Death toll touches 357, search on for survivors Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said that the State Government will construct 100 houses for victims of the landslide-hit Wayanad in Kerala. Siddaramaiah also spoke to Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan over the phone and assured him of all necessary help apart from promising to construct…
Echo of Wayanad landslides tragedy: Officers asked to clear illegal home stays, resorts in Western Ghats
August 4, 2024Bengaluru: Following the recent landslides in Wayanad, Kerala, which have claimed several hundred lives, the State Government has moved to address activities that threaten the region’s ecology. Officers have been directed to clear all illegal home stays and resorts in the Western Ghats. In a circular issued by the Minister for Forest, Ecology, and Environment…
Online trading scam: City engineer loses Rs. 27 lakh
August 4, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: An engineer, who was lured into investing money in online trading with the promise of high profits, has lost a whopping Rs. 27 lakh to an online fraudster. The engineer, a resident of Kalyangiri Nagar in the city, received a call on July 2 from the number 98311-86175. The caller explained online trading and…
Chamundi Hill steps cleaned in special drive
August 4, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Members of Kuduma Srikshetra Dharmasthala Padayatra Seva Trust took up a special drive this morning to clean the steps of Chamundi Hill, after four Ashada Fridays, during which thousands of devotees thronged the Hill shrine to have a darshan of presiding deity Goddess Chamundeshwari. The drive was inaugurated by senior advocate O. Sham Bhat,…
Tax practitioners seek representation in GST Council
August 4, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The two-day National Tax Conference and Tax Practitioners Day organised by All India Federation of Tax Practitioners (AIFTP) in association with Karnataka State Tax Practitioners Association (KSTPA), began at a private hotel on Hunsur Road here this morning. Speaking after inaugurating the Conference, KSTPA President S. Nanjunda Prasad said that the KSTPA has sought…
AIISH Outreach Unit inaugurated
August 4, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: AYUSH Commissioner Dr. K. Srinivasulu inaugurated the Outreach Unit of All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) at its Centre of Excellence building, in the city on Friday. The District Administration in association with Zilla Panchayat and AYUSH Department had organised the programme, during which, Srinivasulu said, the newborn kids having any speech…
Protest against bid to stall land reserved for Valmiki Bhavan
August 4, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Members of Karnataka Veerakesari Pade held a semi-nude protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi statue at Gandhi Square demanding action against those responsible for stalling the land allocated for Valmiki Bhavan, here yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, Valmiki community leaders said that they had submitted an application to the Integrated Tribal Development Agency to…
Padayatra on Aug. 15
August 4, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: State Farmers Association (Kodihalli Chandrashekar faction) and Dalit Sangarash Samiti (DSS)-Bheemvad will be taking out a Padayatra from Mysuru to Bengaluru jointly to protest against the diversion of Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan & Tribal-Sub Plan (SCSP-TSP) funds by the State Government to other programmes, said DSS-Bheemvad State Convenor Dr. R. Mohanraj, here yesterday. Addressing the…
Consider ASHA workers as Government employees: AIUTUC Secretary
August 4, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Secretary of All India United Trade Union Centre (AIUTUC) M. Umadevi, has demanded to consider ASHA workers as Government employees and provide due facilities to them. She was addressing a gathering of ASHA workers, after inaugurating the maiden conference of ASHA workers of the city, organised jointly by Karnataka Combined ASHA Workers Association, Mysuru…
Spoorthi Utsav concludes today
August 4, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Spoorthi Utsav 2024-25, an exotic exhibition of exclusive products from women entrepreneurs, began at Jayamma Govinde Gowda Convention Hall in the city yesterday. The exhibition will be open till 8.30 pm today. The entry is free. The expo is organised by Spoorthi, the ladies wing of Builders Association of India (BAI), Mysore. Sunitha Chandrakumar,…
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