Mysore/Mysuru: Motorists who violate traffic rules and escape from Traffic Police thinking that they can get away without paying fines should now be careful as the cops will knock doors to collect fines. Earlier, the Traffic Police used to send traffic violation notices through post and now, from June 12, Assistant Sub-Inspectors (ASIs) of all…
Contact with COVID-19 positive persons: Four hotel employees quarantined
June 14, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A couple, who had returned from Tamil Nadu and was under quarantine at their residence in Ittigegud, tested positive for COVID-19 and this has created a sense of fear among the residents of the area as the infected man had visited a hotel in the locality. The hotel ‘Café Mysuru,’ located in Ittigegud, has…
Visitors throng revamped Mysuru Rail Museum
June 14, 2020By Rajkumar Bhavasar Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru Rail Museum is witnessing large number of visitors since it was opened to general public on June 8, 2020. The renovated and revamped museum had closed its doors to visitors following imposition of lockdown on Mar. 24 after it was inaugurated on Mar. 14. Now, after 70 days, visitors are…
Eight-year-old girl flies solo from Hyderabad to Mysuru
June 14, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Desperate times call for desperate measures and here is an incident reported from city to prove that. An eight-year-old girl was united with her mother after three months following lockdown and the little one flew alone from Hyderabad to Mysuru in Alliance Air flight. The incident came to light after the Airport Authority of…
Schools ready to admit students but tepid response from parents
June 14, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Although the Schools in Mysuru district are all set to begin a new term, admission process in schools is still going at a snail’s pace. Even as the State Government is yet to take a clear decision about when and how to re-open the educational institutions, Primary, Middle and High Schools in the district…
Do not handover land earmarked for Janapada Varsity
June 14, 2020Janapada Varsity Syndicate Member urges CM Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Janapada University Syndicate Member Dr. K. Vasanthkumar has urged Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa not to handover the land to Sri Male Mahadeshwara Swamy Kshetra Development Authority, which has been earlier earmarked for setting up of Janapada University Regional Office in Male Mahadeshwara Hills. Dr. Vasanthkumar said, “In…
Lt. Gen. Codanda Somanna passes away
June 14, 2020Madikeri: Lieutenant General (retd) Codanda Somanna passed away at his residence at Panjaraparte in Virajpet last evening. He was 94. He was down by age related ailments. He is survived by his wife Renu Somanna, son and daughter. His son Nived Nanjappa is serving as a doctor in the US. Somanna led the ‘blue star’…
Monumental pillars translocated in line with Heritage Arch
June 14, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a technically important step for conserving the over century-old Heritage Arch at the Northern Gate of Government Guest House on B.N. Road in Nazarbad, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) authorities on Saturday successfully translocated two monumental pillars which stood at some distance away from the Arch, to alongside the Arch and in line…
Senior Civil Judge launches campaign on eradication of child labour
June 14, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As part of Anti Child Labour Day, a two-day campaign on Eradication of Child and Adolescence Labour System was launched in city yesterday. The campaign was flagged off by Senior Civil Judge Sunil Shettar at a simple programme organised by the District Administration, District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Labour Department and District Child Labour…
‘Uniform syllabus bad for autonomous growth’
June 14, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government’s move to introduce a common syllabus for all degree and post-graduate courses offered in State-run universities is being debated intensely. The argument against the move is that if the uniform format is adopted, universities will lose their autonomy and diversity in the subjects they teach. Even BJP’s student organ Akhila Bharatiya…
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