Mysore/Mysuru: A 24-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging self at her residence at Ganesh Nagar in Udayagiri Police limits on Thursday. The deceased is Kumari, wife of Mahesh, a resident of Ganesh Nagar. Kumari, a native of Koodlapura village in Nanjangud taluk, was given in marriage to Mahesh two years ago. The couple were…
Tourism Day tomorrow
September 26, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Even as COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage across the country, the Mysore Travels Association has decided to celebrate World Tourism Day tomorrow (Sept.27) in a simple, but purposeful manner. World Tourism Day Celebration Committee President S. Abhinandan said that Mysore Travels Association will be celebrating the Day like in the previous years, but in…
Man sentenced to life for murdering wife
September 26, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: City’s Fifth Additional District and Sessions Court has awarded life imprisonment to a man for killing his wife besides imposing a fine of Rs. 10,000 on him. The convict is Shivanna, a resident of Suttur in Nanjangud taluk, while the deceased (victim) is Devi. Devi, daughter of Ankanayak of Udbur, was given in marriage…
Puff and Prejudice
September 26, 2020The Sushant Singh Rajput case has slid from being just a murder investigation to a drug bust. One wonders if this investigation has ended up exposing middle-class India’s prejudice, hypocrisy and Victorian prudishness? To begin with Rhea Chakraborty, Sushant’s girlfriend, has been portrayed like a typical movie ‘Vampy-Villainess,’ the woman who drugged her lover to…
A tribute – SPB: Much more than a musical legend…
September 26, 2020By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Hearing the passing away of S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (SPB) yesterday left me with a feeling of emptiness. For me, he was not just a musical legend who sang a world record of more than 40,000 songs in 15 languages. He was one of the most compassionate humanists that I have met…
Is it necessary to conduct Dasara amid COVID?
September 26, 2020Sir, When the whole world is facing Coronavirus pandemic, it is surprising that the Government of Karnataka is holding preliminary meetings to conduct Dasara Festival. Till recently there was lockdown in the whole of India but now there is some relaxation of curbs mainly to revive the growth rate in the economy. There is a…
Prithvi Shaw, Kagiso Rabada shine in DC’s second successive win
September 26, 2020Dubai: Delhi Capitals (DC) sealed their second successive win in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 as they beat Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 44 runs at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium yesterday. In the seventh game of the season, CSK, who made one change to their playing XI, bringing in Josh Hazlewood in place…
French Open to allow just 1,000 fans a day
September 26, 2020Paris: A maximum of only 1,000 spectators will be allowed each day at Stade Roland Garros after the French Government insisted Thursday on tougher restrictions to counter the resurgence of the Coronavirus. Organisers of the French Open, which gets underway four months later than planned in Paris on Sunday, had hoped for a maximum of…
Watch IPL on Lake Side at Silent Shores
September 26, 2020The Lake Side Restaurant at Silent Shores Resort & Spa, BEML Road, Hootagalli, Mysuru, with COVID-19 protocol like sanitising, face mask and social distancing, has organised screening of IPL matches on Big Screen daily during the scheduled match timings. The cricket-lovers can enjoy their evening with their favourite food served at the restaurant.
SPB’s connection with Ganapathy Ashram
September 26, 2020The legendary singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam (SPB) was fond of birds and made it a point to visit Shuka Vana (Parrot Park) at Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Ashram on Ooty Road in Datta Nagar whenever he was in Mysuru. The veteran playback singer had also lent his voice for Bhajans’ cassette of Avadhoota Datta Peetham Founder-Pontiff Sri…















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