Mysore/Mysuru: In view of the rapid spreading of COVID-19, the Health and Family Welfare Secretariat, Government of India, in reference to the Moharram rituals, observed from Aug. 21 to 30 by all sections of the Muslim community by taking out processions, conducting Majlis, Fateha and Ziyarath in the Ashurkhanas/ Masjids and Dargas, has issued guidelines…
Tourist bus owners, drivers stage protest
August 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: More than 30 tourist bus owners, drivers and owners-cum-drivers, under the banner of Mysuru District Tourist Bus Owners’ Association, staged a protest near Deputy Commissioner’s Office this morning urging for fulfilment of their various demands. They said that COVID-19 pandemic had caused severe financial crisis due to lack of business causing a lot of…
Writer wants installation of Devaraj Urs Statue in Mysuru
August 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Senior writer Prof. Kalegowda Nagavara has urged the State Government to install a statue of former Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs in Mysuru. He was speaking at D. Devaraj Urs award conferment programme organised under the joint aegis of Karnataka Rajya Hindulida Vargagala Jagruta Vedike and Kannada Sahitya Kalakoota at Pathrakartara Bhavan here yesterday….
Minister appeals Union Government to establish Indian Heritage Conservation Varsity at Mysuru
August 20, 2020New Delhi: With Mysuru known as the cultural capital of Karnataka and also for its rich heritage, the State’s Kannada and Culture Minister C.T. Ravi has appealed the Union Government to set up an Indian Heritage Conservation Varsity declared in this year’s Union Budget, at Mysuru. Ravi, who met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at…
Liquid oxygen units to be established at all Government Hospitals: Minister
August 20, 2020Bengaluru: “Liquid oxygen units would be established at all Government Hospitals and Medical College Hospitals and would be supplied as per the demand,” said Medical Education Minister Dr. Sudhakar. He was speaking after visiting KIMS Hospital, where he took stock of the availability of oxygen and facilities available for the patients on Tuesday. Continuing, he…
Gold chain robbed from the dead
August 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: An incident of miscreants allegedly robbing a gold chain of a woman, who died of COVID at the COVID Hospital, has come to light lately. A 56-year-old woman, who was admitted to the COVID Hospital on KRS Road after she tested positive, succumbed to the disease at the Hospital on Aug. 12. But when…
National Education Policy-2020 for India : ‘Twinning of Schools’ concept in NEP is Pratham Mysore’s contribution !
August 20, 2020The concept of “Twinning of Schools” as envisaged in the new National Education Policy-2020 (NEP-2020) is an idea that Pratham Mysore developed and implemented a year ago. It adds value to a child’s learning. The twinning (pairing) was between Excel Public School and MG Koppal School. The new NEP has validated Pratham Mysore’s thinking and…
Fat Buddhist Monks
August 20, 2020By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist This is a story of two fat, Buddhist monks. One story comes from China and the other comes from Thailand. Many people link them with the Buddha, but they come from various local traditions that were absorbed into Buddhism. The first is the popular Laughing Buddha….
Street dogs menace on the rise: Will MCC act?
August 20, 2020Sir, This is to draw the attention of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) authorities towards substantial number of unsterilised stray dogs that are causing public nuisance on Ashoka Road, East Cross-32, Lashkar Mohalla. These stray dogs scatter the leftover food particles and packets dumped by the residents at a place for clearance all over the road….
Debris dumping causing problems to residents of Sai Layout
August 20, 2020Huge quantity of debris is being dumped at Sai Layout, behind Preethi Layout in Srirampura (near Lingambudhi Road towards Ring Road) causing a lot of problems to the residents living in the surroundings. Residents allege that foul smell is emanating from the debris dump and mosquitoes have increased in the vicinity. Authorities concerned are urged…
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