My grandfather Dr. S. Srikanta Sastri was an extraordinary scholar in his own right. Yet, he was also a husband, father and a grandfather to us all. Behind this colossus was a sweet, petite, gentle soul who quite literally ran the Sastri household single-handedly, when her husband was engrossed with the rise and fall of…
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC I had an interaction with an educationist recently and he narrated something very interesting: A few weeks back I was in my weekly webinar session with my Foundation students and I was scheduled to speak to my first year batch whom I had met only virtually till now….
City’s women auto drivers fight odds to make a living By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Traditional auto-rickshaws have always remained heavily male-dominated. Of late, there are many women who have shattered the stereotypes and have been performing the duties of auto drivers, sometimes even better than their male counterparts. Though they face plenty of gender bias…
Service just got better with ‘Echo,’ Mysuru’s first robot waitress at Hotel Siddharta Mysore/Mysuru: Robots have been replacing humans on factory floors and even operation theatres for decades, and now they are coming for customer-facing jobs. They are designed to look and act like us and these robots can do any job humans can do,…
Mysore/Mysuru: While only three properties extending up to 60 metres have to be demolished to realise the full benefits of a widened and a beautified Irwin Road, asphalting works have been undertaken under the initiative of Chamaraja MLA L. Nagendra. The work that was on since the last three days has been completed today. Following…
Mysuru reports 66 new COVID-19 positive cases, 261 discharges and 1 death today.
Mysore/Mysuru: In a move aimed at improving banking services in keeping with the times, the MCDCC (Mysuru-Chamarajangar District Central Co-operative) Bank has launched mobile ATM (Automated Teller Machine) services (ATM on wheels) to its customers. According to MCDCC Bank Director M.P. Sunil, the mobile ATM unit has been launched with help from NABARD. Pointing out…
Scooterist gets wrong e-challan asking him to cough up Rs. 46,500 Mysore/Mysuru: As the crackdown against traffic and road safety violations has intensified, the enforcement authorities seem to have stumbled upon a new menace — using fake vehicle registration numbers to evade penalty. The number of vehicles with illegal minor variations is alarmingly on the…
Bengaluru: Home Minister Araga Jnanendra said that PU and Degree Colleges, which were ordered to shut down last week following the Hijab-saffron shawl row, will re-open from tomorrow (Feb.16). Speaking to presspersons after holding a meeting with Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai in the State capital on Monday, Jnanendra said that with the High Court passing…
By M.B. Pavan Murthy Mysore/Mysuru: Days after the decades-old NTM (New Type Model) School on N.S. Road in the heart of the city was shifted to Maharani Teacher Training Institute (MTTI) premises, also on N.S. Road, following a Government order, the School children and the staff seems to be happy that the School has been…
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