Mandya: A folk artiste was found murdered in broad daylight at K. Shettihalli near Bharathinagar yesterday morning. The deceased is Raghu (27), a Pooja Kunitha artiste and a resident of K. Shettihalli. Yesterday at about 10.30 am, Raghu left his house to the field on the outskirts of the village to fetch grass, when the…
Government increases age limit for Police Sub-Inspector recruitment
May 29, 2020Bengaluru: As a welcome relief for scores of Police job aspirants, the State Government on Thursday increased the upper age limit for appointment of Police Sub-Inspectors from 28 to 30 years for general category candidates and from 30 to 32 years in respect of SC, ST and OBC candidates. Announcing this at a press meet…
Girl goes missing
May 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A 17-year-old girl, who had gone to attend nature’s call at about 1.30 pm on May 16, has gone missing since then, according to the complaint lodged by the missing girl’s mother Shivajamma at Saragur Police Station. The missing girl is Manuganahalli Rakshitha. She is 5 ft. tall, wheatish complexioned and was wearing a…
Power disruption tomorrow
May 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Owing to emergency works taken up by CESC, there will be no power supply between 10 am and 5 pm tomorrow (May 30) at Nanjumalige Circle, Lakshmipuram, Vidyaranyapuram, Narayana Shastri Road, Kakarawadi, Naala Beedhi, Hosakeri, Agrahara, Thyagaraja Road, Industrial Suburb, Vishweshwaranagar, Krishnamurthypuram, Nachanahalli Palya, Gundu Rao Nagar, Kanakagiri, Ashokapuram, Saraswathipuram, Railway Workshop, Mahadevapura, Ramabainagar,…
Blame it on virus: Future tense for farmers in distress
May 29, 2020Progressive farmer from Mysuru loses hope on getting back his money invested in Cavendish and Zarbera cultivation By Y.D. Shekar With the nationwide lockdown for over two months, farmers who cultivated vegetables, flowers and fruits are facing massive distress due to disruptions in supply chains of the agriculture sector. Higher costs of harvesting and transportation,…
UPOR and PID: Why this duplication?
May 29, 2020Sir, Years back the Revenue Department introduced Urban Property Ownership Record (UPOR) in Mysuru to provide a Property Register (PR) card for every property owner. Now when we collect the payment challan of taxes from MCC, we find a new number allotted called PID (Property Identification Number). But both these numbers are different. Soon, MUDA…
Property tax collection: MCC must streamline procedures
May 29, 2020Sir, The property tax collection by MCC has not been planned properly and there is no coordination between the Corporation and the bankers who receive the amounts at the counters. By avoiding online acceptance for one more year with lame excuses of COVID-19, the MCC continues to inconvenience the tax-payers by making them wait for…
Two more COVID-19 positive cases in Mysuru
May 29, 2020Already quarantined persons from Rajasthan and Ireland Mysore/Mysuru: After a gap of over a week, two new COVID-19 positives were reported in Mysuru this morning. Now the cumulative number of positive cases has risen to 94. A 26-year- old man having a travel history to Rajasthan and another aged 28 years and from Ireland are…
Property tax payers fret over official delay
May 28, 2020“After submission of old tax receipts, we are not called by MCC Zonal Officers to pay tax” 5 percent rebate period extended till July 31 Mysore/Mysuru: With an intention to provide relief to COVID-hit revenues of Mysureans and to encourage speedy tax payments, the State Government has extended the 5 percent rebate period for payment…
Tourism industry in a wait-and-watch mode
May 28, 2020Stakeholders in Mysuru give thrust to local travel to build confidence Bengaluru: Tourism industry in Karnataka and Mysuru that has earned global recognition is staring at the reality of having to live with the Coronavirus. With hundreds of tourist spots and being the bellwether for Indian tourism, all eyes are focussed on how the State…
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