Members of State Sugarcane Growers Association held a meeting at Kuvempu Park near Gun House here yesterday to discuss the injustice meted out to farmers by middlemen at Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC). The meeting severely condemned the habit of collecting commission from farmers who come to APMC to sell fruits and vegetables, especially when…
Mysurean-led team bags CIDC Viswakarma Award
March 22, 2017Cons-truction Industry Development Council (CIDC), which is the Governing Body under the Planning Commission, Govt. of India, has conferred ‘Vishwakarma Award for the Best Institutional Building’ on the 1996 batch UPSC Officer from Mysuru D.S. Nayak and his team from PWD, contractors, consultant etc., in New Delhi recently. The award was presented at a function…
Pet talk: Can a pet cat/dog understand what you say to them?
March 22, 2017By Maneka Gandhi Statistically 62% pet owners claim that their pets understand what they say to them. It is scientifically proven that in its lifetime a dog/cat learns at least 200 words. Animals learn commands like sit, stay, no, come here, etc. An animal will easily understand what you are saying when: Usage of same…
Use scarce water judiciously…
March 22, 2017A monkey, which is quenching its thirst from a tap near Suttur Mutt in Mysuru, seems to be giving a message ‘Use Water Judiciously’ as it has placed its other hand on the tap to close it after drinking on ‘World Water Day’ today which is being observed with the theme ‘Why Waste Water?’ The…
Sewage water overflowing from a clogged manhole in K.N. Pura
March 22, 2017Sewage water is overflowing from a manhole at Soligara Colony in K.N. Pura since a month. It has now become stagnant and is emanating foul smell. Residents have urged the civic authorities to get the clogged manhole cleaned.
Taming Traffic
March 22, 2017Bengalureans of a not-too-past-times could be heard joyfully talking about the merriment that the city offered seamlessly. The salubrious weather of the metropolis, virtually a legacy that they got on a platter as it were, has suffered to an extent and in a manner that one cannot express in words. The open spaces such as…
Tech talk on ‘Kitchen Waste based Bio-Gas Plant’
March 22, 2017The Institution of Engineers-India (IEI), Mysore Local Centre, had organised a technical talk on ‘Kitchen Waste based Bio-Gas Plant’ at S.P. Bhat Hall in the Institution premises on JLB Road in city recently. Sham Sunder, Head-NIE Centre for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technologies (CREST), was the guest speaker. The talk was aimed at creating a…
Zebra Crossing: Do we really need it?
March 22, 2017Sir, I would like to bring it to the attention of the Traffic Police, the brazen disregard and violation of zebra crossing by vehicle-users. One such example we have seen time and again is at the Premier Studio junction. The Traffic Police stand on the SJCE road just about 10 feet away from the signal…
Replace this burnt meter board near Chennamma Circle in Hebbal
March 22, 2017A meter installed on a electric pole situated at the 3rd Main, KIADB Housing Layout near Chennamma Circle in Hebbal is burnt resulting in the residents and public being devoid of streetlights since five days. CESC authorities are urged to replace the burnt meter to provide streetlights to the public who are now using the…
Player Auction held
March 22, 2017The State Government must encourage rural sports by granting special funds, said JD(S) District President M. Sanketh Poovaiah here yesterday. He was speaking after inaugurating the player auction for Season-2 of Kodagu Champion League (KCL) at Siddapur. There is an urgent need for the Government to release funds for rural sports and encourage sportspersons to…
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