Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysore Old Age Home Charitable Trust at Kalyanagiri felicitated Rizwana Banu, the only woman porter at Mysuru Railway Station, recently. Founder-President of the Trust Sheikh Maqsood Hussain, who felicitated Rizwana with a shawl and garland, presented Rs. 22,000 cash and ration kit while Thaseena provided a ration kit and clothes. The programme began…
Go.Ru.Cha Endowment Awards presented to eight achievers
August 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Eight achievers in the fields of Sharana Sahitya, Culture and Folklore were conferred with the prestigious Go.Ru.Cha Endowment Award at a programme organised by Akhila Bharatha Sharana Sahitya Parishat at JSS Women’s College in Saraswathipuram here on Sunday. Go.Ru.Cha Sharana Award was presented to Dr. C. Veeranna of Hanabe in Doddaballapur taluk of Bengaluru…
Flood water ravages paddy fields
August 3, 2021Suttur: Ready-to-harvest paddy is rotting in fields due to floods following huge discharge of water into Kapila River from the Kabini Dam. Paddy crops in Suttur, Hosakote, Kupparavalli, Nagarle, Bilugale and Thayur villages have started rotting due to flooding. These villages are located on the side of Kabini River and come under Varuna Assembly Constituency. …
620 Government employees receive COVID vaccination
August 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A total of 620 Government employees including their family members were administered with COVID vaccine at a drive organised by Karnataka State Government Employees Association at its District Unit Office on Dhanvanthri Road on Sunday. Speaking after launching the vaccine drive, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha said, “Vaccination drive was taking place across the country….
Gold medal and cash prize winners
August 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The following students of SBRR Mahajana First Grade College, Jayalakshmipuram, have excelled in the year 2019-20 examinations conducted by University of Mysore by bagging a rich haul of 14 gold medals and 8 cash prizes in all: Arts – BA: Sindhu Nagaraj (JEE- Journalism, Economics & English Literature)- 7 Gold Medals and 7 Cash…
Footpath encroachment clearance drive yields Rs. 5,400 spot fines
August 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Continuing their efforts to clear footpaths of encroachments to make was for pedestrians, the Mysuru City Traffic Police conducted a footpath encroachment clearance drive yesterday too at various places in city. The drives were conducted by Devaraja, Krishnaraja, Narasimharaja, Siddarthanagar and V.V. Puram Traffic Police at Devaraj Urs Road 1st Cross, Krishnaraja Boulevard Road,…
Appointment of Music Varsity VC: Submit documents of Search Committee: HC directs Govt.
August 3, 2021Mysuru/Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to submit all documents including proceedings of Search Committee, related to the appointment of Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Mysuru-based Karnataka State Dr. Gangubai Hangal Music and Performing Arts University (Music University), held on Sept. 29, 2020. A Public Interest Litigation (PIL), seeking cancellation of appointment of Dr….
Man goes missing
August 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A 75-year-old man, who left his house on July 26 at about 9.30 pm, has since gone missing. The missing person is Mokthar Ahmed, a resident of Kesare 3rd Stage. He is wheatish complexioned, oval faced, speaks Kannada and Hindi and was wearing a white shirt and black pant at the time of going…
Government doctor killed in road accident
August 3, 2021Somwarpet: A Government Hospital doctor was killed while his wife, son and sister sustained injuries, when the car in which they were travelling hit a roadside tree near Chilkunda village in Hunsur taluk yesterday afternoon. The deceased is Dr. Ravindran (59), Medical Officer at Somwarpet Government Hospital in Kodagu and a resident of J.P. Nagar…
Is MCC fleecing honest citizens?
August 3, 2021Sir, I had to visit the MCC Zone-4 office last week because of the pandemic shut down as well as not succeeding in paying the tax online. Fortunately, there was not much rush and the officials concerned were very courteous. I got the form printed in a few minutes. As a safeguard, I had taken…
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