Mysuru/Mysore: Tomorrow Jan. 31 is the last day for Swachh Survekshan-2020 survey to conclude and there is a scramble to get good rating with an army of officials, volunteers and NGOs themselves providing citizens’ feedback on the Mysuru City Corporation’s waste management rating. Mysuru is vying to get back the Numero Uno spot in Cleanest…
Mysuru-Chennai to be a high-speed train corridor
January 30, 2020High-speed train via Bengaluru to reach Chennai in just 2 hours and 25 minutes New Delhi: The Railways has identified six sections including the 435-km Mysuru-Bengaluru-Chennai for high-speed and semi-high-speed corridors, Railway Board Chairman V.K. Yadav said yesterday, adding that a Detailed Project Report (DPR) on these sections will be ready within a year. The…
Woman blackmails man with rape threat; booked
January 30, 2020She wanted to take revenge on her estranged husband by fixing him in a false case Mysuru/Mysore: How far can a woman go to take revenge on her estranged husband? Here is a woman who allegedly threatened a man of lodging fake rape case against him for refusing her request to give false evidence against…
Akshay Kumar shoots with Bear Grylls inside Bandipur Tiger Reserve today
January 30, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: Bollywood star Akshay Kumar, like Prime Minister Narendra Modi and superstar Rajinikanth before him, will soon be seen in an episode of Discovery’s show, Man Vs Wild, for which he will shoot inside the Bandipur Tiger Reserve. The actor reached Mysore Airport from Mumbai in a special flight last evening and halted at a…
1,000 traffic violation cases booked in two hours !
January 30, 2020N.R. Traffic Police collects Rs. 1.64 lakh fine Mysuru/Mysore: The N.R. Traffic Police, who conducted a drive against traffic rule violators yesterday, have booked 1,000 cases and have collected a total fine of Rs.1,64,800 from them in just two hours. Following several complaints about traffic rules being grossly violated by motorists in Mandi Mohalla and…
239 Women Police Constables attend Passing Out Parade
January 30, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: The Passing Out Parade of the fourth batch of Women Civil Police, Railways and KSISF (Karnataka State Industrial Security Force) Constables, numbering 239, was held at the DAR Parade Grounds here last evening. Speaking after receiving the Guard of Honour, IGP (Training) S. Ravi asked Police personnel to work sincerely and maintain discipline throughout…
There is No escape from myth
January 30, 2020Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Everybody sees the world through a frame of reference. No one, but the Gods, perhaps, have the full picture. Fate, free will, God — three frames of references that have sustained cultures for centuries; references that can never be proved or disproved; they have to be believed….
72nd Sarvodaya Day observed in city
January 30, 2020Most youths have forgotten Gandhiji, regrets former Speaker Krishna Mysuru/Mysore: “Most of the students nowadays do not have good opinion about Gandhiji and have forgotten the Father of the Nation,” regretted former Speaker Krishna. He was speaking as the chief guest at the 72nd Sarvodaya Day programme organised by the Department of Gandhian Studies and…
Swaraanubhuthi: A musical evening for a cause
January 30, 2020S.P. Balasubrahmanyam (SPB) and Divya Raghavan to perform at KSOU Convocation Hall on Feb.9 Mysuru/Mysore: It is said, “Music touches the hearts where words alone can’t.” And for this reason, Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement’s (SVYM) annual musical event ‘Swaraanubhuthi’ carries the message of ‘compassion and care for fellow humans’ embedded in the soulful voice of…
Karnataka Tourism at Crossroads: Jalapathotsava fiasco. Whose money is it anyway!
January 30, 2020By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC The latest fiasco of our Tourism Department: The much-hyped Gaganachu-kki Jalapa-thotsava, a waterfall festival plan-ned for viewing the falls sans water. These waterfalls are a beauty to watch during the monsoon but in other periods, it is just another hillock. The farmers were right. Why waste precious water…















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