The lyricist who scripted the lines of a song for the popular movie Pyaasa a few decades ago, sounding philosophical, conveyed the message that while people at large keenly looked forward to receive love from others in return for love got only a load of troubles. Likewise, the top brass in the government of a…
In response to a complaint made to Maneka Gandhi, the Union Minister, who is also an Animal Rights Activist, by a SOM reader about a dog by name ‘Jimmy’ being brutally attacked (Star of Mysore dated June 27), Maneka Gandhi has sent a message to SOM, through Meenakshee Awasthi of People For Animals (PFA) as…
Mysuru: Kannada Development Authority (KDA) Chairman Prof. S.G. Siddaramaiah has taken strong exception against the Mysuru Zoo authorities as it does not use Kannada in its website nor do shops inside the Zoo display Kannada on their boards. He was speaking at a meeting he was chairing yesterday regarding the implementation of Kannada in the…
Sir, On Saturday morning I decided to go on a long drive. It was a wonderful drive from Mysuru to Kukke Subramanya via Kodagu; the road is good throughout. As I descended the ghats of Madikeri, there was a pothole which could neither be seen nor was there any kind of signboard. I drove into…
Mysuru: A documentary on Mysuru Zoo titled “Namma Mysuru Mrigalaya,” will be released soon. The preview of this documentary was shown to the members of the Kannada Development Authority (KDA) at the review meeting on implementation of Kannada. The nearly 25 minute documentary highlights many significant developments of the Zoo that was started by Sri…
Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has lodged a complaint against a woman for producing fake documents to claim the job on compensatory grounds. A complaint in this regard has been lodged at K.R. Police Station. The complaint states, one Kariyamma, who was working as a Pourakarmika in the MCC passed away on Apr. 28, 2010…
Sir, KBG’s Point Blank titled “Dr. No” published in SOM dated July 3 reminded me of a similar incident. Recently, one of my employees had suffered a similar predicament. He had visited the K.R. Hospital, where the abscess had been opened surgically and the pus squeezed out. The wound was then dressed and he was…
Mysuru: Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, Auqaf and Minorities Development Tanveer Sait laid the foundation stone for construction of a dome over the tomb of Dargah-e-Hazrath Syed Haleem Pasha Khadri, at Haleemnagar here on Tuesday, at an estimated cost of Rs. 10 lakh. Later, the Minister offered floral tributes to the tomb of Hazrath…
Mysuru: Sree Nataraja Public School, Sree Hosamath, celebrated its formal ‘10th Investiture Ceremony’ in its School premises recently. S.M. Sathya Sulochana, Principal of the School, gave the badges and slashes to the elected members of the Student Council and also administered the oath for the members of the Student Council. Dr. M. Sharada, Principal, Sree…
A cow, owned by Puttegowda of Nidagodi village in Channapatna taluk of Ramanagaram district, gave birth to a calf with two heads and three eyes this morning. On learning about this, people from nearby villages are visiting the house of Puttegowda to have a glimpse of this rare calf.
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