New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha yesterday passed two contentious farm Bills amid protests by Opposition parties while Prime Minister Narendra Modi described it as the “watershed moment” for Indian agriculture. The Farmer’s Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020, and The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill,…
Mysore/Mysuru: The students of GSSS School, Siddarthanagar, participated in various drawing competitions through online and bagged cash prizes and gift vouchers. B. Sinchana of 8th standard has secured 2nd place with a cash prize of Rs. 1,000 for the topic ‘Corona’ conducted by Karnataka Rajya Vijnana Parishat, Bengaluru; Haripriya M. Vashishtha of 4th standard has…
Mysore/Mysuru: Members of Halumatha Mahasabha have urged the State Government to increase reservation percentage of Scheduled Tribes (STs) to 9 percent and include Kuruba community in the list of Scheduled Tribes. Addressing a press meet at Patrakartara Bhavana here recently, State President of Hindulida Vargagala Jagruthi Vedike K.S. Shivaramu demanded the State Government to increase…
New Delhi: With doctors showing reluctance to serve in rural and isolated areas, the Medical Council of India (MCI) has made it mandatory for Post-Graduate (PG) medical students to serve three months in a district as part of their academic pursuit. The Board of Directors of MCI has notified the District Residency programme a couple…
Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Chief Minister and Higher Education Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan has stressed on the need to break the walls of compartmentalisation to ensure that the educational institutions function more responsibly and efficiently. He was addressing a day-long colloquium held online on the ‘Implementation of New National Educational Policy (NEP) 2020 — Challenges and Opportunities,’…
Mysore/Mysuru: Indian Society for Training and Development (ISTD), Mysuru Chapter, is one among the 51 Chapters under the aegis of Indian Society for Training and Development, New Delhi, the recognised body for conducting the training programme for Government, Public and Private Organisations and Enterprises. ISTD is the forum for professional trainers and educators involved in…
Mysore/Mysuru: Agriculture Department has launched ‘Bele Darshak Karnataka – 2020-21’ app to collect details from farmers for the current Kharif season. According to a press release here, the app contains details of all agricultural plots in the State — such as survey number, picture of the plot, the name of the farmer, his contact number…
Mysore/Mysuru: Three teen-aged boys have gone missing from State-run Balamandira located in Vijayanagar Police limits, from Sept. 8, according to a complaint lodged at Vijayanagar Police Station. The boys, who have gone missing are 14-year-old Nandakumar, 16-year-old Raju and 13-year-old Sharath. Nandakumar is wheatish in complexion, medium built, oval faced and speaks Kannada. Raju is…
H.D. Kote: A herd of wild elephants, which raided a banana plantation, has destroyed the plantation at Kallahatti (G.M. Halli) in H.D. Kote. The plantation belonged to farmers Santosh and Nijaguna. The elephants have also destroyed ginger crops causing losses to the farmers.
Mysore/Mysuru: Days after he was appointed to the post, Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) Chairman H.V. Rajeev, yesterday visited the Bishop House near Five Lights Circle on Mother Teresa Road and sought the blessings of Bishop Most Rev. Dr. K.A. William. The Bishop, after blessing Rajeev, honoured him with a shawl. Later, the two held…
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