New Delhi: Union Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot has been appointed as Karnataka Governor and Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel was named as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communiqué. This is a major reshuffle of Governors carried out today by the Narendra Modi Government amid a buzz around an expected reshuffle of Cabinet….
District Minister inaugurates MCDCC Bank branch at Hebbal
July 6, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: District Minister S.T. Somashekar inaugurated a new branch of MCDCC (Mysuru-Chamarajanagar District Co-operative Central) Bank at Hebbal (Surya Bakery Road) in city this morning. This is the 31st branch of the Bank which covers Mysuru and Chamarajanagar districts. The Minister symbolically distributed cheques of Rs. 5 lakh each to two women Self-Help Groups (SHG)…
No entry to Chamundi Hill during Ashada Shukravara
July 6, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Like last year, devotees will be banned for Ashada Friday celebrations at Sri Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamundi Hill in the backdrop of COVID-19 regulatory measures. Devotees will not be allowed to have darshan of the deity at the Hill Temple on all Ashada Fridays this year and also at Tripura Sundari Jwalamukhi Temple at…
Devotees throng Srikanteshwara Temple in Nanjangud
July 6, 2021Nanjangud: Hundreds of devotees thronged Srikanteshwaraswamy Temple in the town which was re-opened after a gap of two months, yesterday. The temple was closed down for public from April 16 to July 4 following increase in Corona positive cases in district. At the sunrise, hundreds of people from various places took a holy bath in…
Mysuru Rail Museum to reopen from tomorrow
July 6, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru Rail Museum will be open to public from tomorrow (July 7) consequent on easing of lockdown restrictions in city. Rahul Agarwal, Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division, has urged the Rail Museum visitors to adopt a Covid Appropriate Behaviour during their time in the Museum premises. He has…
WADING INTO CONTROVERSY: Spat over cracks in KRS exposes cracks in camaraderie
July 6, 2021Bengaluru: Karnataka politics hit a new low yesterday with an ugly episode where former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy targeted independent Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish in an unbecoming manner referring to her statements on cracks in Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam owing to illegal mining around the Dam. Sumalatha had raised the issue of damage caused…
‘No leakage at KRS Reservoir’
July 6, 2021Tumakuru: Against the backdrop of the Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish’s statement on the leakage at KRS Reservoir, Mines and Geology Minister Murgesh Nirani on Monday clarified that there was no mining activity around KRS and no leakage in the Dam. Speaking to media here, he said that there has been no mining activity around the…
45:45:10 ratio to promote II PU students
July 6, 2021Bengaluru: Clearing the air on the yardstick that will be followed for promoting II PU students, the State Government on Monday told the Karnataka High Court that it will promote regular or fresher students of PU second year by giving 45 percent weightage for their marks in SSLC or equivalent board exams, 45 percent for…
Minister launches ration kits distribution by Mysuru Citizens Forum
July 6, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: District Minister S.T. Somashekar symbolically launched distribution of 1,000 Ration Kits provided by Mysuru Citizens Forum (MCF) for COVID-affected families (artistes and labourers) at a programme organised at Suttur Mutt at the foot of Chamundi Hill here yesterday in the divine presence of Suttur Mutt Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji, who is also the…
Congress to launch ‘Sahayahastha’ programme
July 6, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With the Congress deciding to launch month-long ‘Sahayahastha’ programme across the State for the benefit of COVID-affected families, KPCC Working President and former MP R. Dhruvanarayan released the features of the proposed initiative at a preparatory meeting held at Congress Bhavan near the City Railway Station here on Sunday. Speaking on the occasion, Dhruvanarayan…
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