Mandya: A body of an unidentified man, chopped into five pieces, was found discarded in various spots near VC Canal in Keregodu Police limits of Mandya district on Wednesday. A few villagers, who noticed a few body parts floating in the canal, informed the Police, who rushed to the spot and conducted a search, during…
Unidentified man commits suicide
February 25, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Vidyaranyapuram Police have found a body of a man hanging at the shelter in front of a Gobi Corner shop on Sarvajanika Hostel Road in Vidyaranyapuram at about 4.50 am on Feb. 18 and have registered a case. The deceased is aged 35-40 years, 5.5 ft. tall, oval faced, wheatish complexioned, normal built, has…
Re-frame the Steel Frame
February 25, 2023As the case of IPS Officer Roopa Moudgil and IAS Officer Rohini Sindhuri plays out in the media with the allegations of land-grabbing making headlines, one is forced to ask, why do young Indians want to join the Civil Services? Is it to be of service to the nation and its people? Or is it…
The great soul that he was Anjaparavanda M. Ponnappa, a great disciplinarian-teacher
February 25, 2023During the sixties, I was studying in Mysore when I visited my uncle’s famous restaurant called ‘Fountain View’. At that point of time, a person visited my uncle, wished him, bought something and moved out. My uncle told me that he was the new Principal of Maharaja Junior College. A six-footer, upright, looking trim and…
Bogadi road needs traffic interceptor near Manasagangothri
February 25, 2023Sir, A stretch of Bogadi road from Kukkarahalli Lake junction leading to the signal light near Manasagangothri campus is badly in need of a traffic interceptor. The motorists, especially four-wheelers, ply in opposite directions at a reckless speed overtaking other relatively slow moving vehicles. This may prove fatal if the driver of vehicles coming from…
Silk India-2023 inaugurated
February 25, 2023Model Tanishka Murthy (in green outfit), who inaugurated the Silk India-2023 expo-cum-sale presented by Abhivruddhi at Hotel Southern Star on Vinoba Road in city this afternoon, is seen taking a look at a saree on display as film actress Diana Mary and others look on. The expo-cum-sale will be open between 10.30 am and 8.30…
Pattamada Cariappa (Brijesh)
February 25, 2023Pattamada Cariappa (Brijesh), son of ex-serviceman Uthappa (a resident of Hunsur town’s Bore), passed away at his residence in Tumakuru yesterday. He was 49. He leaves behind his parents, wife, two sons and a host of relatives and friends. He had also served in the Indian Army and after retirement, was working at a private…
Sofia Begum
February 25, 2023Sofia Begum (68), mother of Ilyaz Ahmed, President of Mysore (Dist.) BJP Minority Morcha and ex-Chairman of Mysore (Dist.) Waqf Board Advisory Committee, passed away yesterday at a private hospital in Mysuru due to brief illness. She leaves behind her son, a daughter and a host of relatives and friends. Namaz-e-Janaza was performed at Jamiya…
M. Saroja Bai
February 25, 2023M. Saroja Bai (88), retired HoD of Psychology, Maharaja’s College and a resident of Jayalakshmipuram, passed away in England on Feb. 23. She was the wife of late Dr. P.R. Sindhe (Professor of Medicine, Mysore Medical College and Superintendent of K.R. Hospital). She leaves behind two sons, two daughters, grandchildren and a host of relatives…
Babulal Patwari
February 25, 2023Babulal Patwari (80), Founder of Patwaris Men’s Store on D. Devaraj Urs Road and K.R. Circle, passed away on Feb. 23 in city. A resident of Halladakeri, he leaves behind three sons, two daughters and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were performed at the foot of Chamundi Hill yesterday.















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