Month: January, 2020

Government asked to roll back hiked rates of Industrial Sites in Koorgalli
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Government asked to roll back hiked rates of Industrial Sites in Koorgalli

January 8, 2020

Mysuru/Mysore: Strongly opposing the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board’s (KIADB) decision to hike the rates of industrial sites in Koorgalli Industrial Area, Mysuru, by 300 percent, the industrialists have urged Heavy and Medium Scale Industries Minister Jagadish Shettar to roll back the hike in rates. A delegation led by FKCCI President C.R. Janardhan made the…

Common exam for class 7 students this year
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Common exam for class 7 students this year

January 8, 2020

Bengaluru: After months of speculation, the Department of Primary and Secondary Education on Tuesday announced that a common examination will be conducted for class 7 students. Announcing this at a press conference here yesterday, Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar said the Government has decided to adopt a no-fail policy for class 7…

Street plays spread cleanliness awareness
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Street plays spread cleanliness awareness

January 8, 2020

Mysuru/Mysore: What better way to pass on a social message than use the medium of performing arts? Aiming to motivate Mysureans to become active agents of healthy living along with keeping their surroundings clean, Bengaluru-based Chukki Talkies Kala Thanda is performing street plays across the city. These street plays draw the attention to issues of…

Roadside garbage bins stolen
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Roadside garbage bins stolen

January 8, 2020

Mysuru: Some roadside garbage bins that have been installed by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) have been stolen by miscreants.  The MCC had installed two bins (one for dry waste and another for wet waste) by hanging them onto iron stands installed on various roads including D. Devaraj Urs Road and Sayyaji Rao Road in…

Sanchalana Children’s Theatre Festival: ‘Theatre is best media for public awareness’
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Sanchalana Children’s Theatre Festival: ‘Theatre is best media for public awareness’

January 8, 2020

Mysuru/Mysore: The second day of the ongoing Children’s Theatre Festival at Mini Theatre in Kalamandira premises here last evening, under the aegis of Sanchalana, Mysuru, Department of Kannada and Culture and Karnataka Balavikasa Academy, Dharwad, featured the play ‘Hidimbana Thota’ by students of Udayaravi Trust, K.R. Pet.  Students of Sri Gurukula Shaale rendered theatre songs….

Traditional preservation of palm scripts very difficult
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Traditional preservation of palm scripts very difficult

January 8, 2020

MP Pratap Simha visits ORI with Mukund  of Tara Prakashana e-publishing house Mysuru/Mysore  With University of Mysore (UoM) intending to digitise the invaluable palm scripts at Oriental Research Institute (ORI), MP Pratap Simha took along Bengaluru’s Tara Prakashana Founder Mukund to ORI this morning to enable him (Mukund) to have a look at the palm…

Chaya Sanje: Anniversary of District Photographers, Videographers Assn.
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Chaya Sanje: Anniversary of District Photographers, Videographers Assn.

January 8, 2020

Mysuru/Mysore: Marking the 19th anniversary of Mysore District Photographers and Videographers Association (MDPVA), a programme titled ‘Chaya Sanje’ was organised at Kalamandira here last evening. Two youths, Vineet and Sneha Shekar, displayed their skills in ‘Mallakambha’ and acrobatics respectively drawing a thunderous applause from the audience. Children in attractive costumes danced to a popular folk…

2015 KPSC scam: Associations demand judicial probe
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2015 KPSC scam: Associations demand judicial probe

January 8, 2020

Mysuru/Mysore: Alleging a scam in the selection of Gazetted Probationary Officers by the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) in 2015, various Associations including Karnataka Rajya Hindulida Vargagala Jagrutha Vedike, Federation of Dalit Associations, Karnataka State Nayaka Welfare Forum and Dalit Students Federation, have demanded a judicial probe into the scam. Addressing a press meet here…

Sandalwood thieves arrested
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Sandalwood thieves arrested

January 8, 2020

40-kg sandalwood billets worth about Rs.4 lakh recovered Mysuru/Mysore: The City Crime Branch (CCB) Police, who conducted an operation in front of Gowrishankarnagar Bus Stand on Jan.7, took into custody three persons who were standing in front of the bus stand with two plastic bags filled with sandalwood pieces and brought them to the Police…

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