Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said yesterday that 88 percent of the country’s highest denomination 2,000-rupee currency notes — worth 3.14 trillion rupees — have been returned since its decision to withdraw them from circulation. The RBI said in May 2023 that it would withdraw these high-value notes, permitting their exchange or deposit…
Mysore/Mysuru: Senior Education Department official S.T. Javaregowda has been appointed as the new Deputy Director of Public Instruction – Administration (DDPI-Administration), Mysuru, in place of H.K. Pandu, who has been transferred to Hassan. Many Deputy Directors and Officers of equivalent categories in the Education Department from several districts including Mandya, Mysuru, Hassan, Chamarajanagar, and Kodagu…
Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a few Union Ministers in New Delhi on Aug. 3. This will be his first meeting with the PM, after the Congress formed the Government in the State. Siddharamaiah will meet Modi at 11 am and hold talks, the Chief Minister’s Office said in…
Mysore/Mysuru: Seeking re-investigation of Sowjanya murder case, Mysuru District Vokkaligara Sangha will take out a silent candle light procession in city tomorrow. Addressing a press meet at Patrakarthara Bhavan here yesterday, Sangha President C. Mariswamy said that the silent procession will commence in front of Mysore Palace at 6 pm and will culminate at Gandhi…
Mysore/Mysuru: A 35-year-old man, who left his house on July 14 at about 10.30 am, has since gone missing. The missing man is Siddaraju, a resident of Kenchanahalli village in T. Narasipur taluk. Those having any information about Siddaraju, may contact Bannur Police Station on Ph: 08227-275632.
Virajpet: A 22-year-old girl student, reportedly committed suicide by hanging self with a veil at the Police Quarters in Virajpet town yesterday. The deceased is H.K. Madhumita, daughter of D-Group employee at Police Department H.P. Kumar and Tejawathi couple. Deceased Madhumita was studying second year B.Sc course at Maharani’s College in Mysuru and was staying…
Tenacious English Tigers maul Kangaroos in the absence of injured Lyon; to square series at 2-2 By V.N. Prasad OZs lost a ‘Golden Opportunity’ to clinch the series at 3-1 at the Kia Oval, by sheer lack of tenacity and application when needed most. The last series that the OZs have won in England was…
By Prof. B.K. Viswanath There was a galore of frustration writ large on the face of Ben Stokes, the English Captain at the end of the Old Trafford Test in which England had gained an upper hand but failed to clinch the game because of rains. The July 19-23 Ashes Test had all the elements…
Sir, This refers to the article “A Whiff of Happiness, Late at Night!” by Dr. Javeed Nayeem in SOM dated July 30. I am a resident of Virgnia, USA and I am from Mysuru. I do read Dr. Nayeem’s articles with great enthusiasm. Now, I do have a slight disagreement with the second part of…
Sir, As always, enjoyed Dr. Nayeem’s column immensely on July 30. Entertaining and informative indeed. His Rice Bhagya’s saga reminded me of Maharashtra Government’s slum rehabilitation scheme, wherein most of the beneficiaries simply sold their allotted tenements and moved over to new slums. I want to point out that the doctor’s observation stating political rivalry…
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