Mysore/Mysuru: “The amendment to the Land Reforms Act will bring down the production of food grains drastically,” said former MP R. Dhruvanarayan. Addressing a press meet at Jaladarshini Guest House on Hunsur Road here yesterday, he said that the amendments to the Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961, would break the backbone of the country, the…
Online International Conference on ‘Recent Trends in Science and Technology’ on June 17 and 18
June 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: ATME College of Engineering (ATMECE), Mysuru, has organised two-day International Conference on ‘Recent Trends in Science and Technology’ on June 17 and 18. The Conference will be conducted through online due to the COVID-19 threat. The presentation of articles on the days of Conference is streamed live and will be witnessed by all presenters…
Mandya drowning incident: CM instructs officials to provide compensation of Rs. 22 lakh to 7 families
June 16, 2020Bengaluru: Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has instructed the officials concerned to provide a total compensation of Rs. 22 lakh to the families of seven persons, who were drowned in separate incidents in Mandya district on Sunday. The CM has instructed the authorities concerned to pay Rs. 5 lakh each to the family of deceased Geetha,…
CESC public contact programme tomorrow
June 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) has organised the Public Contact Programme for consumers of Ramakrishnanagar and Kuvempunagar Sub-Division limits on June 17 which will be chaired by the Superintending Engineer and the Executive Engineer of V.V. Mohalla Division. The public contact programme for consumers of Ramakrishnanagar Sub-Division limits will be held at 11 am…
Herbal masks distributed to Home Guards
June 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru Literary Forum Charitable Trust and Mysuru Book Club distributed 300 masks (two each) to Home Guards at a programme held at the SP Office auditorium here this morning in the presence of ASP P.V. Sneha. Mysuru Literary Forum Charitable Trust and Mysuru Book Club Chairperson Shubha Sanjay and office-bearers Vijaya Rao, Divyashree Sanjay,…
Monthly KDP meeting tomorrow
June 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The progress review meeting of Karnataka Development Programme (including 20-point programme) of Mysuru district to the end of March, 2020 will be held tomorrow (June 17) at 10.30 am. The Zilla Panchayat (ZP) President will preside over the meeting to be held at Chamundeshwari auditorium of the Regional Commissioner’s Office in city.
Senior Citizens ID Card
June 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Senior Citizens Sakaala Seva Kendra has invited applications from senior citizens aged over 60 years for issuing ID cards. Senior citizens residing across the district can collect the application form till July 15 (10 am to 5.30 pm) from the Seva Kendra. The filled-in forms must be submitted along with two passport size…
Discount sale of books by UoM Prasaranga
June 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Prasaranga, the publishing, printing and selling arm of University of Mysore (UoM), is selling its publications at 50 percent discount and Encyclopaedia and Dictionaries at 25 percent discount from June 15 to July 31. Also, ‘Epigraphia Carnatica’ edition brought out by Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies (KIKS) will be on sale at 50 percent…
Indira: The Evil and The Good
June 16, 2020By T.G.S. George I spent an hour with Indira Gandhi last week. She was at her photogenic best, looking confident, well-groomed, attractive. She kept a camera-conscious smile all the time, though there were moments when uncomfortable questions were thrown at her and she had to make an effort to look composed. It was a 1978…
Street dogs menace on the rise
June 16, 2020Sir, The streets around Vijayanagar Water Tank and adjacent Railway Layout in Vijayanagar Second Stage is infested with street dogs that endanger the movements of pedestrians in the area. The dogs also enter the parks in the area and pose a potential threat to the park users. The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) authorities are requested…
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