Mysuru: The laying of new sewer pipes taken up in an unscientific manner by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has damaged drinking water pipes, underground cables and underground sewage pipes resulting in the residents inhaling dust, foul smell which may cause health hazards to them (residents). The MCC has taken up laying of new sewage…
Bandipur Forest staff ready to prevent forest fires
January 14, 2020Create 2,550-km fire lines; Villagers in forest borders volunteer to help Forest personnel Rural folk apprised through street plays By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysuru: While the whole world is aghast over the bushfire in Australia, which has claimed the lives of hundreds of wild animals and devastated thousands of acre of forest land, the Bandipur…
Couple killed as car jumps median and crashes into another vehicle on opposite lane
January 14, 2020Hunsur: A couple from Kerala were killed on the spot, when the car in which they were travelling towards Hunsur, jumped the road median and crashed into an Innova vehicle coming on the opposite lane this morning. The deceased are Lillykutti (54) and her husband Mathew (58). They were the residents of Talapurambam in Kandapuram…
BSY to leave for Davos on Jan.19
January 14, 2020Bengaluru: Even as the issue of Cabinet expansion is haunting him, with all newly elected MLAs as well as defeated MLAs pressing for Cabinet berths, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa (BSY) is all set to leave for Davos in Switzerland for attending a global economic summit. With the political coup of Congress and JD(S) Legislators quitting…
Students showcase ‘Sahasa’ First-of-its-kind adventure sports contest held
January 14, 2020Mysuru: Purna Chetana Public School in city had organised an adventure sports competition, ‘Sahasa 2020’ for the students of various schools of Mysuru district recently. The competition aimed at making children understand the importance of physical health and making them creative through adventure sports. The inter-school adventure sports competition ‘Sahasa’ was conducted at the adventure…
Woman’s gold chain snatched at R.K. Nagar
January 14, 2020Mysuru: A bike-borne miscreant has snatched a gold mangalya chain from a woman at Ramakrishna (R.K.) Nagar on Friday. The victim is Parvathi, a resident of E&F Block in R.K. Nagar. On Jan. 10 at about 4 pm, Parvathi, who had gone to a shop, was returning home and when she was walking on the…
Girl goes missing
January 14, 2020Mysuru: A 22-year-old girl, who left her house on Jan. 9 at about 6.45 pm, saying that she was going to get her mobile phone from a repair shop, has since gone missing. The missing girl is Nisarga. She is 5 ft. tall, wheatish complexioned, round faced, normal built, has the word ‘NISHA’ tattooed on…
Pakistan High Court annuls Gen. Musharraf’s death sentence
January 14, 2020Says Special Court formation ‘unconstitutional’ Islamabad: Pakistan’s Lahore High Court on Monday termed the formation of a Special Court that issued death sentence to former President Gen. Pervez Musharraf “unconstitutional.” Musharraf appealed in the Court in December 2019, against the death sentence verdict, seeking the Court to dismiss the Special Court’s judgement against him for…
Unidentified man falls to death
January 14, 2020Mysuru: An unidentified person has fallen to his death from a tree in the early hours of today. It is learnt that the deceased, in a bid to commit suicide, had climbed the roadside tree between All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) and Regional Institute of Education (RIE) from where he slipped and…
Musings on Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa’s defence of CAA — 2
January 14, 2020[Continued from yesterday] The sea is dangerous and its storms terrible, but these obstacles have never been sufficient reason to remain ashore.”— Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese explorer (1480-1521) As I mentioned yesterday in this column, Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa, as if inspired by the philosophy of the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan quoted above, refused to…














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