Kalaburagi: “In an effort to help students develop an interest in extra-curricular activities and sports alike, the State government is implementing the concept of ‘Two Bag-less Days’ per month in all Schools from the next academic year,” said Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar. Speaking to reporters here yesterday, Minister Suresh Kumar said…
Nationwide Bank strike on Jan.31 & Feb.1
January 28, 2020New Delhi: Seeking revision of pay, Bank Unions have called for a two-day nationwide strike on Jan.31 and Feb.1. The United Forum of Bank Unions (UGBU), which is a representative body of nine Trade Unions, has called the strike demanding wage revision settlement with 20 percent hike on payslip components with adequate loading. The timing…
Introduction of African Cheetah in India: SC clears project
January 28, 2020New Delhi: The Supreme Court has given its green signal while ordering proper study on the introduction of African Cheetah in various sites in India. The Cheetah will be released in an “ideal location” to be decided by a panel after a survey. The process, from identifying the sites to the introduction of the animals,…
Ayush Gaddige: Free mega health camp at Hunsur
January 28, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: Nearly 1,600 people from different parts of H.D. Kote and Hunsur Taluk participated in the free mega health camp, ‘Ayush Gaddige’ organised by B.K. Raju Unnathi, Rotary Bangalore Brigade and Annappa Kamath, Millennium Estates recently at Kendaganneshwara and Mahadeshwara Choultry, K.S. Gaddige, Hunsur. Nearly 20 specialist doctors and 15 healthcare technicians from JSS Hospital,…
Field Marshal K.M.Cariappa remembered on his 121st birth anniversary
January 28, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: Floral tributes were offered to Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa on his 121st birth anniversary celebrations in the city this morning. Chamaraja MLA L. Nagendra garlanded the bust of the proud son of the country near Field Marshal K.M.Cariappa Circle (Old Metropole Circle) at the junction of JLB road and Vinoba road (Hunsur road) at…
Krishna Menon, alive and kicking
January 28, 2020By T.J.S. George In the 1950s, the Urbs Prima in Indies was Bombay, not Delhi. All important people lived there, all influential newspapers were published there, all ideological battles were fought there. Into this theatre of war came V.K. Krishna Menon, all guns blazing. The theatre of the absurd followed. Krishna Menon was a Congressman…
Free medical camp by Rotary Ivory City
January 28, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: Rotary Ivory City Mysuru held a free medical camp from Jan. 20 to 23 at Sri Sathya Sai School in Jayalakshmipuram. Over 1,700 needy persons received general medical check-up and eye tests. Medicines and over 1,000 spectacles were distributed on the occasion free of cost. It was a joint project of Ivory City, Rotary…
Skill training at RUDSET Institute
January 28, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: RUDSET Institute, Mysuru, will conduct the following skill training programmes in February: Dairy farming and Vermicompost Making (10 days); Two-wheeler Mechanic (30 days); Sheep Rearing (10 days) and Computer Hardware and Networking (45 days) All the programmes are free of cost including boarding and lodging. The training will be on compulsorily residential basis. Candidates…
Asha Kirana Hospital opens LGBTQ Clinic in city
January 28, 2020Clinic functions on every Saturday between 2 pm and 5 pm Mysuru/Mysore: Concerns related to LGBTQ population is an unheard voice in the healthcare system. After the Supreme Court of India decriminalised the homosexuality by declaring Section 377 of IPC as unconstitutional, it is time to think beyond just rights of this community. One such…
DC Office delays payment to firm; Attached furniture released later
January 28, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: The District Administration, under the Atal Ji Janasnehi Project, in 2013, had placed an order with a firm to provide UPS services worth Rs. 3.98 lakh but the payment for the same was delayed. In this regard, the firm had approached the Lok Adalat, which ordered the district administration to pay the amount on…
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