Mysuru reports 524 new COVID-19 positive cases, 633 discharges and 15 deaths today.
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MCC collaborating with BAI to set up Construction Waste Treatment Plant
September 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru’s garbage problem is well-known but another crisis is growing in scale without attracting the same level of scrutiny or outcry. Thousands of tonnes of construction and demolition waste is illegally dumped at open sites, along the ring road, street corners and also on lake-beds. Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) efforts to streamline the disposal…
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Mandya priests’ murder case: Four more arrested; total arrests go up to nine
September 21, 2020Mandya: Mandya Police, who had arrested five persons allegedly involved in the murder of three priests of Sri Arkeshwara Swamy Temple — managed by Muzrai Department — at Guttalu village of Mandya taluk on the night of Sept. 10, have arrested four more persons bringing the total number of arrests to nine. Those arrested are…
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Retired Principal brutally murdered at his house
September 21, 2020• Found dead with multiple stab injuries • Movements of killers captured on CCTV camera Mysore/Mysuru: A 67-year-old retired Principal, who was staying alone at his house on the 4th Cross at Nivedithanagar, has been brutally murdered by miscreants last night. The murder in a residential area has shocked residents. The deceased is Parashivamurthy. He…
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Rain, with high-velocity winds, pounds Kodagu
September 21, 202040,000 cusecs of water released from KRS Dam; 35,625 cusecs from Kabini and 12,354 from Harangi Madikeri: Heavy rain, coupled with gusty winds, is lashing Kodagu throwing life out of gear in the last 48 hours. The district, that is just coming out of devastating floods and landslides in August this year, is again being…
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Dasara inauguration atop Hill – Will seek permission for 500 attendees: MLA
September 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Amidst the confusion on the number of people who will attend the Jumboo Savari on Vijayadashami day inside Mysore Palace — as the Centre has not yet specified the number of people — Chamaraja MLA L. Nagendra has said that permission will be sought from the Centre to allow 500 people when Dasara festivities…
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Special Committee to study long-term effects of COVID-19: Dr. K. Sudhakar
September 21, 2020Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government has decided to constitute a Special Technical Committee to study the long-term effects of COVID-19 by monitoring the health of those who have recovered from the infection after contracting the virus. The move comes in the backdrop of an increasing number of reports of people, who were discharged after successfully battling…
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Farmers begin day-and-night dharna at Freedom Park
September 21, 2020Bengaluru: Thousands of farmers and workers, belonging to over 30 farmer, labour and social organisations, began a day-and-night dharna at Freedom Park in the heart of the city this morning in protest against the Centre’s recent amendments to Land Reforms, APMC and Electricity Acts and introduction of Farm Bills, which they claimed are detrimental to…
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Former MP launches Arogya Hasta at K.R. Constituency
September 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Former Chamarajanagar MP R. Dhruvanarayan launched ‘Arogya Hasta,’ a unique medical outreach programme at Madhuvana Layout, near Srikantha School on M.G. Road, coming under Krishnaraja (KR) Constituency this morning. The ‘Arogya Hasta’ team, which visited the houses, conducted thermal screening and also checked the pulse rate of the residents using Oximeter. If anyone is…
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Teenager’s passion for KSRTC buses
September 21, 2020By S.B. Devaraj Mysore/Mysuru: With the State-run KSRTC buses ferrying lakhs of passengers every day, here is the story of a teenaged boy of the city who has come up with a variety of models of the buses, after developing a passion towards them. Prajwal Gowda, a 16-year-old First PU student of the city, is…
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