Month: June, 2021

In Briefs

Backward Classes Welfare Department Phone-in programme

June 8, 2021

The Backward Classes Welfare Department will be conducting Phone-in programmes on the first and third Mondays of every month, to hear public grievances. With the tenure of Zilla Panchayat (ZP) and Taluk Panchayats (TPs) having ended, the Phone-in programme will take place from 10 am to 11 am on the first and third Mondays of…

Mysore University develops new kit for rapid COVID testing
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Mysore University develops new kit for rapid COVID testing

June 7, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: In what could be a major breakthrough in advanced COVID testing, scientists of University of Mysore (UoM) have come up with a new COVID detection kit with an accuracy rate as high as above 90 percent. Announcing this at a press meet at Vijnana Bhavan in Manasagangothri here this morning, Prof. K.S. Rangappa, Distinguished…

KIA saves 22 lakh unit of power in 2020-21
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KIA saves 22 lakh unit of power in 2020-21

June 7, 2021

Bengaluru: On the World Environment Day-2021, Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL)  announced the accomplishment of one of its ambitious goals — Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), Bengaluru (BLR Airport) achieving net energy neutral status in the Financial Year 2020-21. According to a release, as part of its sustainability goals, BIAL had set the target to become…

Dr. Bagadi Gautham takes charge as new Deputy Commissioner
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Dr. Bagadi Gautham takes charge as new Deputy Commissioner

June 7, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: Dr. Bagadi Gautham, a 2009 batch IAS Officer of Karnataka cadre, took charge as the new Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Mysuru from Additional DC Dr. B.S. Manjuanthaswamy at the DC Office here yesterday afternoon. Later speaking to presspersons, Dr. Bagadi Gautham said that his appointment as Mysuru DC came unexpectedly to him. Noting that…

Pool at DC’s residence was a Nirmithi Kendra Project: Rohini Sindhuri
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Pool at DC’s residence was a Nirmithi Kendra Project: Rohini Sindhuri

June 7, 2021

‘Piece of swimming pool land at Jala Sannidhi unconnected with heritage building’  Mysore/Mysuru: Rohini Sindhuri, the IAS Officer transferred out as Mysuru Deputy Commissioner on Saturday, has defended the construction of an indoor swimming pool at the official DC’s residence on Hunsur Road.  In a letter dated June 5 to Regional Commissioner (RC) Dr. G.C….

No political angle to DC’s transfer story, claims MP
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No political angle to DC’s transfer story, claims MP

June 7, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: Amidst widespread speculations and reports that former Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri was transferred out of Mysuru due to political pressure, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has claimed that there was no political angle to the story.  “Though the transfer has resulted out of the clash between two IAS Officers, it is quite natural that politicians…

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