Month: July, 2020

MCC records Rs. 46.59 crore property tax collection
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MCC records Rs. 46.59 crore property tax collection

July 25, 2020

5 percent rebate deadline ends on July 31 Mysore/Mysuru: The cash-strapped Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has recorded property tax collection of Rs.46.59 crore  from a total of 59,058 property owners so far this fiscal year. The MCC has announced a 5 percent rebate to property owners for payment of property tax and the deadline for…

281 fresh COVID-19 positive cases in Mysuru; 6 deaths
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281 fresh COVID-19 positive cases in Mysuru; 6 deaths

July 25, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: After periodically reporting 100, 150 and 169 COVID-19 positive cases, Mysuru yesterday broke a record with 281 cases in a single day. With the latest number, it stood second in the State after Bengaluru Urban whose COVID infections today stand at 2,267. In fact, Mysuru has breached the 2,000 mark and the cumulative positive…

State slashes rates of COVID-19 testing
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State slashes rates of COVID-19 testing

July 25, 2020

Bengaluru: In the wake of Coronavirus raging across the State, the Karnataka Government on Friday further lowered RT-PCR (Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction) test rates to Rs. 2,000 for testing of Government samples in Private Laboratories. The Government also capped the rate for testing of private samples in Private Laboratories, including screening test and confirmatory…

I will head N.R. Constituency COVID Task Force: Tanveer Sait
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I will head N.R. Constituency COVID Task Force: Tanveer Sait

July 25, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Nearly a week after Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha was made the head of N.R. Constituency Task Force, Narasimharaja Congress MLA Tanveer Sait said that he is getting active from today and will head the Task Force from today itself. Speaking to press-persons after meeting Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G.Sankar at the DC’s office here this…

COVID closure: Gym owners urge Government to lift ban
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COVID closure: Gym owners urge Government to lift ban

July 25, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: The  Inter-District Gymnasium Owners Association has urged the Government to lift the ban on the opening of Gyms, which were closed over four months ago due to COVID-19 pandemic . Addressing a press meet at Patrakarthara Bhavan here yesterday, Association Hon. President K. Vishwanath urged the Government to lift the ban and facilitate re-opening …

Grocery kits distributed to Auto Drivers, Pourakarmikas
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Grocery kits distributed to Auto Drivers, Pourakarmikas

July 25, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Corporator J. Gopi distributed grocery kits to Auto Drivers, Pourakarmikas and other workers engaged in unorganised sectors, living in T.K. Layout and surrounding areas in city. Over 180 residents living in locked down areas of T.K. Layout and surrounding areas received grocery kits containing rice, wheat flour, rava, sugar, cooking oil, salt and lentils…

CET-2020 Mock Test by NIE-IT
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CET-2020 Mock Test by NIE-IT

July 25, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: NIE Institute of Technology (NIE-IT), Mysuru, is conducting Karnataka CET-2020 Mock Test from July 23 to 29. Candidates can access the KCET-2020 mock test online through the official website of NIEIT https://www.nieit.ac.in/cet-mock-test/. Candidates can access mock test directly with the following links: Physics:https://forms.gle/tMGEKY2frnQUmReVA  Chemistry:https://forms.gle/QvSmz4ezoUsMdPGq6 Mathematics:https://forms.gle/YUUM74uMSKZoQY7R7 Mock tests will be of 70 minutes each in…

Trinity College London conducts online exam for instrumental music
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Trinity College London conducts online exam for instrumental music

July 25, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Trinity College London (TCL), in association with Centre for Rural, Education, Development and Innovative Technologies of India (Credit-i), conducted online exams for instrumental music for the first time in Mysuru recently. TCL is an examination board based in London, United Kingdom, which offers graded and diploma qualifications (up to postgraduate level) across a range…

D.K. Shivakumar rejigs KPCC frontal organisations
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D.K. Shivakumar rejigs KPCC frontal organisations

July 25, 2020

Former Additional Advocate General A.S. Ponnanna  to head KPCC Legal Cell and RTI Cell Bengaluru: The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President D.K. Shivakumar‘s proposal to rejig party frontal organisations are now approved by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) interim President Sonia Gandhi.  Shivakumar has brought his loyalists to these posts to keep a…

Youth dies on his birthday
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Youth dies on his birthday

July 25, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: In what can be called as a quirk of fate, a 23-year-old youth from Nanjangud, who was suffering from infectious gangrene, died on his birthday on Thursday, reportedly due to COVID-19. The youth, a resident of Basavanagudi extension in Nanjangud town, was suffering from severe diabetes and was admitted to a Private Hospital in…

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