Rana, the German Shepherd sniffer dog retires, but to continue in service Mysore/Mysuru: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a pitch for Indian breed dogs during his Mann Ki Baat address in August by mentioning the names of Mudhol Hounds among other desi breeds besides urging the people to adopt them, the demand for Mudhol…
From Scrap Yard back to Hospital Wards
October 29, 2020Lions sponsor re-conditioning and re-painting of condemned cots By Shyam Sundar Vattam Mysore/Mysuru: Last month, an office-bearer of Lions Club was walking with Dr. B.L. Nanjundaswamy, Medical Superintendent of K.R. Hospital, in the hospital premises. Accidentally, the Lions member saw a heap of broken metal cots dumped in the corner. Upon enquiry, Dr. Nanjundaswamy, himself…
MCC launches survey of properties in K.G. Koppal
October 29, 2020Week-long Revenue Adalat from Nov. 4 to 11 Mysore/Mysuru: Ahead of the week-long Revenue Adalat (Kandaya Adalat)from Nov. 4 to 11 at K.G. Koppal, officials of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Zone-3 launched a 5-day survey of all properties coming under MCC Ward 42 (K.G.Koppal) for assessment of revenue tax collection yesterday. Prior to the Revenue…
Pay property tax without penalty by Oct.31, says MCC Commissioner
October 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the MCC is making all possible efforts to achieve the set target in respect of property tax (2020-21) collection, MCC Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde said that property owners can pay taxes without any penalty till Oct.31. In a press release, the MCC Commissioner appealed the property owners to remit tax dues by Oct.31…
Devotees take ill after consuming ‘prasada’ at Maramma Temple
October 29, 202050 take ill; three admitted to hospital and recovering Malavalli: More than 50 devotees took ill and three of them got admitted to a hospital after reportedly consuming ‘prasada’ distributed at Maramma Temple in Lingapattana village, Halagur hobli of Malavalli taluk. On Tuesday morning, a family had organised a puja at the Temple and distributed…
Vigilance Awareness Week: Call ACB, lodge complaints
October 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In an effort to create awareness among all the stakeholders, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) is observing Vigilance Awareness Week from Oct. 27 to Nov. 2. The theme for this year’s Vigilance Awareness Week, which is observed by the Government of India every year, is Vigilant India – Prosperous India. On this occasion, members of the…
Smrithi Sabha held to pay tributes to ISKCON missionaries who drowned in River Cauvery
October 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), Mysuru, had organised Smrithi Sabha on Oct. 25 to pay tributes to two senior monks who drowned in River Cauvery near Mahadevapura on Oct. 16. The deceased missionaries — Rasika Shekar Das (43) and Gunarnava Das (37) — accompanied by three more colleagues from ISKCON Mysuru were on…
Seven burglars arrested
October 29, 202034 cases including five from Mysuru solved Electronic goods worth more than Rs. 60 lakh recovered Mandya: The Mandya Police have arrested seven burglars on charges of committing burglaries in various districts of the State and have succeeded in solving 34 cases including five cases from Mysuru. Disclosing this at a press meet on Tuesday,…
Mother-daughter among three missing from city
October 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In separate incidents, a woman and her daughter are among three persons, who have gone missing from city. In the first incident, a 26-year-old woman and her six-year-old daughter, who left the house on Oct. 23 at about 10 am, saying that they were going to Kodanahalli village, have since gone missing. While the…
Nostalgically Speaking — 13: A.K. Subbaiah: A maverick politician of Karnataka —2
October 29, 2020[Continued from yesterday] During 1975 Emergency, A.K. Subbaiah was the first Karnataka politician to be imprisoned and spent a total of 18 months in various jails before being released from the Bangalore Central Jail. D. Devaraj Urs was the Congress Chief Minister then. Probably, becoming a political prisoner was an important turning point in Subbaiah’s…














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