Tumakuru: The State Government is thinking of starting the new academic year from July 2021 only after seeing COVID-19 second wave, said Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar. Talking to reporters here on Wednesday, he said the Azim Premji Foundation has given a shocking report that students have forgotten Maths due to non-opening…
International Workshop on ‘Vedic Recitation and Practices’ Concludes
March 19, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The three-day international virtual workshop on “The Ideology Inherent in the Tradition of Vedic Recitation and Practices — An exposure” jointly organised by Amrita Darshanam-International Centre for Spiritual Studies, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Mysuru Campus and South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur (Ministry of Culture, Government of India) concluded recently at Amrita premises in Bogadi, Mysuru….
National Consumer Day at MGP
March 19, 2021Food Safety Officer calls for awareness, testing, action Mysore/Mysuru: National Consumer Day fell on Mar. 15 and Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) had organised its monthly virtual meeting-cum-interaction programme on Mar. 14 where Dr. Prasad, Medical Officer, Food Safety and Health, Family Welfare Department was invited to advice public on safe and nutritious food at home. …
ZP CEOs to be bestowed with powers to transfer PDOs, says RDPR Minister
March 19, 2021Mysuru: RDPR (Rural Development and Panchayat Raj) Minister K.S. Eshwarappa said that ZP CEOs will be bestowed with powers to transfer Panchayat Development Officers(PDO) coming under their jurisdiction. Replying to a question by some members during the question hour in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, Eshwarappa said that the Government will take necessary measures in…
Can a Consumer Court complaint be filed in a plain sheet of paper?
March 19, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: World Consumer Rights Day was organised at Vidyavardhaka Law College which was inaugurated by District Consumer Redressal Commission Mysuru President B. Narayanappa. IIT Alumni and Mysore Grahakara Parishat Founder Bhamy V. Shenoy was the chief guest. In his inaugural address, Narayanappa said that consumers can simply submit their complaint to the District Consumer Redressal…
Veteran writer and activist Malali Vasanthkumar passes away
March 19, 2021Mysuru: Veteran writer and activist Malali Vasanthkumar (76), also a retired Kannada Professor of University of Mysore (UoM), passed away at the residence of his son at Bengaluru yesterday following brief illness. He leaves behind his wife Shantha, son Ranna Malali, daughter M.V. Roopa and a host of relatives and friends. His another daughter Vasu…
New Solid Waste Management facility commissioned at MNGT Yard
March 19, 2021To treat wastes generated at Railway premises in Mysuru Mysuru: Ajay Kumar Singh, General Manager, South Western Railway (SWR) commissioned a Solid Waste Management facility at Mysore New Goods Terminal (MNGT) Yard to segregate and treat the wastes generated at the Railway premises in Mysuru area of SWR. Speaking on the occasion, he said that,…
MP urges Railway Minister to extend services of SWR GM
March 19, 2021Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has written to Railway Minister Piyush Goyal urging him to extend the services of Ajay Kumar Singh, General Manager (GM), South Western Railway (SWR), Hubballi, who is superannuating on Mar. 31. The MP reasoned that ever since Ajay Kumar Singh took over as the GM, he was a proactive officer…
MCC’s online Building Plan approval hit by technical glitches
March 19, 2021Mysuru: Just a month after it was launched with much publicity, the Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) online Building Plan approval has now turned back to offline system as before. The citizens who had applied online for building plan approvals with much enthusiasm and hope of a quick approval, are now in a dilemma. Even the…
LIC employees oppose disinvestment
March 19, 2021Mysuru: Strongly opposing the Centre’s proposals to divest stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) through an initial public offering (IPO), employees of LIC, the public sector insurance major, went on a strike yesterday, following a nationwide strike call from various employee associations of the LIC. The employees who gathered at the LIC Divisional…
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