Mysore/Mysuru: There is a commonly held belief that private school managements ‘hijack’ seats allocated under the Right To Education (RTE) quota. However, statistics present a contrasting scenario: Every year, thousands of seats designated for disadvantaged groups in the State are left unoccupied. Since 2018, the introduction of amendments to the Right of Children to Free…
Vivekananda Circle to be rebuilt in heritage style
June 18, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Vivekananda Circle in Vivekanandanagar, which is one of the biggest and outstanding circles of the city for all its characteristics, is all set for a fresh makeover, as the circle is being rebuilt in heritage style. Works on rebuilding of the circle has already begun with shifting of Swami Vivekananda’s statue installed at the…
Complaints galore at meeting of Upa Lokayukta in city
June 18, 2023Case against MCC for taking up construction activities at parks in all the 65 Wards to be referred to Lokayukta Mysore/Mysuru: Illegal buildings coming up in parks, delay in issuing e-khata and title deeds and people being taken for a ride by House Building Co-operative Societies by not allotting sites, were prominent among various complaints…
‘Lokayukta functions like a watchdog’
June 18, 2023Public can still file grievances tomorrow; Officers told to furnish required information Mysore/Mysuru: Upa Lokayukta Justice K.N. Phaneendra has said: “Karnataka Lokayukta is functioning like a watchdog and will initiate action against the erring Officers in the system.” Justice Phaneendra addressed the Officers before receiving grievances from the public at Zilla Panchayat (ZP) Hall in…
Gruha Jyothi: Slow server hits process of online applications
June 18, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Technical glitches marred the online process of uploading applications for Gruha Jyothi scheme to avail the benefit of free 200 units of power, one of the five guarantees announced by Congress Government in its election manifesto, on its opening day, at KarnatakaOne and MysoreOne centres, in the city this morning. As the server went…
MP inspects hostel construction site
June 18, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: MP Pratap Simha inspected the construction site for a mega hostel announced by the previous BJP Government opposite Saraswathipuram Police Station here on June 12. The BJP Government last year had announced that it would construct mega student hostels at four places in the State including Mysuru. Speaking to press persons, Simha said the…
230 nurses appointed to MMC&RI-attached hospitals
June 18, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: In a measure aimed at improving health care, the city’s Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI), which is celebrating its centenary next year, has appointed 230 staff nurses to serve in its five attached hospitals. While K.R. Hospital and Cheluvamba Hospital, located in the heart of the city will get 100 and 20…
Part-time job scam: Two men from city lose Rs. 6.27 lakh
June 18, 2023Scammers lure another man to invest in gold trading and siphon off Rs. 22.96 lakh Mysore/Mysuru: The online task scam or part-time job scam is spreading and many people in the city and nearby areas have reported losing money after falling for a part-time job offer, they received online. The scammers are contacting people through…
Laptop stolen from PG facility
June 18, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A laptop belonging to a techie has been stolen from her Paying Guest (PG) accommodation at Hebbal 1st Stage in city. The techie, who lost the laptop, is 24-year-old Roopak Kumar De, who is working as an Engineer at Infosys and was staying in Room No. 11 at SLV Boys PG in Hebbal 1st…
Qualified for NCERT Yoga Olympiad
June 18, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Hemanth H. Salunke, a VIII std. student of Acharya Vidya Kula (AVK), Mysuru, won 2nd place in Junior Boys Category of National Yoga Olympiad conducted by Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE), New Delhi, at South City Intl. School, Kolkata, recently. He is qualified for NCERT National Yoga Olympiad being held at…
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