Mysore/Mysuru: Khwaja Mohammed Musheer Chishti, Organising Secretary of Masjid-e-Moula Hussain at Sathyanagar in city, has urged the Chief Minister, District Minister and other elected representatives to release COVID-19 relief package to Masjids, Imams and Mouzan staff as announced by the CM early this month. In a press release, he has stated that following COVID-induced lockdown,…
CA exams from July 5, SC modifies opt-out scheme
July 2, 2021New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) to modify the opt-out facility provided to the students for the examinations beginning on July 5. A Bench of Justices A.M. Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Aniruddha Bose was hearing three separate petitions seeking exam postponement, opt-out options, more centres and…
Hunsur’s Hakki-Pikki tribes lose incomes, stare at hunger
July 2, 2021Tribal and Hakki-Pikki communities living on the forest fringes and small hamlets of Hunsur and Hanagodu might stay safe from COVID infection but they are pushed into poverty and starvation as their lone source of livelihood, passed on from generations has been cut off, thanks to lockdown. The lockdown has not only made the urban…
What ails electricity supply in some areas of Mysuru?
July 2, 2021Sir, It has been very obviously observed that at least three times a week from morning 11 am till 5 pm or 6 pm there is no power supply in Lakshmipuram. Most often out of 10 calls hardly 1-2 calls get answered. The standard answer is cable laying work is going on and since it…
College students vaccinated
July 2, 2021Vaccination drive was conducted in the Mysuru Royal Institute of Technology (MRIT) in Srirangapatna on June 30. MRIT Principal Dr. H.S. Suresh Chandra inaugurated the drive and spoke about the importance of vaccination in recent times. Srirangapatna Health Officer Dr. Venkatesh, HoD of Civil Engineering Department Prof. N. Nakul and others were present. Total of…
Food kits distribution marks Dr. Yathindra Siddharamaiah’s birthday
July 2, 2021On the occasion of Varuna MLA Dr. Yathindra Siddharamaiah’s birthday, grocery kits were distributed to over 100 families in K.R. Constituency in city on Monday last. The kits were distributed by Congress leader N.M. Naveen Kumar along with Brahmin community leaders Dr. Raghuram Vajpayee and Nataraj Jois. Congress leaders M. Rajesh, Shobha Rajesh, City Youth…
Avadoota Datta Peetha hands over groceries to Brahmin families
July 2, 2021In a bid to provide some relief to poor Brahmin families, who are in financial crisis due to COVID lockdown, grocery kits were distributed to such families by Mysuru’s Avadoota Datta Peetha recently. The kits were handed over symbolically by Junior Pontiff Sri Datta Vijayananda Teertha Swamiji to community leader D.T. Prakash. Dr. Bhanuprakash Sharma…
Trust provides groceries to Pourakarmikas
July 2, 2021Continuing their services to the poor during the current COVID pandemic, Srinivasan Services Trust (SST), the social arm of TVS Motor Company and Sundaram-Clayton Ltd, in a bid to reach out to the local community affected by COVID-19, distributed groceries and other daily essential items to hundreds of Pourakarmikas in Mysuru district recently. The essentials…
Grocery kits distributed
July 2, 2021Grocery kits were given away to the staff of the Primary Health Centre on Chamaraja Double Road in city. The kits were distributed by MUDA member Naveen Kumar and Melukote Vangipura Mutt’s Sri Ilai Alwar Swamiji. Kanthilal, Guru Manjunath, Naveen and others were present.
Kannada book-lover Syed Isak selected for G.P. Rajarathnam Award
July 2, 2021Kannada book-lover Syed Isak of Rajivnagar in Mysuru, whose library was destroyed in a fire in the wee hours of Apr. 9 this year, has been selected for Dr. G.P. Rajarathnam Sahitya Paricharaka Award instituted by the Kannada Book Authority, Bengaluru, for the year 2020. The Award carries a cash prize of Rs. 50,000 and…
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