Mandya: In a bizarre incident, the body of an unidentified woman who is believed to have been murdered, was found severely mutilated with street dogs chewing off several parts at Hemmige village in the outskirts of the district on Friday. Following a tip-off that the mutilated body of a woman was lying close to a…
Three pedestrians mowed down at T. Narasipur
February 22, 2020T. Narasipur: In a gruesome road accident, three pedestrians, including a woman, were fatally mowed down when a speeding motorcycle hit them near Mugur Bus stand in the taluk today morning. The deceased have been identified as Basavaraj alias Basavanna of Karohatti, Chikkamma of Mugur Hosahalli in the Taluk and Govindashetty of Ummathur in Chamarajanagar…
PU student ends life fearing exam
February 22, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A second PU student has ended his life by hanging self, allegedly out of fear of facing exams, at his Sharadadevi Nagar residence in city on Wednesday night. Amit, son of ex-serviceman Vrishabendra and a student of Marimallapa’s PU College, is the one who has allegedly committed suicide fearing exam which was scheduled to…
Award presentation ceremony tomorrow
February 22, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As part of their anniversary celebrations, Yashu Children and Cultural Academy and Arora Educational Trust have jointly organised a programme at Sri Madhava Shenoy auditorium, Ideal Jawa School, opposite MUDA, tomorrow (Feb. 23) at 3 pm to present the following awards: Chiguru Rathna award: M.S. Dhruti, A.K. Nisha and P. Punit Raj; Pratibha Rathna:…
Bon Voyage: Mysore Airport gets more wings
February 22, 2020Mysore Airport at Mandakalli is well-known for the speedy pace of developmental activities. Even passengers showed interest and enthusiasm to travel from this tourist city to various destinations — Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, Goa, Cochin and Belagavi. Passenger flow ensured over 80 percent to 85 percent average flight occupancy all through on season and off season,…
Musings on ‘Conversation’ with Jairam Ramesh
February 22, 2020Om Namah Shivaya. After a wakeful night, in fits and starts of course, to observe the Night of Shiva, the third of the Triumvirate Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara of the Hindu pantheon, I was in no mood to write this column. However, the morning before Shiva’s night there was an interesting event at the Rotary…
Political Pawns?
February 22, 2020On 20th of February at an anti- CAA event in Bengaluru, a 19-year-old Amulya Leona, an under-graduate student, was given the microphone to say a few words against the CAA. And she did so in dramatic fashion. She began by shouting “Pakistan Zindabad.” Then after a dramatic pause she again shouted “Pakistan Zindabad”, hoping the…
Salvaging Society
February 22, 2020Human beings all over the world are vying with the elements in creating conditions threatening the survival of plants, animals and life-supporting resources, not to forget their own orderly living. Many of these conditions, mistakenly portrayed as problems, are the result of blunders by people at large as well as those in the ruling class…
Maintain cleanliness in Maharaja’s College campus
February 22, 2020Sir, Maharaja’s College in Mysuru is known for its heritage and history; more than this it is recognised for the famous personalities it has produced. But today we can see many plastic wastes spilled all over the college campus. Students throw the waste items wherever they want and sometimes the pedestrians also throw the wastes…
Southern Range Police Duty Meet concludes
February 22, 2020Mandya bags Overall Championship Stressing on the need for every employee of each Department to develop professional skills, University of Mysore (UoM) Vice-Chancellor Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar said that skills and proficiency will come with exposure to changes. He was speaking at the valedictory of ‘Southern Range Police Duty Meet’ organised at Karnataka Police Academy…















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