Mysuru: Although April 29 (Basava Jayanti) and April 30 (Sunday) have been declared public holidays, the MCC has decided to accept property tax from citizens on both days. Accordingly, the public can remit property tax on April 29 and 30 to avail 5 percent rebate. The public can also remit property tax in May and…
Parked car stolen
April 27, 2017Mysuru: An incident of miscreants coming in a car and stealing a parked car has been reported from T.K. Layout in city on Monday night and the incident has been captured in a CCTV camera. The owner who lost his Tata Indigo car has been identified as Saikumar, who has informed the matter to Saraswathipuram…
24-year-old youth sentenced to life imprisonment
April 27, 2017Mysuru: The First Additional District and Sessions Court has sentenced a 24-year-old youth to rigorous life imprisonment for murdering a daily wage worker. He is also facing four separate murder charges. The youth, identified as Kaiser, a resident of Shantinagar in the city had the habit of robbing beggars and the homeless. Kaiser, an uneducated,…
2 killed, 4 injured in bikes collision
April 27, 2017Mysuru: In a tragic incident, two persons were killed and four others sustained serious injuries when the bikes on which they were travelling collided head-on opposite Venkateshwara Poultry on Hebbal Fire Brigade Road on Tuesday night. While the deceased have been identified as Girish (19), a resident of Kumbarakoppal and Babu (55), a resident of…
PM Modi and Paytm Founder on TIME’s list of 100 most influential people in 2017
April 27, 2017New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Paytm Founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma were the only two Indians to make it to an annual list of ‘100 Most Influential People in the World’ this year released by the TIME magazine dated May 1- May 8, 2017. The list features pioneers, artists, titans, leaders and icons from…
36-ft Ramanujacharya statue unveiled at Kerethonnuru in Pandavapura
April 27, 2017Pandavapura (Mandya): A 36-foot tall Ramanujacharya’s statue installed by the Yadugiri Yathiraja Mutt of Bengaluru, at Kerethonnuru as part of the Saint’s Sahasramanotsava (millenium) was unveiled near here recently. Seer Yathiraja Jeeyar said, “Saint Ramanujacharya, who is from Tamil Nadu, stayed at Tondanuru village (now Thonnur) for 13 years, 950 years ago and strove for…
Kreeda Kaushalya begins at Ramsons
April 27, 2017Mysuru: Kreeda Kaushalya, an exhibition-cum-sale of traditional games organised by city’s Ramsons Kala Pratishtana, began at its premises in Nazarbad this morning. The exhibition was inaugurated by Indrakshi Devi and R. Raja Chandra by lighting the lamp this morning. Speaking on the occasion, Raja Chandra said that the expo took him to a nostalgic journey…
Ratha Yathra marks 1000th birth anniversary of Sri Ramanujacharya
April 27, 2017Mysuru: Ramanuja Jyothi Bhakthi Ratha Yatra, which has been touring various parts of the State to mark the 1000th birth anniversary, arrived in city after touring Bengaluru. The yathra vehicle was given a grand welcome at Kote Anjaneya Swamy Temple by members and office-bearers of Sri Ramanuja Sahasramanotsava Samithi and Mysore Zilla and Nagara Brahmana…
Musings on Siddharamaiah’s rebuke to an IPS Officer in public
April 27, 2017On April 20, 2017 Chief Minister Siddharamaiah was in Malavalli, Mandya District, to fulfil a public engagement. As his motorcade was whizzing past the town-roads on his way to Shanthi College Grounds to launch various development programmes, hundreds of BJP workers displayed black flags, demanding waiver of farm loans. They even tried to stop the…
Why do we have children ?
April 27, 2017Very often people wonder why do we have children? Is it to carry on the family’s name or to raise children to take care of us in old age? The reason for having children is both to give and to appreciate. We should not ask for perfection in our children, neither should we expect them…















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