Chamarajanagar: In the wake of Covid pandemic and as a precautionary measure, the Religious Endowment Department has restricted entry of devotees on Saturdays to the historical Biligiri Ranganathaswamy Temple atop B.R. Hills in Yelandur taluk of Chamarajanagar district in the month of Shravana. A large number of devotees visit the Ranganatha temple of B.R. Hills…
‘Drone Prathap’ takes a flight violating Home Quarantine
July 21, 2020BBMP officials take him into custody in Mysuru Bengaluru/Mysuru: N.M. Prathap or Drone Prathap, who had earned acclaims for creating over 600 drones using e-waste, has been exposed for his false claims. He is in fresh trouble for violating COVID-19 quarantine rules. He had gone missing from Bengaluru and the Bengaluru Police had formed three…
Leopard rescued from 100 ft. deep well after three days
July 21, 2020Forest staff inside a cage was lowered into the well to tranquillise the leopard Antaharasanthe: A three-year-old leopard, which had fallen into a 100 ft. deep well has been rescued by the Forest Department staff after three days of rescue operation. It is learnt that the leopard had fallen into the 100 ft. deep well…
Cauvery water released to Tamil Nadu
July 21, 2020Mandya: With copious rainfall in Cauvery catchment areas, the Irrigation Department authorities have started releasing water from KRS Dam in Srirangapatna Taluk in the District to Tamil Nadu. Following a Supreme Court order directing Karnataka to release 31.3 TMC of water to Tamil Nadu in the month of July, 3,500 cusecs of water is being…
Mysuru district reports 149 fresh COVID cases, five deaths on Monday
July 21, 2020Mandya sees 41 fresh cases, Kodagu reports eight and Chamarajanagar sees 49 new COVID cases Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru district yesterday (July 20) reported 149 fresh COVID positive cases and five COVID deaths. The total number of COVID positives in the district is 1,773, according to the media bulletin last evening. A total of 625 patients have…
COVID-19: Asymptomatic students can write CET
July 21, 2020Bengaluru: Students who are COVID-19 positive but are asymptomatic will be allowed to write the Common Entrance Test (CET) scheduled on July 30 and 31. According to the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued by the Department of Health and Family Welfare for CET, space should be allotted for students who have tested positive. Such students…
MP Governor passes away
July 21, 2020Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh (MP) Governor Lalji Tandon breathed his last today after a prolonged illness. He was 85. He was admitted to a private hospital in Lucknow on June 13. The news was confirmed by his son and UP Minister Ashutosh Tandon. Ashutosh further said that the last rites of his father will be performed…
Appointed as BBMP’s Covid-19 Ambassador
July 21, 2020Bengaluru: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has roped in popular Kannada actor Ramesh Arvind as its Brand Ambassador to disseminate accurate information on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). On Monday, BBMP Commissioner N. Manjunath Prasad announced the appointment of Ramesh Arvind as the Ambassador and included Ramesh into the newly-formed BBMP COVID-19 Task Force to contain the…
JSS AHER hosts Webinar ‘Microbiome: Listen to your gut!
July 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, Department of Water and Health, Faculty of Life Sciences (FLS), had organised a Webinar entitled “Microbiome: Listen to your gut!” as part of Special Interest Group (SIG) ‘Placental microbiome and factors affecting it’, on July 15. Our gut harbours an entire universe of micro-organisms…
University exams in August: MLC urges VC to hold meeting with College Principals
July 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With the University of Mysore (UoM) Vice-Chancellor Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar declaring recently that the University has proposed to hold final year Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate Degree exams in August, JD(S) MLC Marithibbegowda has urged the VC to hold a meeting with College Principals on the precautionary and safety measures to be taken at all…
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