Mysore/Mysuru: With a new surge in Covid-19 cases across the country and to ensure vaccination to all eligible employees, Mysuru Division of South Western Railway (SWR), today started COVID-19 vaccination at workplace. The drive was undertaken at the Divisional Railway Manager’s (DRM) Office in city to vaccinate employees aged 45 years and above and to…
Mysuru COVID-19 Update: April 16, 2021
April 16, 2021Mysuru reports 415 new COVID-19 positive cases, 253 discharges and 5 deaths today.
On tenth day of strike, KSRTC resumes inter-State services
April 16, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Government bus service from the Sub-Urban Bus Stand and City Bus Stand saw further improvement today on the tenth day of the indefinite strike launched by employees of the four State-run Transport Corporations — KSRTC, BMTC, NWKRTC and NEKRTC — seeking fulfilment of their various demands. The employees of RTCs are on strike since…
PIL on MRC land lease: Govt. defends lease decision
April 16, 2021High Court asks State to file affidavit; hearing posted to May 27 Bengaluru: The State Government has defended its decision to lease out 139.39 acres of prime land under Public Works Department (PWD) in Survey No. 4 and 74 of Kurubarahalli in Mysuru to the Mysore Race Club (MRC). The State defence came during a…
Former CBI Director Ranjit Sinha dies
April 16, 2021New Delhi: Former Chief of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Ranjit Sinha passed away here this morning, according to sources. He was 68. Sinha, a 1974-batch officer of the Bihar cadre, had held CBI Director post between December 2012 and December 2014. He was also the Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Force.
Shop owner fined Rs. 20,000 for selling banned plastics
April 16, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) which has enforced a strict ban on storing, selling and encouraging use of plastic, are conducting raids to check the sale of the banned item regularly. In a recent raid on a shop at Devaraja Market, the MCC authorities, who found the banned plastic being stored and sold at…
Call drops plague Power Helpline 1912
April 16, 2021Consumers complain Electricity Helpline is seldom reachable MGP holds awareness-cum-interaction on Cesc power problems Mysore/Mysuru: Come summer and there will be a major spike in the number of power-cut related complaints and this year, the Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) has assured that it would streamline the complaints that flood Helpline Number 1912. The focus…
UoM to hold K-SET exam on Apr. 25
April 16, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The University of Mysore (UoM), Nodal Agency for the conduct of K-SET exam-2021 (Karnataka State Eligibility Test) for Assistant Professorship in Degree Colleges (Government/aided/unaided), has decided to conduct the exam on Apr.25. In a communication issued on Thursday, K-SET Convenor Prof. H. Rajashekar said that all preparations have been made to conduct the exam…
S.V. Parameshwara Bhatta Award conferred
April 16, 2021Bengaluru: Mysuru-born 89-year-old veteran Kannada writer Neeladevi was conferred with the S.V. Parameshwara Bhatta Award for her contribution to Kannada literature, by Prof. S.V. Parameshwara Bhatta (SVP) Pratishtana, Mangaluru, at Kannada Bhavana in Bengaluru recently. Neeladevi became well-known when her first Kannada Novel ‘Bedi Bandavalu’ (Published in 1959, an adaptation of English novel ‘Jane Eyre’…
Sir Khazi launches Ramzan-2021 fasting, Iftar time-table
April 16, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Sir Khazi of Mysuru Hazarath Moulana Mohammed Usman Shariff launched the Ramzan-2021 calendar regarding commencement of fasting and ending time near Masjid Tipu at Bannimantap in city on Wednesday. Ramzan fasting month commenced from April 14. The Moon Committee Meeting was held on Monday at 7 pm at the Office of the Mysore District…
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