Mysore/Mysuru: While the price of essential commodities are being monitored, liquor and cigarettes do not come under essential commodities, and so traders are charging exorbitant prices for the same. They are being sold at over 50-80 percent above the MRP. In India most smokers buy cigarettes as singles or loose cigarettes but now only packs…
Proposal to be sent to Government to auction 1,255 stray sites Mysore/Mysuru: Amid the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) presented a Rs.1.58 crore surplus budget (2020-21) on Tuesday last. MUDA Commissioner P.S. Kantharaju presented the budget after sending budget copies to all members and after getting it approved from Deputy Commissioner…
Mysore/Mysuru: N.R. Police have arrested a man for pasting a fake COVID-19 Movement Pass on his car and moving around in city. They have also seized the car and the mobile phone which was used to duplicate the pass. The arrested is 57-year-old Nirmal Kumar Singhvi, a resident of R.S. Naidu Nagar here. The N.R….
Mysore/Mysuru: In order to provide food to monkeys, cows and stray dogs which were dependent on fruits and other food items provided by devotees, various organisations such as Namma Mysuru Foundation, Asare, Let’s Do It Mysore and Mysuru Covid Care Team, provided fruits, green grass and dog food to the animals at the foot of…
Hunsur: Alert villagers have nabbed a person, who was attempting to smuggle timber from an agricultural field at Yashodhapura in Hunsur taluk and handed over the accused to the Forest Department officials. The accused has been identified as Venkatesh of Yashodhapura, who was trying to smuggle teak logs worth Rs. 50,000 in a goods vehicle…
Lab reports confirm presence of Organo Phosphorus Compounds in samples of three dead monkeys Mysore/Mysuru: The Southern Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory of the Institute of Animal Health and Veterinary Biologicals at Hebbal in Bengaluru, which tested the samples of three monkeys which were found dead under mysterious circumstances in an Ashram premises at Hadajana village…
Mysore/Mysuru: The city’s Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE) attached to JSS Science and Technology University in city, has been rated as the third best among all Engineering Colleges in the State. The College also stands ninth in All-India rankings, according to a recent survey conducted by Educational World Magazine. SJCE was started in the…
Mysore/Mysuru: Following a photo news in ‘SOM’ e-paper dated 29.4.2020 titled “Boys… COVID is no fun!“, Nazarbad Police Sub-Inspector Siddesh, who noticed boys, breaking lockdown guidelines and playing cricket early in the morning without even wearing masks, at Siddarathanagar in Mysuru, took cricket bat and wickets into his custody, distributed them masks and also made…
By Dr. S.A. Mohan Krishna, Observational Astronomer ‘Astronomy’ is an incredible field of study for many reasons, not least of which is its accessibility to anyone who wanders out on a clear night and gazes skywards to the stars. Man has evolved on a planet from which he could witness celestial phenomena like the motions…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist In a typical Hindu temple, we do not find just one image. We find multiple images. For many people, unfamiliar with Hindu tradition, this looks like polytheism. But for Hindus, these are various manifestations or expressions of the same divine principle, different facets of divinity expressed…
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