Mysore/Mysuru: Very soon, you can travel in a private train from Mysuru to Bhubaneswar or take a private train from Bengaluru to Guwahati, New Delhi, Howrah, Jaipur or even Gorakhpur as the Indian Railways that comes under Ministry of Railways has invited Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for private participation for operation of pairs of passenger…
COVID-19 pandemic in Mysuru: Police personnel, pregnant woman among 38 persons test positive
July 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Four Police personnel, an undertrial and a pregnant woman are among 38 persons, who tested positive for COVID-19 in Mysuru yesterday with a majority of them being Bengaluru returnees. With this, the total number of positive cases has gone up to 411. A total of 240 persons including 21 on Saturday have been discharged…
Police Officer’s role in Veerappan case recalled
July 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Former CRPF IGP K. Arakesh said that retired Police Officer P. Venkataswamy, who passed away recently, was the first Police officer to file a case of murder against forest Brigand Veerappan over forty years ago as a Police Sub-Inspector then. He was speaking at P. Venkataswamy condolence prog. organised at Negilayogi Maruleshwara Seva Bhavan…
Terapanth Munis in city for Chaturmas
July 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The rainy season Adhik Mass Chaturmas will last for five months starting July 6. Taking all the COVID-19 safety measures, the three Monks — Jain Shwetambar Terapanth Munishree Arhat Kumar, Bharat Kumar and Jayadeep Kumar — entered the Terapanth Bhavan on M.G. Road in city. Munishree Arhat Kumarji spoke upon the importance of the…
Appointed as new Secretary of Coffee Board
July 5, 2020Bengaluru: A.S. Naveen Kushalappa, an IRS (Indian Revenue Services) Grade Officer, who is presently working as the Joint Development Commissioner (JDC) for Cochin Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Bengaluru, under the Department of Commerce, is given an additional charge of the post of Secretary, Coffee Board, Bengaluru. As per the orders issued by the Government, he…
Webinar on ‘Media’ tomorrow
July 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A Webinar on ‘Positive Reporting in Media and Fact Check Efforts During COVID-19’ has been organised tomorrow (July 6) at 11 am, under the aegis of the Field Outreach Bureau, Mysuru, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Department of Studies (DoS) in Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Mysore (UoM). The Webinar will be…
Hadapada Appanna Jayanti at Maneyangala on July 7
July 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Hadapada Appanna Jayanti, jointly organised by the District administration and Kannada and Culture Department, will take place in a simple manner at Maneyangala in Kalamandira premises at 10.30 am on July 7. Hadapada Appanna Jayanti, which was earlier scheduled to take place on July 5, was postponed by a day as the Government declared…
Street vendors to get loans under ‘Atma Nirbhar Nidhi’
July 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Union Government has introduced ‘Pradhan Mantri Street Vendor’s Atma Nirbhar Nidhi’ scheme for advancing micro loans to street vendors. Following the launch, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has invited applications from registered street vendors for availing Rs.10,000 loan under the scheme. The scheme will be in vogue till Mar. 2022. Registered street vendors…
Four-day Webinar on ‘Recent Trends in Community Development’
July 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Department of Social Work, Pooja Bhagavat Memorial Mahajana Education Centre – PG Wing of SBRR Mahajana First Grade College (Autonomous), KRS Road, Mysuru, is organising a four-day Webinar on ‘Recent Trends in Community Development’ starting tomorrow (July 6). The Webinar will be inaugurated by Dr. C.K. Renukarya, Director of PBMMEC, a renowned economist…
Documentary on ‘Pond Man’ Kamegowda gains entry to Intl. Film Festival of India
July 5, 2020Bengaluru: A week after octogenarian ‘Pond Man’ Kamegowda of Dasanadoddi village in Malavalli taluk of Mandya district was recognised and lauded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’ All India Radio (AIR) address on Sunday last (June 28), Documentary Film Director T. Kempanna said that his documentary on the legendary water…
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