Majority of the dogs found were sterilised. As per the Animal Birth Control (Dogs) Rules 2001, we are not supposed to kill or relocate the stray dogs….
Garbage fire BURNS car!
December 20, 2017The Ford Icon car (KA-03-MF-2422), owned by Manish Gulecha and parked in front of his house at Agrahara, caught fire last night. The fire was noticed at around 11 pm and the Fire Service personnel, who were informed, rushed to the spot and doused the flames. The car owner told SOM that someone may have…
Musicians honoured in city
December 20, 2017As part of Dr. Pt. Puttaraja Gawai’s 7th Punyasmarane, Sri Guru Puttaraja Sangeetha Sabha and Karnataka Balavikas Academy, Dharwad, had jointly organised ‘Bhairavadinda Bhairavi’ and ‘Puttashri’ felicitation – 2017 Swara Sahitya Sangama at Ganabharathi Veene Seshanna Bhavan on Adichunchanagiri Road in Kuvempunagar recently. During the valedictory of the day-long event, A.S. Prasanna Kumar – Mysuru…
Brace up for 7-hour power cut tomorrow
December 20, 2017Mysuru: You need to wind up all your household work that involves electrical appliances by 10 am tomorrow (Dec. 21) as there would be no power till 5 pm. Half of Mysuru city will not have power supply as the Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) is undertaking emergency maintenance works at Doddakere Maidan Distribution Centre,…
Pratishtana fetes achievers
December 20, 2017Mysuru Sahitya mattu Samskrutika Pratishtana presented ‘Balashri’ and ‘Yuvashri’ awards to achievers in various fields during the programme organised at Ganabharathi in city on Dec.18 to mark Kannada Rajyotsava, Children’s Day and Pratishtana’s 10th anniversary celebrations. The awardees are seen with Navarasa Natya Praveena recipient Vid. Sridhar Jain, Dr. V. Ranganath, Pratishtana President M.B. Santosh,…
Selected for Research Award
December 20, 2017Mysuru: Dr. V.N. Manjunath Aradhya, Associate Professor, Department of MCA, JSS Science & Technology University, Mysuru has been selected for the prestigious Award for Research Publications (ARP) from State governemnt under the Vision Group on Science & Technology Scheme for the financial year 2016-17. The recommendation of Vision Group on Science and Technology is headed…















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