Tension prevails at Fountain Circle as MCC authorities remove idol
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Tension prevails at Fountain Circle as MCC authorities remove idol

February 29, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Tension prevailed near Fountain Circle on Mysuru-Bengaluru Road this morning as MCC authorities removed an idol of  Veerabhadreshwara Swamy installed under a tree opposite the Petrol Bunk on Shivaji Road leading from Fountain Circle. Acting on a Supreme Court order directing the State Governments to remove unauthorised religious structures on Public streets, public parks…

Boy goes missing
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Boy goes missing

February 29, 2020

T. Narasipur: A 13- year-old boy has gone missing from Kurubur in the Taluk. S.Preetham, a student of Government Higher Primary School at Kurubur, who left home for school on the morning of Feb. 26, has not returned since then, according to a complaint lodged by his father Sundar at T. Narasipur Police Station. Anyone…

Factory worker ends life
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Factory worker ends life

February 29, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: A 43-year old factory worker ended life by hanging at his residence in SBM Layout near Bogadi here on Thursday. Honnappa (43), who was working at a factory in Metagalli Industrial area, allegedly committed suicide when his family members were away. In a death note written by him, Honnappa has blamed two of his…

Manoeuvring Obstacles
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Manoeuvring Obstacles

February 29, 2020

By B.C. Thimmaiah [Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav] Mysuru Regional Transport Office (RTO) East in city has seen a tectonic shift in how driving tests are conducted to issue licences. Tests are now conducted in specially designed Automated Driving Test Tracks which have many segments, each of which has to be passed in a particular…

Hate in the time of Coronavirus
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Hate in the time of Coronavirus

February 29, 2020

Coronavirus brings death, but it sure is less macabre than the death brought by rioting mobs of Delhi. Coronavirus kills one with fever, unlike rioters in East Delhi who killed Ankit Sharma with hundreds of stab wounds or shot Mudassir Khan in his head as he simply stood outside his house. May be the real…

Democracy’s downturn
Editorial

Democracy’s downturn

February 29, 2020

Scholars who are credited with writing verses in the distant past have mentioned the term Bharathakhanda, meaning the territory of which present India is only a part. Many explorers, particularly the Italian merchant and explorer Marco Polo (1254-1324), Chinese travellers Fa Hien (337-422) and Hiuen Tsang (602-664) are recollected by many public speakers as having…

Philosophy: A forgotten subject
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Philosophy: A forgotten subject

February 29, 2020

Sir, The study of Philosophy was once considered to be of utmost importance, especially in our culture. Every student was required to acquire the knowledge of the scriptures, as it was thought necessary to lead a meaningful life. The advent of European education system has caused the subject to gradually disappear from the curriculum of…

BSY greeted on his birthday
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BSY greeted on his birthday

February 29, 2020

Former Taluk Panchayat President and BJP Youth leader L.R. Mahadevaswamy (second from left), greeted Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on his 77th birthday at the latter’s residence in Bengaluru on Thursday.

New Maruti Vitara Brezza launched in city
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New Maruti Vitara Brezza launched in city

February 29, 2020

The New Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza was launched at Mandovi Motors Pvt. Ltd., KRS Road, Mysuru, yesterday. Seen in the picture are (from left) Kishore, Railway Welfare Officer; Subramanya, Chief Manager, State Bank of India – Personal Banking Branch (SBI-PBB); Mayaganna, DPO, South Western Railway; P.M. Ganapathy, Vice-President, Mandovi Motors, Arena; Dharmappa, customer; Nagappa, Regional…

Silk India-2020 to conclude tomorrow
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Silk India-2020 to conclude tomorrow

February 29, 2020

‘Silk India-2020’ exhibition-cum-sale, organised by OA&C at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry on Vinoba Road in city from Feb.21, will conclude tomorrow (Mar.1). The expo is open to public from 10.30 am to 8.30 pm. The exhibition brings together rural artisans from the eastern part of India featuring vast collections of cotton and silk handlooms, Odisha tie-and-dye,…

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