Mandya: Illegal mining and ‘cracks’ in KRS Dam have overshadowed the resumption of MySugar Factory which has stopped sugarcane crushing since last six to seven years. This has dashed the hopes of thousands of farmers who had expected its revival. In the beginning of this year, there was a war of words between Mandya MP…
Footpath encroachment drive continues in city
July 25, 202117 cases booked, 56 notices served, Rs. 2,700 spot fines collected Mysore/Mysuru: Continuing their drive against footpath encroachers, he Mysuru City Traffic Police conducted footpath encroachment clearance drive on various streets across the city on July 23 and 24 and have registered a total of 17 cases besides serving 56 notices and collecting a total…
COVID: Second round of vaccination begins in KR Assembly segment
July 25, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The second round of vaccination against COVID-19 has begun in KR Assembly Constituency since yesterday. It has started at Karnataka Public School in Kuvempunagar and JSS Public School in J.P. Nagar. Speaking on the occasion, MLA S.A. Ramdas said that the citizens were given the first dose of Covaxin last month and they were…
Unscientific dumping of medical waste worries residents
July 25, 2021MCC Health Officer gets it cleared within 30 minutes of coming to his notice Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Health Officer Dr. D.G. Nagaraj, acting swiftly on receiving message about medical waste being discarded at the garbage bin in Chamundipuram Circle, has got it cleared within 30 minutes of him receiving the message. Yesterday morning,…
Pourakarmikas job row: MCC Commissioner to convene meeting tomorrow
July 25, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner G. Lakshmikantha Reddy has convened a meeting of Pourakarmikas tomorrow (July 26) to sort out the issue of 107 contract Pourakarmikas, who have been asked not to come to work. MCC Health Officer Dr. D.G. Nagaraj said that the meeting has been called after several Pourakarmika groups met Deputy…
Prez approves appointment of VCs for 12 Central Varsities
July 25, 2021New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind, who is the Visitor to Central Universities, has approved the appointment of Vice-Chancellors for 12 such Universities, including those in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu. Prof. Tarkeshwar Kumar, Prof. Sat Prakash Bansal and Dr. Sanjeev Jain have been appointed Vice-Chancellors of Central Universities in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu,…
Sumalatha takes mining issue to VP
July 25, 2021New Delhi: Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish is continuing her efforts to stop illegal mining in the vicinity of Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam. After raising the issue in the Parliament, she met Vice-President (VP) M. Venkaiah Naidu on Friday and had discussion with him to exert pressure on the Government to stop stone mining and…
Online concerts to help artistes
July 25, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With professional artists facing untold difficulties due to lack of programmes, activities and loss of income due to COVID crisis, MUDA Chairman H.V. Rajeev said that efforts will be made to organise online music concerts and telecast them under the aegis of ‘Kala Samarpane’ shortly. He was speaking after releasing the poster of ‘Kala…
‘Let Chamundi Hill be a Bio-diversity Zone’
July 25, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Bio-diversity Board Chairman Ananth Hegde Ashishara has directed the authorities to develop Chamundi Hill into a heritage Bio-diversity Zone. He was speaking at a programme organised as part of Bio-diversity Day at the Zilla Panchayat (ZP) Hall here on Thursday. Stressing on the need for coming up with a sustained greenery project for…
KOS Exam from July 26 to Aug. 4: Prohibitory orders imposed around exam centre from tomorrow
July 25, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With the Karnataka Open School (KOS) exam scheduled to take place from July 26 to Aug. 4, the City Police have clamped prohibitory orders under section 144 Cr.PC in 200 mts radius of the exam centre in the city on all dates of the exam. The KOS exam will take place at Government Maharani…
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