Mysore/Mysuru: As the Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) will be taking up the quarterly maintenance works from 10 am to 5 pm tomorrow (June 12), power supply will be disrupted in the following areas: Gokulam 1st and 2nd Stages, Mahadeshwara Layout, Vijayanagar 1st, 2nd and 3rd Stages, Hinkal, Yadavagiri, Manjunathapura, Mahajana Layout, Vontikoppal, Jayalakshmipuram, CFTRI,…
Nalwadi Award-2020: DC heads Selection Committee
June 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: District in-Charge Minister S.T. Somashekar had on June 4 announced in city that every year, the District Administration will choose 10 personalities who have served in various fields and honour them in the name of Rajarshi Sri Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar, during the birth anniversary celebrations of Nalwadi. In this view, a Selection Committee has…
MLC up in arms against shifting of six Government First Grade Colleges
June 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: JD(S) MLC Marithibbegowda has warned the Government against shifting of six Government First Grade Colleges located in his Constituency, citing poor admissions. In a letter written to Deputy Chief Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan, who is also the Higher Education Minister, Marithibbegowda, who represents South Teachers Constituency in the Legislative Council, urged the Government to…
Exemption of two months electricity bills: MSME Council urges industries to apply
June 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) have suffered huge losses following COVID -19 lockdown, electricity companies have exempted MSMEs from paying electricity bills for two months, said MSME Council General Secretary Suresh Kumar Jain. In a press release, Jain has urged those running MSMEs such as printing press, laundry shops, tailoring business etc.,…
Outsourced Hostel workers seek wages for lockdown period
June 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Seeking payment of wages for lockdown period, outsourced workers serving in Hostels, Residential Schools and Ashram Schools run by Government Departments, staged a demonstration under the banner of AITUC affiliated Karnataka Rajya Samyukta Vasathinilaya Karmikara Sangha, in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s Office here on Tuesday. Claiming that the Government has issued a circular…
Falcon Tyres ex-employee among two killed in road accidents
June 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A former Falcon Tyres employee and a senior citizen were killed in separate road accidents in city. In the first case, M. Kumar (Mangu Kumar), former Assistant Secretary of Falcon Tyres Employees Union, who was proceeding to his native place Manuganahalli village from Mysuru, was killed when he rammed his bike into a tractor…
Girl riding pillion killed as car rams into bike
June 11, 2020She may have saved her life had she worn a helmet: Traffic ACP Sandesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: A girl, who was riding pillion on a bike was killed when a car rammed into the bike on Bogadi Main Road here on Monday morning. The deceased is Mary Jennifer (23), a resident of Gayathripuram in city. Jennifer…
Two missing from city
June 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A 66-year-old woman, who left her house on June 7 after a quarrel for petty reasons, has since gone missing. The missing woman is Ganga, wife of Parameshwarappa and a resident of J.P. Nagar in city. Those having any information about the missing woman may contact Vidyaranyapuram Police Station on Ph: 0821-2418122. In another…
When the Vedas Reached South
June 11, 2020By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist The mention of Southern States is conspicuously absent in Vedic literature. Hymns of the Rig Veda date back to 1500 BCE. They refer to the Saptasindhu or Indus Valley region. Shatapatha Brahmana, dated to 800 BCE refers to a movement towards what is now Bihar. In…
Install automatic street light controllers to save energy and money
June 11, 2020Sir, Apropos to the letter ‘Maintain street lights: Conserve electricity’ by Prof. B.S. Shankara (‘SOM’ dated June 8). Similar to the street lights in the city limits, the street lights on Outer Ring Road (ORR) are being switched on early wasting the electricity. The pathetic condition was non-payment of dues that resulted in darkness on…
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