Mumbai: The United Nations recently released a report in which it claimed that with 16.59 million, India tops the list in the number of migrants living abroad. Out of them, half live in the Gulf. Of the international migrants (people living outside the country of their birth) which was estimated at 243 million in 2015,…
Training for Medical Officers begins in city Mysuru: The training programme for Medical Officers and Doctors of Community Health Centres and Taluk General Hospitals for the Pulse Polio Immunisation (PPI) programme to be held in city on Jan.28 and Mar.11, 2018, began at Doctors’ Bhavan in District Health Officer’s office premises at Nazarbad here yesterday….
Karpatti – The Healing Jaggery Mysuru: A group of about 8 to 10 men from Tamil Nadu have been selling palm jaggery (Karpatti) at various junctions and places in Mysuru. They belong to Kayathar town in Thoothkudi district along the National Highway 7 between Tirunelveli and Kovilpatti. They have been selling ‘Panna Karpatti’ and ‘Sukku…
Mysuru: Following Chief Minister Siddharmaiah’s directions to find a solution to the K.R. Mill Colony land row, DC D. Randeep held a meeting with officials concerned at his office on Monday. Speaking at the meeting, Randeep said that more than 300 families were living since decades in the land spread over 22.12 acres at Kesare…
Mysuru: The Cake Festival (Le Fete de December) organised by Aroma — the baking arm of Loyal World Group (Bakers since 1989) — was inaugurated at Loyal World, V.V. Mohalla branch, last evening by Chamraja MLA Vasu. As is the tradition at Aroma every December, they challenge themselves in making a masterpiece cake that the…
Mysuru: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) yesterday arrested five persons including two engineers of Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) on charges of grave irregularities while purchasing land for a housing project at Yelwal Hobli in the taluk. The arrested are Assistant Executive Engineer M.B. Somashekar, Assistant Engineer M. Mahesh and three middlemen — Jnaneshwar and Vijaykumar, both…
Mysuru: Vijaya Vittala PU College bagged the first prize at the District-level Swachh Bharat Mission ‘Swachh Quiz’ competition organised by the District Administration, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and District Urban Development Cell (DUDC) at Senate Bhavan in Manasagangothri yesterday. Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep, speaking after distributing the prizes to the winners, said that in the…
By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan The morning sessions at the 24th JSS Annual Music Conference were both educative and entertaining. On 3rd December morning, Mysore V. Subramanya gave a lecture-demonstration on ‘The Glory of Jhanjuti.’ He described how the name came into existence. Pinakapani named it jhanjuti. ‘Raganidhi’ describes it as jinjuti. It is also known…
Mysuru/ Mandya : In the wake of two more pelicans in the care of Forest Department dying yesterday at Kokkarebellur, the death toll of the birds including in Kukkarahalli Lake, has gone up to eight in two weeks. However, the Forest Department has ruled out the outbreak of Avian flu. “If it is Avian flu,…
Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep inspected the Rs.2 crore works taken up by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to stop the flow of sewage water into Kukkarahalli Lake. The work on laying the 3,000 metre, 800 mm diameter pipe around the lake began in 2014 and it is nearing completion. The DC after inspecting the…
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