Month: December, 2024

In Briefs

Deadline extended

December 7, 2024

Backward Classes Welfare Department has extended the deadline for submission of online applications by Backward Class students and Nomadic/ Semi-Nomadic Tribe students coming under Category-1 and studying in PUC or Equivalent courses and Integrated Degree courses, for availing Post-Matric student scholarship, fee exemption and ‘Vidya Siri’ scheme benefits (under which students will get free boarding…

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Child Labour Helpline

December 7, 2024

In order to make Mysuru district free of child labour, the Labour Department has launched Child Helpline No. 1098 and Labour Helpline No. 155214. The members of the public can call this Helpline or inform their nearest Police Station or the designated officials of concerned Departments, if they come across employment of children in hotels,…

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Postal Pension Adalat on Dec. 11

December 7, 2024

Mysuru Division Postal Pension Adalat will be held at the Office of the Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, Akashvani Circle, KRS Road, at 11 am on Dec. 11. The Postal Pensioners can submit their grievances, if any, by Dec. 10.

1.25 cr. Embezzlement at Vani Vilas Water Works
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1.25 cr. Embezzlement at Vani Vilas Water Works

December 6, 2024

4 Water Inspectors and 18 Meter Readers siphon off money paid by 490 citizens towards pending water bills Mysuru: Mysuru seems to be grappling with a series of corruption scams involving public funds. After the massive illegal allotment of thousands of sites and the embezzlement of crores of rupees by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority…

Tipu Sultan was not a freedom fighter: Dr. Vikram Sampath
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Tipu Sultan was not a freedom fighter: Dr. Vikram Sampath

December 6, 2024

Mysuru: Noted Historian and writer Dr. Vikram Sampath said that though Tipu Sultan was a warrior, he was not a freedom fighter. He was speaking at interaction held after release of his book ‘Tipu Sultan: The Saga of Mysore’s Interregnum (1760-1799)’ at a programme organised by Mysuru Literary Forum Charitable Trust at Jaganmohan Palace here…

Siddalingapura gears up for Shashti Jatra tomorrow
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Siddalingapura gears up for Shashti Jatra tomorrow

December 6, 2024

Mysuru: Siddalingapura village on Mysuru-Bengaluru Road is geared up for famed Shashti Jatra of Sri Subramanyeshwaraswamy temple at Siddalingapura tomorrow (Dec.7). The temple, which has become a household name for its famed annual Shashti Jatra, which is attended by thousands of devotees from across the State every year, has geared up for tomorrow’s Jatra, with…

MUDA 50:50 sites scam | Ex-MUDA Commissioners shaking State Government: MLA Srivatsa
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MUDA 50:50 sites scam | Ex-MUDA Commissioners shaking State Government: MLA Srivatsa

December 6, 2024

Mysuru: Krishnaraja (KR) MLA T.S. Srivatsa has said, former Commissioners of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) have been holding the State Government on a knife’s edge. He was speaking to media persons after launching various development works worth Rs. 2.30 crore at his Constituency in city yesterday. MLA Srivatsa, who has been spearheading the struggle…

HC Divisional Bench defers CM’s plea to Jan. 25
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HC Divisional Bench defers CM’s plea to Jan. 25

December 6, 2024

Bengaluru:  The Division Bench of Karnataka High Court on Thursday issued notices to the respondents in an appeal filed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, challenging the permission granted by the Governor for a probe in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) case. However, the Court has adjourned the hearing to Jan. 25, 2025. The two-Judge Divisional…

SC directs State Govt. to pay relief to Mysuru land owners
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SC directs State Govt. to pay relief to Mysuru land owners

December 6, 2024

New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) has passed an order directing the Karnataka Government to pay compensation as per market rate, to the owner of two acres of land at Hinkal village in Mysuru district, acquired for developing Vijayanagar Layout back in 1986. The Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan also remarked that,…

‘Tainted’ babus invested ill-gotten wealth in various firms: Krishna
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‘Tainted’ babus invested ill-gotten wealth in various firms: Krishna

December 6, 2024

Mysuru: In a fresh trouble to former MUDA Commissioners, Right To Information (RTI) activist Snehamayi Krishna has lodged a complaint at the Lokayukta SP Office here, alleging that former MUDA Commissioners have invested  ill-gotten wealth earned through the allotment of  sites under 50:50 scheme in contravention of law, in various firms in the name of…

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