In the first three months of 2024, forty individuals lost their lives within the Mysuru City limits, compared to 37 fatalities in the same  period of 2023. In 2023, for the whole year there were 162 fatal cases versus 170 in 2022, and 119 in 2021. Above statistics clearly show the need for reducing traffic…

The Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports has invited applications from SC community sportspersons who have won medals at National and International sports meets, for availing subsidy to set up gymnasium as Self-employment, under Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP) scheme. The applicants must be unemployed. The Department will pay 75 percent subsidy (maximum of Rs.15 lakh),…

The Social Welfare Department has invited applications from eligible SC community students for availing Post-Matric student scholarship for the year 2024-25. All eligible SC community students whose annual income of their parents does not exceed Rs.2.5 lakh are eligible to apply. The application portal is  https://ssp.postmatric.karnataka.gov.in. The newly eligible students can also register by submission…

The 100th library of Kalisu Foundation will be inaugurated by Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Wadiyar at Government Higher Primary School in Kumbarakoppal, Mysuru, on Sept. 9 at 10.15 am. DDPI Javaregowda, MLA K. Harishgowda and ADC P. Shivaraju will be present.

‘Swati Puja’ will be conducted at Sri Lakshminarasimhaswamy Temple, Kalidasa Road, on Sept 8. The rituals will begin with Sankalpa at 8 am, followed by Abhisheka at 9 am, Alankara at 10.30 am and Mahamangalarathi at 11.30 am. The Prakarotsava will be held at 7.30 pm. For details, contact Mob: 93421-88323 or 75988-32271.

On the occasion of Ganesha Chaturthi, Aadhaar Seva Kendras at Vijayanagar and Saraswathipuram in city will remain closed on Sept. 7, according to a press release from Aadhaar Seva Kendra Centre Manager Col. N.G. Krishna Prasad (retd.).

The Rural Development and Self Employment Training Institute (RUDSETI), Mysuru, will conduct free skill training at RUDSET Institute, Main Road, Hinkal, Mysuru: Dairy & Vermicompost Making from Sept. 9 – 18 and Two-wheeler Mechanic from Sept. 17 – Oct. 16 (includes boarding and lodging). Candidates aged between 18 and 45 years, who can read and…

Vehicle owners, who have not affixed High Security Registration Plates (HSRP) to their vehicles should hurry up as Sept. 15 is the last date to get HSRP plates fixed. All vehicles registered in Karnataka before Apr. 1, 2019, have to meet the requirement while vehicles registered after Apr. 1, 2019, get the HSRP at the…

V. Nandakumar has been awarded Ph.D in Physics by the Sri Chandra-sekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya (SCSVMV), Enathur, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, for his thesis ‘Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Graphitic Carbon Nitride Decorated Metal Oxides Based Ternary Hybrid Nanofluids for Various Applications’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. K. Venkatramanan.

Sparks Academy and Mysuru Kalavidaru will be jointly organising district- level art competition at Puttaraja Gavai Stadium in J.P. Nagar between 10 am and 11 am on Sunday (Sept. 8). The competitions will be held in three categories — Std.1 to Std.3; Std.4 to Std.7 and Std.8 to Std. 10. Participants in Std.1 to 3…