House burgled: Cash, gold jewellery looted
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House burgled: Cash, gold jewellery looted

April 6, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: Miscreants, who gained entry into a locked house in Metagalli Police limits, have decamped with cash and gold jewellery from the house. The burglary took place at the house of software engineer D. Raghavendra at Chamundeshwari Layout near Shadanahalli.  On April 2, Raghavendra and his family members had gone out of station and when…

Democracy even in times of covid
Columns, Point of View

Democracy even in times of covid

April 6, 2021

By T.J.S. George We are so proud of our freedom that we don’t want even Covid to interfere with it. We mix and mingle with abandon, thanks to our freedom.  Figures show a spiralling of cases as the second wave of the pandemic is sweeping across the land. The situation is so serious that the…

Plea to clear debris from cleaned vacant sites
Voice of The Reader

Plea to clear debris from cleaned vacant sites

April 6, 2021

Sir, The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has now started cleaning vacant sites at all localities. This is most welcome. But the cleared debris is left at a point on the site itself. Now in a place like Dattagalli where vacant sites are more this is creating a problem. Neighbours take it upon themselves to burn…

Japan Swimmer wins Olympic Relay spot after leukaemia
Sports

Japan Swimmer wins Olympic Relay spot after leukaemia

April 6, 2021

Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee said she “didn’t know what had just happened” after qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics medley relay on Sunday, just two years after being diagnosed with leukaemia. Ikee, who only resumed training in March last year after being hospitalised for around 10 months, won the 100-metre butterfly race at Japan’s Olympic trials…

IOA working with AIIMS to vaccinate Olympic-bound Athletes
Sports

IOA working with AIIMS to vaccinate Olympic-bound Athletes

April 6, 2021

Concerned at the increasing number of athletes contracting COVID-19 at top training centres, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has asked the authorities to expedite the process to get the Olympic-bound athletes get vaccinated soon at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. Thirty sports persons and support staff across disciplines returned…

Wins medals in State-level Swimming Competition
Sports

Wins medals in State-level Swimming Competition

April 6, 2021

S. Thanya, representing Dolphin Aquatics, J.P. Nagar, Mysuru, in the Karnataka State Sub-Junior Swimming Competition 2020-21 held at Padukone Dravid Centre of Sports Excellence in Bengaluru on Mar. 29, has secured two gold medals and one silver medal in 4×50 Medley Relay (2.22.92), 4×50 Freestyle Relay (2.08.33) and 100 mtrs Breast Stroke (1.29.10) respectively. Thanya,…

Elderly women felicitated
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Elderly women felicitated

April 6, 2021

Senior citizens Kamala Shankar and Nagarathna Basappa were felicitated at a programme organised by Tarangini Mahila Balaga, Siddarthanagar, as part of Women’s Day celebrations and Kadali monthly programme recently. Kadali President Sharada Shivalingaswamy, Basava Balaga President Puttanna, Tarangini Balaga office-bearers Mangala Nagappa, Uma Basavaraju, Akkamahadevi Shivappa, Katyayini Shankarappa, Padma Niranjan, Nagalambike Mohan Shankar and others…

Anjaparuvanda Gangavva
Obituary

Anjaparuvanda Gangavva

April 6, 2021

Anjaparuvanda Gangavva (86), wife of late Thimmaiah and a resident of Ibnivalavadi village in Boikeri, passed away yesterday at a hospital in Madikeri. She leaves behind three sons, two daughters and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were performed at Ibnivalavadi this afternoon, according to family sources.

Mookachanda Chondamma
Obituary

Mookachanda Chondamma

April 6, 2021

Mookachanda Chondamma (Harihara Muckatira), wife of Mohan Kumar and a resident of Ramakrishnanagar E&F Block, passed away yesterday in city. She was 71. She leaves behind her husband, two sons and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were performed at Mukthidhama in Vijayanagar 4th Stage this afternoon.

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