Mysore/Mysuru: Suttur Mutt Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji said that women engaged in literature should be given more encouragement. He was speaking after conferring ‘Padma Bhushan Dr. B. Sarojadevi Literary Endowment Award’ on senior writer Vasumathi Udupa and ‘T. Girija Literary Award’ on author H.S. Sujatha at a programme organised by Mysuru district unit of…
Mysore/Mysuru: Bike borne miscreants have snatched a gold chain of an elderly woman at Vivekanandanagar ‘M’ Block on Wednesday evening. The victim is 79-year-old Gayathri, a resident of the locality. She was walking on the roadside, when two miscreants, who came on a bike from behind, yanked off her 30 grams gold chain and sped…
Mysore/Mysuru: Sigma Hospital, Thonachikoppal Road, Saraswathipuram, Mysuru, is conducting a free kidney health screening camp at the hospital premises this Sunday (Mar.28) from 9 am to 1 pm. Kidney diseases are on the rise and already up to 10 percent of the world population and around estimated 6+0 percent of population in Karnataka is affected…
By S. Vasudevan, Retired Superintendent of Customs and GST Owning a car was a distant dream till 50 years of my age. Finally, I could buy a petite beauty — a German company car Opel Corsa Sail. It was a “pre-owned” one (decent word for second hand). The running around I made to purchase this…
Sir, Health Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar made it official that the second wave of COVID-19 has already started and we need to be careful more than ever. The cases are increasing everyday and the citizens need to be worried, which they are clearly not. No colleges and educational institutions are strictly following the SOPs and…
A wild boar escaped from being caught and devoured by a tigress at Kabini Forest on March 23 evening. Software Engineer R. Rakshit Kumar, a resident of Metagalli in city, who had been to the forest, was lucky to encounter the hunt and click the same on his camera. The tigress, which countered the boar…
The following have been elected as the new office-bearers of the city’s UrsuMandali Co-operative Society Ltd., Thyagaraja road, K.R.Mohalla, for a five-year term in the elections held recently: A.R. MallarajeUrs (Achyuta) – President; P. Suchita – Vice-President; A.S. Bharath, T.N. SanjaydevarajeUrs, A.V. Vidya (former Corporator), T.L. AravindarajeUrs (Ajit), M.C. Suresh, B. Ravi, K.S. MallarajeUrs (Kadajetti),…
The general body meeting of Mysore Electronics Dealers Association (MEDA) was held at a hotel in city recently. MEDA Secretary Vishal presented the reports and Treasurer Naveen Kumar presented the books of accounts, which was unanimously passed and accepted by the members. Ravi (advocate) conducted the elections and the following members were elected to the…
The new team members of Rotary Mysore North (sitting from left) C. Prashanth (Secretary), RajashekharKadamba (International Service Director), L. Channabasavaraj (President), M.J. Swamy (IPP), D.B. Rajashekhar Murthy (Club Service Director), Chandrashekar (Assistant Secretary) and M.K. Nanjaiah (Vocational Service Director); standing from left: KalaleSrinath (Website Chairman), S.A. Prashanth (Treasurer), B.R. Shivakumar (Editor), Veerarajendra (Vice-President) and P….
City’s M.D. Sreenivasa Prasad participated in the 30th National Strength-Lifting and Inclined Bench Press Competition at New Cooch Behar, West Bengal, recently and has bagged a Silver Medal in Incline Bench Press and one Bronze in Strength-Lifting.He was the only Mysurean among the 13 participations from Karnataka. A Grand Master (above 60 years of age),…
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