Mysuru: Assistant Commissioner of Labour A.C. Thammanna has called up the unorganised sector workers to make use of various life insurances and other accident benefit schemes introduced by the Karnataka State Unorganised Workers Social Security Board under Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Karmika Sahaya Hastha Scheme. Speaking at the day-long workshop for drivers, organised by Karnataka State…
Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, 354 Police Inspectors transferred in State
February 24, 2019Mysuru: In a major reshuffle ahead of Lok Sabha elections, the State Government has transferred 354 Police Inspectors, including many from Mysuru on Friday. State DG&IGP Neelamani N. Raju has issued an order in this regard. Mysuru Ashokpuram Police Inspector P.M. Siddaraju has been transferred to Mulki Station of Mangaluru district, Devaraja Traffic Police Station…
KSOU Officials, students engage in war of words
February 24, 2019Confusion in B.Ed admission process Mysuru: A war of words erupted between the officials of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) and the students over the confusion in the reservation list announced for B.Ed admissions. The KSOU officials have deliberately created confusion in the reservation list for admission to B.Ed course thus trying to mislead the…
Karnataka still witnesses 23 percent child marriages
February 24, 201958 cases reported in Mysuru in the last 10 months Mysuru: Principal Civil Judge Senior Division Sunil A. Shettar disclosed that Karnataka State is still witnessing 23 percent of child marriage though the State and Central Governments have enacted various laws for prevention of the same. He was speaking at the one- day workshop on…
DVG Award for senior journalist
February 24, 2019Mysuru: Senior journalist Amshi Prasannakumar has been selected for DVG Award instituted by Karnataka Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ). The award, which carries a purse of Rs.5,001, a memento and a citation, will be presented to him during the 34th Journalists State Conference to be held on March 1 and 2 at Suttur Srikshetra in…
Seminar held on ‘Family-based agriculture’
February 24, 2019Mysuru: Marking Radio Kisan Day, Prasara Bharati, Akashvani and others had jointly organised a seminar on ‘Family-based agriculture’ at the premises of Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) recently. Speaking on the occasion, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Director Dr. Chandregowda opined that the concept of family-based agriculture was going extinct owing to the…
Unidentified bodies found
February 24, 2019Mysuru: In separate cases, city Police have found unidentified bodies of elderly persons at Lashkar and Lakshmipuram Police limits in city. In the first case, Lashkar Police have found a body of an unidentified man aged between 55 and 60 years lying in front of the then Ranjith Theatre (now demolished) on Mother Theresa Road…
Medical Conference held on ‘Mind-Body Medicine’
February 24, 2019Mysuru: Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya (PBKIVV), Mysuru Sub-Zone, in association with Medical wing, Rajyoga Education and Research Foundation (RERF), Mount Abu, had organised a Conference on ‘Mind-Body Medicine’ at Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) Convocation Hall in Muktagangothri here this morning. About 1,000 doctors from various parts of the State and Tamil Nadu…
Sugarcane Growers Association decides not to support any political parties
February 24, 2019Mysuru: The Karnataka State Sugarcane Growers Association has decided not to support any political parties in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Disclosing this to media persons at Pathrakartara Bhavan here yesterday, Association President Kuruburu Shanthakumar said that his Association has always kept aloof from identifying and supporting political parties including Congress, BJP, JD(S) and Swaraj…
Water Resource Management programme at V-LEAD till Mar.2
February 24, 2019Mysuru: Vivekananda Institute for Leadership Development (V-LEAD), Mysuru, is conducting a Management Development Programme (MDP) on “Integrated Water Resource Management” (IWRM) for the Engineers of the Government of Karnataka at its campus here from Feb.18 to Mar.2 The main objective of this unique two-week residential course is to increase the knowledge of water resources…
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