Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah on Saturday directed the officials concerned to consider the families of debt-ridden farmers, who have committed suicide, after taking loans from private money lenders for payment of compensation. At a district level meeting at the Government Guest House here, the CM instructed the officials to pay a compensation of Rs. 5…
Construction materials seized from textile showroom
May 21, 2017Mysuru: Officials from the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) seized construction materials from Senthilkumar Textiles on Sayyaji Rao Road in city yesterday for not obtaining the mandatory permission before taking up repair and other works. According to MCC officials, as per rules, obtaining permission from the Town Planning Section is mandatory before repair works are taken…
JSS International School opens in Dubai
May 21, 2017Dubai: The new JSS International School, constructed by JSS Mahavidyapeetha, was inaugurated by Indian Counsel General in Dubai Vipul at Jumera Village in Dubai on Friday. Speaking on the occasion, the Counsel General said that one could see success if he/she develops spiritualism in life and called upon NRIs there to make use of the…
Ganesha idols: Using colour, plaster of paris, will attract criminal action
May 21, 2017Mysuru: The Ganesha festival is still three months away. However, the MCC Commissioner G. Jagadeesha has already requested the idol makers to make environmental-friendly Ganeshas and not to use poisonous coloured chemicals and plaster of paris. He has urged the people to shun the idols that are made of such harmful materials and instead buy…
Malavika Avinash speaks her mind about BJP and the role she has to play !
May 21, 2017The two-day State BJP Executive Committee meeting held in city on May 6 and 7, 2017, created a lot of media furore that was avoidable. Many leaders in the party felt that they could have had a person to handle the aggressive media. If only they had a proper spokesperson who knew Mysuru and its…
Two-day workshop held for persons with disability
May 21, 2017Mysuru: A two-day ‘Career awareness workshop for persons with disability,’ jointly organised by University of Mysore’s Drushti — Centre for Education of Visually-Challenged and Enable India’s Empowerment Cell for Inclusion of Persons with Disability (an initiative by Enable India and JSS PDA, Mysuru), was held at Vignyan Bhavan auditorium in Manasagangothri recently. Prof. C. Ponnuswamy,…
MCC distributes facilities to beneficiaries
May 21, 2017Mysuru: Mayor M.J. Ravikumar distributed various facilities to beneficiaries during a function held at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Community Hall in Udayagiri recently. MCC beneficiaries residing in Beedi Colony, Ghousianagar, Azeez Sait Nagar, Udayagiri, Rajivnagar, Gandhinagar, Bannimantap, Mandi Mohalla, Ashokapuram and other localities received the facilities. LPG connections were provided to around 161 families belonging to…
DC holds Tribal Development Project progress review meeting
May 21, 2017Mysuru: A progress meeting of Integrated Tribal Development Project (ITDP) was held at the Deputy Commissioner’s (DC) office here on Friday. Soon as the meeting began, several tribal leaders aired their grievances which included quantity cut in ration articles distributed to BPL and ‘Antyodaya’ card holders, encroachment of forest land, gomala issue, Title Deeds for…
Inauguration of JSS Varsity Guest House tomorrow
May 21, 2017Mysuru: Supreme Court Judge Justice Mohan M. Shantanagoudar will inaugurate the newly-constructed guest house of JSS University at the JSS Medical Institutions Campus in Shivarathreeshwara Nagar here tomorrow (May 22) at 4 pm. Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji will grace the occasion. Karnataka High Court Judge Justice Ashok B. Hinchigeri and Upa Lokayukta Subhash…
Swachha Mysuru – Swastha Jeevana campaign enters 15th week
May 21, 2017Mysuru: The 15th week of “Swachha Mysuru – Swastha Jeevana” campaign, which was launched by Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama for 40 weeks to create public awareness about cleanliness and environmental protection, was held in Ittigegudu, K. C. Layout, J. C. Layout, Venkatalingaiah Layout, Tank Bund Road, Manasa Road, Hosa Beedhi, Perithambi Road, Sunnada Koppaiah Road, Basavannana…
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