Three-member Panel to inspect Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway from today; to suggest safety measures Mysore/Mysuru: Days after the State Government announced the formation of a Technical Committee to conduct a comprehensive study and provide recommendations for necessary improvements to prevent accidents on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued an order constituting…
Saalumarada Thimmakka Tree Parks in Mysuru, Mandya to expand green cover: Forest Minister Khandre
July 17, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar B. Khandre has directed officials to prepare a proposal for setting up Saalumarada Thimmakka Tree Parks in each Taluk and to increase the forest cover in Mysuru and Mandya districts. Such parks must come up in Mysuru and Mandya districts where there are no Botanical Gardens (Tree Parks) or timber…
Prof. Sheik Ali had contributed a lot for Urdu language growth
July 17, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that former Vice-Chancellor of Goa and Mangalore Universities Prof. B. Sheik Ali was a highly talented scholar and a renowned historian, Rajyotsava awardee Dr. Maher Mansur said that Prof.Ali severely opposed the partition of the country during the freedom struggle. He was speaking after inaugurating the one-day seminar on “Prof. B. Sheik Ali…
Mosquitoes cause 50% of deaths in the world, claims Dr. Chidambara
July 17, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: District Vector-borne Diseases Control Officer Dr. S. Chidambara has said: “About 50 percent of deaths are caused by mosquito-borne diseases in the world. Hence, people should keep their surroundings clean and so also the neighbours to lead a healthy life.” Dr. Chidambara was speaking at a workshop on controlling dengue and Chikungunya organised as…
Aloka Tree Park in city outskirts a non-starter
July 17, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The ambitious project to establish Timber Tree Parks in Mandya and Mysuru districts proposed by Forest Minister Eshwar B. Khandre notwithstanding, the much-anticipated Aloka Tree Park on the outskirts of Mysuru has remained a non-starter. Originally introduced to enhance the green cover in urban areas, the Aloka Tree Park was set to transform the…
Mysuru Zoo lion cubs named Surya, Chandra and Kabini
July 17, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Minister for Forests, Ecology, and Environment, Eshwar B. Khandre, officially named the three adorable lion cubs at Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, commonly known as Mysuru Zoo, yesterday. The cubs, born on August 5, 2022, to Raju and Nirbhaya, have captured significant attention and have become a highlight of the Zoo. The names chosen for…
BJP top brass holding talks with JD(S) Supremo HDD
July 17, 2023Hubballi: Amidst speculations of a BJP-JD(S) alliance for the Lok Sabha polls, former Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai has lent credence to the speculations by saying that the BJP top brass is holding talks with JD(S) Supremo and former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda (HDD) on poll alliance to take on the…
Students drowning case at KRS backwaters
July 17, 2023Two more bodies fished out Mysore/Mysuru: The bodies of three students who were part of five friends, who were drowned at KRS backwaters in Meenakshipura on Saturday evening, have been fished out. While the body of one was fished out on Saturday evening, the bodies of the remaining two were fished out yesterday. Those drowned…
Three months on, PU lecturers yet to get valuation remuneration
July 17, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Though the valuation of II PUC answer scripts got over three months ago and subsequently, the results were announced, the PU lecturers are yet to get remuneration for valuation and other related allowances. About 26,000 lecturers, including 5,000 from Mysuru Revenue Division had taken part in the II PUC evaluation that took place for…
Special lecture programme on Allama Iqbal held
July 17, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The Department of Studies in Urdu, University of Mysore, had organised a special lecture programme on Allama Iqbal, the great Urdu Poet, at its premises in Manasagangothri recently. Dr. N. Anees Ahmed, Chairman and Managing Director, Al-Ansar Hospital, Mysuru and Prof. S. A. Sattar Sahir, S.V. University, Tirupati, were the guest speakers. Prof. S….















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