By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik The Middle East includes Mesopotamia (Iraq), the area watered by the Euphrates and Tigris. To its East is Persia (Iran); to its South is Arabia; to the West is Levant (Near East); and to the North is Anatolia (Turkey). Egypt is also included in the Middle East due to close cultural…
Sir, This refers to Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem’s column Over A Cup of Evening Tea in SOM dated July 31. His article titled “A Medley of COVID Comedies!” was so down-to-earth that one may think it was a writer’s fantasy or exaggeration. But those who have personal experience in Hospitals, Pathology Laboratories and about a…
Canara Bank, Mysuru, Regional Office-I Head I.P. Mithanthaya handed over a cheque for Rs. 5 lakh to Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Prashanth Kumar Mishra towards treatment of COVID patients at Mysuru District Covid Hospital under the Bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme. T.E. Nagappa, Assistant General Manager, Lead Bank, A.V. Yashavanth, Divisional Manager, Canara…
One of the two parks at Lakshmipuram, near Gopalaswamy College, is not maintained. While one park is very well maintained the other park has become a place to dump garbage and has turned filthy. Authorities concerned are urged to get the garbage cleared from the park and periodically maintain the park.
With the growth of plants and weeds on either sides of the 12th cross road in Vijayanagar 1st stage, the 30 ft. road has been reduced to less than 5 ft. causing a lot of inconvenience to the residents. Also, the place is stinking as garbage is being dumped on the roadside and public answer…
D. Siddaraju (72), former Vice-President of Kollegal Town Municipal Council and a resident of Bheema Nagar, passed away yesterday morning following brief illness. A Congress leader, he leaves behind his wife, two sons, one daughter and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were performed yesterday evening.
Mangala Eregowda (80), father of Mangala M.E. Shivanna, a teacher and a writer, passed away yesterday morning in the town. He leaves behind his wife Chowdamma, sons M.E. Shivanna (PES High School teacher) and M.E. Shankar (former President of Mangala Primary Credit Co-operative Society), daughter M.E. Bhagyamma (Vice-President of Srirangapatna Taluk Peehalli Village Milk Producers…
N. Shankar (48), a journalist and a resident of Swarnasandra Layout, passed away in the town yesterday. He had worked with several newspapers in Mandya. He leaves behind his wife, two daughters, brothers and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were performed at the burial grounds near Hebbal yesterday evening.
The University of Mysore (UoM) has awarded Ph.D in Dance to Sparsha Shenoy for her thesis ‘Technical Teaching of Bharatanatyam Through Natyakrama for Hearing Impaired Children – Analytical Study’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. K. Kumar.
Under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), for promotion of protected crop cultivation, Horticulture Department is providing maximum 50 percent subsidy of Rs. 3 lakh per hectare for changing old and dilapidated polythene sheets in any three-year old greenhouse units, Rs. 2.5 lakh for re-plantation of old and unproductive flowering plants in greenhouses and Rs. 1.25…
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