Bengaluru: Co-operation and Mysuru District In-charge Minister S.T. Somashekar on Tuesday handed over cheques for Rs. 85 lakh to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa towards Chief Minister’s COVID-19 Relief Fund. The Minister has donated a total amount of Rs. 50.50 crore to the CM’s Refief Fund collected from all Co-operatives in the State. CM Yediyurappa, who…
Chamarajanagar Congress contributes Rs.10 lakh for KPCC COVID Fund
May 8, 2020Chamarajanagar: The Chamarajanagar District Congress on Wednesday donated Rs.10 lakh to KPCC (Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee) COVID-19 fund. The District Task Force Committee headed by former MP R. Dhruvanarayan handed over a cheque for Rs.10 lakh to KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar at the latter’s Sadashivanagar residence in Bengaluru. The Chamarajanagar District Congress had collected the…
Online Music Concerts by Ganabharathi tomorrow
May 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As Music Sabhas are not able to arrange any concerts with the COVID-19 lockdown in place, in an effort to reach out to the art and music-lovers, Ganabharathi is arranging online programmes from 6 pm onwards on specified days, according to a press release from Dr. C.G. Narasimhan, President, Ganabharathi. Interested may log…
Register online for Blood Donation Drive by K.R. Hospital
May 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Blood Bank of KR Hospital, Mysuru, which caters to the health needs of the most underprivileged and destitute patients in the district, is facing severe shortage of blood due to COVID lockdown. Mothers giving birth, victims of accidents, patients of cancer, patients undergoing emergency surgeries, young children with Thalassemia — several conditions make…
DL tests resume in Green Zone districts
May 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Here is good news for Driving License (DL) aspirants, who are facing uncertainty following the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown. The driving tests, which were abruptly stopped after the announcement of nationwide lockdown in March, have resumed from yesterday in all the 14 Green Zone districts of the State, which include Chamarajanagar, Kodagu and Hassan, among…
Deadline extended
May 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In view of COVID-19 lockdown, the Kannada Book Authority (KBA) has extended the deadline for submitting applications by authors to seek subsidy for their debut Kannada literary works of all forms (poetry, prose, stories, novels, plays etc.) first published in the year 2019, to May 30, 2020. For more details, visit Kannada Book Authority,…
Tailors upset over being ignored in CM’s relief package
May 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Alleging that Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has ignored them while announcing a Rs.1,610 crore relief package for certain sections of the working class recently, tailors from Bhavasar Kshatriya Community have urged the CM to extend a helping hand to them too. The community has taken to various social media platforms like WhatsApp, Facebook and…
Annual tax collection by MCC and MUDA: Stray thoughts
May 8, 2020Sir, Many readers have voiced their concern on social distancing when MCC or MUDA open up their counters for tax collection. Till date there is no input from these two organisations on the issue of social distancing. A glaring example we saw when liquor shops opened on May 4. Social distance went to tail spin….
Stephen Lawrence
May 8, 2020Stephen Lawrence (87), an ex-Serviceman and a resident of Srirampura 2nd Stage in city, passed away at a private hospital this morning following brief illness. He leaves behind his wife Iris Lawrence, two sons, daughters-in-law, grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. Funeral took place at St. Bartholomew’s Cemetery on Mysuru-Bengaluru Road here today.
Rachamma Venkatappa
May 8, 2020Rachamma Venkatappa (65), a resident of Brindavan Layout 1st Stage, 7th Cross, passed away yesterday. She leaves behind a son, two daughters, grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were performed at Kumbarakoppal burial ground this evening, according to family sources.
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