Mysore/Mysuru: With the Government making COVID-19 RT-PCR test mandatory for all students of 10th standard and 2nd PUC, the classes for which are scheduled to commence from Jan. 1, 2021, the District Lions Seva Foundation (District 317A) will be conducting the RT-PCR test for free at J.K. Grounds near the City Railway Station on Dec….
Validity of Driving Licence, vehicle documents extended till Mar. 31
December 28, 2020New Delhi: In a big relief to motorists and owners amidst the COVID-19 crisis, the Union Government on Sunday announced that the validity of Driving Licence (DL) and all Motor Vehicle Documents such as Registration Certificate, Fitness Certificate (FC) etc., has been extended till Mar. 31, 2021. The Union Ministry of Road Transport has issued…
Electric poles stolen from Outer Ring Road
December 28, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Apart from footing the electricity bill and maintaining streetlights along the six-lane 42-km Outer Ring Road (ORR), Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has a new headache — stolen electricity poles. Yes. Miscreants are stealing the metal poles and are carrying them away in vehicles, hoodwinking both MUDA officials and Police, who often come on…
CPK to release three books of Dr. S. Shivarajappa
December 28, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: District Kannada Sahitya Parishat in association with Tara Publications has organised a book release function at Parishat auditorium in Vijayanagar here on Dec. 31 at 10.30 am. Noted writer Prof. C.P. Krishnakumar (CPK) will be releasing three books — Sahitya Samvedane, Sahitya Vimarshe and Raja Tarangini of Kalhana — penned by Director of Oriental…
Cops hold Crime Prevention Month campaigns in city
December 28, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As part of Crime Prevention Month, the Mysuru City Police have taken up several sensitisation programmes to ensure the welfare of women and also sensitise women on the well-being of fellow women. While the intention of the programmes is to prevent crimes on women, the Police are also taking an opportunity to tell women…
‘Never share OTPs, CVV number as cyber criminals lie in wait’
December 28, 2020Lakshmipuram Police take out awareness jatha Mysore/Mysuru: Crime prevention awareness along with COVID-19 sensitisation and awareness was launched in city by Lakshmipuram Police yesterday. A jatha was held in the programme that was a part of Crime Prevention Month. Lakshmipuram Inspector R. Venkatesh flagged off the jatha in front of the Police Station on JLB…
New team of Vanita Sadana
December 28, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Following are the new office-bearers of Vanita Sadana, who were elected during the 75th Annual General Body Meeting (AGM) held in city recently: President: N. Bharati; Vice-President: G. Radha; Hon. Secretary: Padma Anand; Joint Secretary: Shyamala Jayaram; Working Committee Members: M.R. Bharati Urs, T.S. Roopavani, Indira Ballal, Jyothi V. Prasad, S.N. Sujatha Prasad, T.V….
A new home in Bad Godesberg
December 28, 2020By Girija Madhavan Settling into a new home was always a challenge to a Mysurean like myself, though I had lived in several foreign countries over the years. It was no different when I went to Bad Godesberg, Bonn, West Germany, when my husband, A. Madhavan, was posted as Ambassador to FRG (the Federal Republic…
Healthy Cooking
December 28, 2020Feng Shui is not just a design element to get to know where to place the bed, mirror, wealth and stove, it’s an art of orienting, aligning and tapping into good quality energy. This calls for skill, intuition and knowledge of compass directions and mathematics in interpreting the floor plan and layout of the house…
Clean Kapila: Kudos to Yuva Brigade volunteers
December 28, 2020Sir, This refers to the news item ‘Yuva Brigade volunteers clean Kapila bathing ghat in Nanjangud’ (SOM dated Dec. 26). Volunteers of Yuva Brigade deserve encomiums for their cleanliness drive at the bathing ghat and surrounding areas of Kapila River near Nanjangud Srikanteshwaraswamy Temple and influencing and sensitising the devotees to join hands with them…
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