SWR Mysuru Division runs 10 Shramik trains till today facilitating 14,066 passengers to reach their homes Mysore/Mysuru: The tenth ‘point-to-point’ Shramik Special train from South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division, carrying 1,520 migrants, left Ashokapuram (Mysuru) Station today at 1 pm for New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal. This train is being run as per the…
Greens oppose road inside Talacauvery Wildlife Sanctuary
May 29, 2020Trees marked to be cut, concrete pillars laid; activists threaten to move Courts Madikeri: The Forest Department and the Public Works Department’s move to erect concrete pillars and marking of trees to construct a proposed road from Patti to Todikana within the Talacauvery Wildlife Sanctuary near Talacauvery in Kodagu District has drawn the ire of…
Hotel Siddhartha readies a COVID-secure wedding hall
May 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: While the State and Union Governments have released guidelines on how to conduct marriages in COVID times limiting the number of attendees to 50 and imposing restrictions like wearing masks and maintaining social distancing, even wedding managers and wedding venue hosts are gearing up to face a new reality and are modifying their venues…
‘Congress has come to the aid of migrant workers’
May 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing the ruling BJP Government of failing to come to the aid of migrant workers, who are distressed over COVID-19 lockdown regulations, KPCC (Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee) Working President Salim Ahmed maintained that the Congress, as a responsible Opposition Party, has come to the rescue of migrant workers at this critical juncture. He was…
Evaluation of all II PUC papers begins in city
May 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru Divisional evaluation of Second PUC (2019-20) answer scripts of all subjects of all the three streams —- Arts, Science and Commerce —– began in the city this morning under tight Police security. The evaluation is taking place at nine centres namely Sarada Vilas College in Krishnamurthypuram, St. Philomena’s College in Bannimantap, Marimallappa…
ASHA workers launch Statewide stir
May 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Condemning the assault on ASHA workers, urging for their protection and also to resolve their problems, ASHA workers under the banner of Karnataka Rajya Samyukta ASHA Karyakartheyara Sangha, Mysuru District Committee, along with All India United Trade Unions Centre (AIUTUC) launched their Statewide struggle this morning. They submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister B.S….
INS condoles RS MP’s death
May 29, 2020New Delhi: On behalf of The Indian Newspaper Society (INS), Shailesh Gupta, President, has condoled the death of Kerala politician M.P. Veerendra Kumar, who passed away due to cardiac arrest at a private hospital in Kozhikode late on Thursday. He was 84. A Rajya Sabha member and Managing Director of leading Malayalam daily ‘Mathrubhumi’ Group…
Double murder accused on the run finally arrested
May 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Police have arrested the accused in a double murder case that had taken place near Kote Hundi Gate in Jayapura Hobli recently. The arrested is Yogesh, a resident of Kote Hundi. Yogesh had murdered T. Manjunath and R. Manjunath of Yadahalli village near Kote Hundi recently over petty reasons and had gone absconding. A…
Gram Panchayat elections put off
May 29, 2020Bengaluru: Amid the nationwide lockdown, the State Election Commission (SEC) on Thursday announced the postponement of Gram Panchayat (GP) elections due to the Novel Coronavirus pandemic. The term of about 5,800 out of 6,025 Gram Panchayats in the State will end between June and August this year. In a statement released yesterday, the SEC said…
Parivara, Talavaras to come under ST list
May 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Water Resources Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi said that the State Government will take steps to implement the notification of the Union Government on including Parivara and Talavara communities under Scheduled Tribes (ST) list. Speaking to Nayaka community leaders from Mysuru and Chamarajanagar districts at Jaladarshini Guest House here on Thursday, he said that a meeting…
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