Maximum safety ensured for women employees Bengaluru: With a view to accelerate economic growth that had been hit by COVID-19 since March 2020, the State Government has permitted all shops and commercial establishments across the State employing ten or more people to be open on 24×7 basis on all days for a period of three…
Urban forests keep city breathing freely
January 4, 2021High-density plantations implemented at Hebbal Lake and near Cheluvamba Park; more areas identified Mysore/Mysuru: The Forest Department has set its sights on increasing the green cover in city as part of its strategies to mitigate the effects of climate change. For this, they have adopted a policy ‘forest within the city’ and has officially implemented…
Two children among 7 killed as bus falls on a house
January 4, 2021The bus was carrying marriage party to Kodagu Madikeri: Seven persons, including two children, were killed and many sustained grievous injuries, when a bus transporting a wedding party to Kodagu, veered off a steep road and fell on top of a house at Pariyaram, a village bordering Panathur in Kasaragod district of Kerala yesterday. The…
Fire due to short circuit partially destroys Bank in city
January 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Fire due to short circuit at the UPS room has partially destroyed a Bank yesterday afternoon. The incident took place at Bank of Baroda in Gandhi Square and the fire has destroyed two computers, tables, chairs, false ceiling, windows and door. As yesterday was a holiday for the Bank, the Bank was closed. Luckily,…
Veteran Kannada actor ‘Shani’ Mahadevappa passes away
January 4, 2021Bengaluru: Veteran Sandalwood actor Shani Mahadevappa (Shiva Prakash) died after a prolonged illness at the K.C. General Hospital here yesterday. He was 88. He leaves behind his wife, a daughter and a son. Mahadevappa, who acted in almost all movies of Kannada matinee idol Dr. Rajkumar, had appeared in more than 400 films. Mahadevappa’s son…
COVID scare not deterring students from attending classes
January 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Bored of staying in home and attending online classes for more than nine months, the students of Classes 10 and 12, following reopening of schools and colleges from Jan. 1, have undergone the mandatory RT-PCR test and are attending classes. “There is an overall 60 percent attendance of students attending Classes 10 and 12,”…
Minister Patil hints at regularisation of illegal mines in Mandya district
January 4, 2021Pandavapura: Mines and Geology Minister C.C. Patil has hinted at regularisation of all illegal mining in Mandya district. Talking to reporters after visiting mining areas in T.M. Hosur, Kalenahalli, Chennanakere, Hangarahalli, Bebi Betta in Srirangapatna and Pandavapura taluks on Saturday, he said those who were doing mining illegally would be given an opportunity for regularisation…
Rust In Peace: Public outcry against negligence of Police Department
January 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A dozen metal barricades, reportedly belonging to the Police Department, are left on the Ring Road to rust inviting wrath of public, who have accused the Police Department of wasting tax-payers’ money. These metal barricades are found on the roadside near Adarsh Nagar on Dattagalli Ring Road route since many months. These 12 iron…
‘All measures will be taken to safeguard Lalitha Mahal Hotel land’
January 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: M. Appanna, Chairman of State-owned Jungle Lodges and Resorts (JLR), today inspected the landed properties attached to Lalitha Mahal Hotel that is run by JLR. Referring to safeguarding of the Palace Hotel premises in the wake of Pramoda Devi Wadiyar’s press meet on Saturday, during which she clarified on the Gate erected in Lalitha…
‘Folk art is a good medium for reaching out Government schemes to people’
January 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that folk art is a good medium for reaching out Government schemes, initiatives, plans and programmes to the doorsteps of people, Mysuru Zilla Panchayat (ZP) Deputy Secretary Prem Kumar lauded the authorities for engaging folk artistes in awareness and sensitisation campaigns of Government schemes. He was speaking after inaugurating a three-day Mysuru Divisional…
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