Internet shutdown in Pakistan New Delhi: Fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, the mastermind behind the 1993 Mumbai blasts, has reportedly been hospitalised in Karachi, Pakistan, following alleged poisoning. However, Pakistani authorities remain tight-lipped. A senior journalist has claimed that internet services have been down in the country. Dawood’s reported hospitalisation is shrouded in secrecy and…
MGP meeting delves into making children socially aware, alert
December 18, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Developing social awareness is integral to a child’s growth into adulthood. As such, social awareness instincts must be instilled in a child from an early age. Involving children in issues like climate change, poverty eradication, consumer movements and other social affairs can have several benefits. These were some of the points discussed at the…
Mysuru’s healthcare hub expands on KRS Road
December 18, 2023Princess Krishnajammanni Super Speciality Hospital, Trauma Care Centre fully operational with existing staff of MMC&RI By S.T. Ravikumar Mysore/Mysuru: Contributing to Mysuru’s reputation as a ‘healthcare hub,’ the fully operational Princess Krishnajammanni Super Speciality Hospital and Trauma Care Centre, situated at the PKTB Sanatorium on KRS Road, are dedicated to serving the medical needs of…
Kamakshi Hospital Trustee M. Ashok Shenoy passes away
December 18, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: M. Ashok Shenoy (61), Joint Managing Trustee of Kamakshi Hospital, Mysuru and Managing Committee Member of Geetha Shishu Shikshana Sangha (GSSS – Educational Institutions), Mysuru, passed away following a heart attack yesterday evening in city. A resident of VV Puram, he was also an industrialist and Gowda Saraswath Brahman Sabha leader. Son of Mangalore…
MP Umesh Jhadav bats for Pratap Simmha
December 18, 2023Kalaburagi: Even as reports from New Delhi today said that the Delhi Police Special Cell, which is investigating the Lok Sabha security breach, might record the statement of BJP MP Pratap Simmha, in whose name the authorisation for two intruders was issued, MP Umesh Jhadav has questioned why Pratap Simmha must be questioned as demanded…
Teacher on scooter killed as concrete-mixing vehicle runs over
December 18, 2023Leaves behind her only daughter studying at M.S. Ramaiah College Mysore/Mysuru: A lady teacher was killed on the spot, when a concrete-mixing vehicle ran over her at RBI Junction near GRS Fantasy Park on the Outer Ring Road here this morning. The deceased has been identified as Muktha (49), a music teacher at Keelanapura Government…
Awareness programme on consumer rights held
December 18, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: An awareness programme on consumer rights was organised by Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) at Ananthageetha Vidyalaya in the city recently. Posters like ‘consumer is the king’, ‘wake up to your rights’ and ‘be a responsible citizen’, were displayed at the event and the messages were explained to the children. School President Venugopal Kalloor said…
Society reeling under jealousy and hatred from the past 10 years: S.G. Vombatkere
December 18, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Noted social activist Maj.Gen. (Rtd.) S.G. Vombatkere said that hatred and jealousy in the society has ruled the roost in the past 10 years. He was speaking after inaugurating a lecture session on the topic ‘Human rights as seen through the eyes of the Constitution’, organised under the joint aegis of Jnana Vignana Samiti,…
Lack of fodder, vision impairment leads to elephant’s death
December 18, 2023Madikeri: A female elephant, suffering from loss of vision, which was found roaming in villages at Harangi backwaters in search of food since one-and-a-half months has died. The female elephant, aged about 35 years, was found lying exhausted at Sajjalli village in Harangi backwaters area near Somwarpet and was provided treatment. But the elephant did…
Support for IDS Director Dr. Meera amidst controversy, probe sought
December 18, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The agitation against Dr. M. Meera, Director of the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Mysore (UoM), by a section of students and research scholars regarding the lack of a timetable, unsanitary conditions in the toilets and the alleged use of offensive language against a particular community is unfortunate and calls for immediate…











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