The District Officer of the Backward Classes Welfare Department (BCWD), Mysuru, has invited online applications for admission to its post-matric hostels. Students belonging to Category-1, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and other communities are eligible to apply. Candidates must be aged between 16 and 26 years. Eligible candidates must apply…
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Mysuru COVID-19 Update: November 16, 2022
November 16, 2022Mysuru reports 7 new COVID-19 positive cases, 2 discharges and 0 deaths today.
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Retired IB Officer R.N. Kulkarni’s murder motive stirs a hornet’s nest: MCC blamed for not razing another illegal structure
November 16, 2022Former UoM Physical Education Director says he is harassed, threatened by violators While MCC does not act on illegality, even Police refuse to file FIR against harassment Mysore/Mysuru: With the murder of retired Intelligence Bureau (IB) Officer R.N. Kulkarni over the dispute of illegal construction by his neighbour and the delay by the Mysuru City…
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Illegal structure that became murder motive: MCC prepares for demolition but owner brings Court stay
November 16, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) prepared to demolish the illegal portion of the building next to the house of former Intelligence Bureau (IB) Officer R.N. Kulkarni in Sharadadevinagar, a City Court has stayed the demolition until the next hearing on Dec. 14, 2022. The MCC staff, equipped with machinery, had gone to…
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Politics rages over bus shelters, Tipu Statue
November 16, 2022Who is Pratap Simha to demolish Government-built dome-shaped bus shelters, asks Siddharamaiah Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha faced backlash from several quarters after he sparked a controversy over his statement on dome-shaped bus shelters. The gumbaz-shaped bus shelters have been erected on Mysuru-Nanjangud road. Pratap Simha on Sunday triggered a fresh row by saying that…
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Designed like Mysore Palace: MLA Ramdas
November 16, 2022Not Mohammedan style: Prof. N.S. Rangaraju Mysore/Mysuru: Responding to the controversy over dome-shaped bus shelters in his Constituency, Krishnaraja MLA S.A. Ramdas clarified that the idea was to build a bus stand designed like the Mysore Palace. In a press release, the MLA said that the bus shelters were designed under the funds released by…
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‘Avail Yeshasvini Health Scheme’
November 16, 2022MCDCC Bank President inaugurates 69th All India Cooperative Week Mysore/Mysuru: “The State Government has re-introduced Yeshasvini Health Insurance Scheme and all Co-operatives must get Yeshasvini Cards and avail health services that are being offered by the Government,” said Mysuru Chamarajanagar District Co-operative Central (MCDCC) Bank President G.D. Harish Gowda. He was speaking after inaugurating the…
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Ex-serviceman killed as truck runs over
November 16, 2022Mandya: An ex-serviceman, who hit a bike and fell down while trying to avoid a huge pothole, was killed after he was run over by a truck near Kaaremane Gate near Mandya. The deceased is S.N. Kumar (39), a resident of Sathanur village in Mandya taluk. Kumar, after taking retirement from the Indian Army, was…
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Tribal troupes from across Karnataka converge on city for Birsa Munda Jayanti
November 16, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Different tribal troupes from various districts across the State converged on the city to showcase their culture at the ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Divas’ celebrations organised by the Scheduled Tribes Welfare Department and Karnataka State Tribal Research Institute (KSTRI), Mysuru, at Palace North Gate in city yesterday marking the birth anniversary of Tribal Freedom Fighter Birsa…
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Climate summits limited to just coffee and snacks
November 16, 2022Agricultural activist Sridhar Radhakrishnan says none of the summit resolutions are implemented Mysore/Mysuru: Governments must encourage new innovations in the farming sector like drones and new emerging technologies but at the same time, they should implement farmer-friendly programmes according to climatic conditions. Such policies must enable good yields and the vagaries of weather must not…
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