Elephants, mahouts, kavadis and relatives to be housed inside Palace with maximum precautions Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru District Minister S.T. Somashekar held an emergency meeting at the new Deputy Commissioner’s Office at Siddarthanagar yesterday to discuss the preparation for Dasara 2020. This was the preliminary meeting ahead of the Dasara High Power Committee meeting that will be…
Mysore/Mysuru: Young and strong Abhimanyu will carry the Golden Howdah during the Vijayadashami procession this year as Arjuna, who carried the 750-kg Howdah till now, has turned 60. As per the Supreme Court directions and Union Government’s guidelines, no elephant aged above 60 years is supposed to be tasked with heavy and stressful duty. So…
Mysuru reports 686 new COVID-19 positive cases, 435 discharges and 5 deaths today.
Mysore/Mysuru: The newly-built Public Library at People’s Park in city is likely to be inaugurated by the end of this month. To be ready for inauguration, available furniture is being assembled and the books are being arranged, named and catalogued in the respective shelves. The two-storey library building, constructed at a cost of Rs. 4.99…
Mysore/Mysuru: Noted Kannada littérateur Devanuru Mahadev alleged that at a time when people are unable to raise voice in the wake of COVID-19 situation, the Government was trying to allow private and corporate companies control the country. He was speaking at a state-level workshop on ‘Amendment to Reforms Act: Privatisation policies, effects and challenges’ organised…
Bengaluru: Department of Public Instruction has given the green signal to start the admission process of kids to the Government and private schools and to complete it before Sept. 30. The State Government had not given permission to start the schools and colleges in wake of COVID-19 situation. However, it had given permission recently to…
Bengaluru: Information Technology Policy for the period 2020-25 is aiming at generating 60 lakh plus direct and indirect employment in the State in next five years. The draft policy was approved in the State Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa here on Sept. 3. Briefing reporters after the meeting, Law and Parliamentary Affairs…
Mysore/Mysuru: Senior BJP leader and MLC A.H. Vishwanath said that in the wake of COVID-19, it would be more meaningful if this year’s Dasara is inaugurated by Doctors, ASHA Workers and Pourakarmikas, who are at the frontline in the battle against the deadly pandemic. Speaking to press persons at Jaladarshini Guest House here yesterday, Vishwanath…
Mysore/Mysuru: With a view to pay rich tribute to a senior IFS Officer S. Manikandan who laid down his life while on duty, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is planning to name a road on which the Aranya Bhavan building is located in Ashokapuram in the city, after him. The MCC has also proposed to name…
Mysore/Mysuru: MUDA Commissioner Dr. D.B. Natesh has written to his counterpart in the MCC seeking to initiate measures for issuance of documents such as khata transfer, building licence and tax stipulation in respect of landed properties located in MUDA (formerly CITB) formed layouts of Siddarthanagar, K.C. Nagar, J.C. Nagar, Income Tax and Alanahalli layouts, coming…
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