The Department of Social Welfare, which had invited applications from students of Scheduled Caste (SC) Community for Post-Matric Scholarship for 2020-21, has extended the last date to Nov. 15. Only those students whose parents’ annual income is below Rs. 2.5 lakh are eligible to apply. Students should link their bank accounts with Aadhaar cards. To…
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Ph.D awardee
November 9, 2021G. Sushmitha has been awarded Ph.D in Commerce by the University of Mysore (UoM) for her thesis ‘Risk management in co-operative banks – A study of Mysore division’ [Guide:Dr. N. Nagaraja].
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Basavasri Award
November 9, 2021Basava Kendra, Sri Jagadguru Murugharajendra Brihanmutt, Chitradurga, will be conferring Basavasri Award for the year 2019 on sarod maestro Pt. Rajeev Taranath at his residence, #154, 11th Main, opposite Javaregowda Park, Saraswathipuram, Mysuru, tomorrow (Nov. 10) at 4 pm. Dr. Sri Shivarathri Murugha Sharanaru will preside. ‘Pt. Rajeev Taranath Sarod Swarayaana’ edited by Ganesh Amingad…
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Tiny-tots back to School
November 8, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Hundreds of lower kindergarten (LKG) and upper kindergarten (UKG) students returned to schools after a gap of 20 months this morning following the State Government’s decision to open all pre-schools and anganwadis from today. Cooped up indoors and with their activities limited to neighbourhood play areas till now due to COVID, the tiny-tots returned…
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DDPUE bans jeans and T-shirts for College staff, then withdraws
November 8, 2021Controversial circular evokes resentment on social media; DC seeks explanation Mysore/Mysuru: A circular issued by the Deputy Director of Pre-University Education (DDPUE) of Mysuru district on the dress code for teachers and non-teaching staff in Colleges preventing them from wearing jeans and T-shirts at work became controversial as the ‘regressive’ move was widely criticised on…
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Mysuru COVID-19 Update: November 8, 2021
November 8, 2021Mysuru reports 15 new COVID-19 positive cases, 36 discharges and 2 deaths today.
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Woman in labour walks 1.5 kms to board ambulance
November 8, 2021Incident brings to fore lack of basic infrastructure on the fringes of Nagarahole Mysore/Mysuru: In yet another case of expecting mothers living on the fringes of Nagarahole Tiger Reserve finding it difficult to access the nearest healthcare facilities, a pregnant woman in deep labour pain had to walk a distance of 1.5 kilometres barefoot before…
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Govt. orders one crore doses of Zydus vaccine
November 8, 2021Needle-free vaccine to be available in November; Deliberations on to decide its use among children New Delhi: Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorted officials to scale up door-to-door COVID vaccination to achieve full adult inoculation target by the year-end, the Health Ministry has ordered one crore doses of the world’s first and India’s indigenously…
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Heavy rains turn roads into cesspools in NR Assembly segment
November 8, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Following incessant rains, most of the roads in Narasimharaja (NR) Constituency have turned slushy cesspools. Also many houses and other structures have got damaged by torrential rains. With heavy rains bringing untold misery to the people, former Mayor Sandesh Swamy, along with local Corporators and MCC officials, visited rain-affected areas such as Yaraganahalli, Shaktinagar,…
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Bandur ram sold for Rs. 1.91 lakh at Malavalli
November 8, 2021Malavalli: A farmer has sold his ram (male sheep) for a record price of Rs. 1.91 lakh and the animal was taken in a procession in the village before it was handed over to the purchaser. Sanappa, a resident of Devipura village in the taluk is the farmer, who sold his ram for a record…
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