Month: May, 2020

Recovered alcoholic helps others to kick the habit
COVID-19, News

Recovered alcoholic helps others to kick the habit

May 24, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: ‘Thiyagu’, a Tamil movie released in 1990, proved to be quite popular in those times. It was based on Tamil novel ‘Oru Manithanin Kadhai’. In that movie, the central character ‘Thyagu’, played by actor Raghuvaran, is an alcoholic and his life was ruined due to liquor addiction.  Born in a middle class family, the…

MUDA takes up Vijayanagar Double Road development works
News

MUDA takes up Vijayanagar Double Road development works

May 24, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: In a significant step towards improving the condition and capacity  of roads in the city, District Minister S.T. Somashekar on Friday launched the works for the development and widening of 3.15-km-long Double Road that connects Vijayanagar I Stage with the Ring Road at Hebbal. The construction is taken up by MUDA at a cost…

New Sand Policy guidelines notified in State Gazette
News

New Sand Policy guidelines notified in State Gazette

May 24, 2020

Bengaluru: The Department of Industries and Commerce has notified the guidelines in respect of the State Government’s New Sand Policy-2020 in the State Gazette. The State Cabinet had approved the new sand policy  during the Cabinet meeting on April 30 and subsequently, Governor Vajubhai R. Vala has given his consent. As per the guidelines detailed…

COVID-19, News

Government permits extra work hours at Factories till Aug. 21

May 24, 2020

Bengaluru: In a significant decision aimed at improving industrial productivity which has taken a severe beating due to COVID-19 lockdown, the State Government on Friday exempted establishments coming under the Factories Act from adhering to prescribed daily and weekly hours. Workers will now have to put in more hours of work in factories across the…

Corona Bandaite Jopaana: Folk song on Coronavirus goes viral
News

Corona Bandaite Jopaana: Folk song on Coronavirus goes viral

May 24, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: A song written, composed and sung by a College Lecturer with a folk touch on Coronavirus has gone viral. Dr. Vijayalakshmi Manapur, a lecturer working in Maharaja’s College in city, has not only written the song titled ‘Corona Bandaite Jopaana,’ she has also composed music and sung the folk song much to the delight…

Migrant students can write SSLC exam at nearest centre
COVID-19, News

Migrant students can write SSLC exam at nearest centre

May 24, 2020

May 29 deadline to choose new centre Bengaluru: With most migrant students returning to their villages following the COVID-19 lockdown, the Government has allowed such SSLC students to write the exams at the centre that is closest to their native place or village. The SSLC exam (2019-20) is scheduled to take place from June 25…

National-level Online Faculty Development Programme
News

National-level Online Faculty Development Programme

May 24, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Seshadripuram Degree College, Mysuru, had organised a National-level Online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on ‘New Performance Appraisal System and Career Advancement Scheme’ on May 22. Around 500 participants from across the State had registered for the FDP. M.K. Shalini, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, welcomed the Resource Person Prof. K. Sajjath, NAAC Coordinator…

FM-in-waiting…forever?
Columns, In Black & White

FM-in-waiting…forever?

May 24, 2020

In a recent interview on a TV channel Dr. Subramanian Swamy, economist and BJP Member of Parliament, reiterated his opinion that this Government had no economic policy, does not know what it is up against and warned that the Indian economy would crash like 1930’s United States if cash is not put in the hands…

The ‘saviours’ of womenfolk
Feature Articles

The ‘saviours’ of womenfolk

May 24, 2020

Two young Mysureans distribute 14,000 Menstrual Hygiene Kits By B.N. Ramya As a result of pandemic and the lockdown that followed, we were witness to people being rendered jobless and shelterless on one side; and the same situation on the other end, brought to the fore ‘humanity’ with many lending their helping hands to the…

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