Mysore/Mysuru: Several organisations have submitted memorandum to Deputy Commissioner Dr. Bagadi Gautham in support of their various demands here recently. As lockdown is in force and protests not allowed by the Police, leaders of various organisations submitted memorandums to the DC. Zakeer Husen, President of Devaraj Urs Prathime Pratishtapana Samiti, has urged the State Government…
DL, RC validity extended till Sept. 30
June 18, 2021New Delhi: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) yesterday extended the validity of motor vehicle documents like Driving Licence (DL), Registration Certificate (RC) and permits till Sept. 30, 2021. This means that the documents such as vehicle fitness certificate, permit, driving licence, registration, etc., that have expired since Feb. 1, 2020 can be…
COVID crisis: Government defers local body polls by 6 months
June 18, 2021Anwar Baig to continue as Acting Mysuru Mayor Bengaluru: In a significant decision amid COVID-19 crisis, the State Government has deferred all local body and municipal polls by atleast six months. Under Secretary of Urban Development Department K.L. Prasad has issued an order to this effect, according to which the election of heads of City…
38th Oxygen Express reaches Bengaluru
June 18, 2021Bengaluru: The 38th Oxygen Express carrying 77.39 tonnes Liquid Medical Oxygen reached the Inland Container Depot, Whitefield, Bengaluru from Rourkela, Odisha. This train has carried Liquid Medical Oxygen using 4 Cryogenic Containers. Indian Railways has so far run 443 Oxygen Expresses and transported more than 32,000 tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen in 1,830 tankers all…
30-40 lakh people lost jobs due to COVID: FKCCI
June 18, 2021Bengaluru: Owing to Covid-induced lockdown, the industrial sector has lost Rs. 75,000 crore this year while fifty percent people have also lost their livelihoods, according to the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI). FKCCI President Perikal M. Sundar has said while the lockdown last year had hit trades and industries hard, some…
BMTC ready to operate buses from June 21
June 18, 2021Bengaluru: With the Government likely to announce further lockdown relaxations in districts where COVID cases are less, including Bengaluru city, following the end of the current lockdown on June 21, the State-run BMTC (Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation) is ready to operate buses in Bengaluru city limits from June 21, with a set of COVID rules…
Boy dies after falling into water-filled bucket
June 18, 2021Hanagod: A two-and-a-half-year-old boy, who was playing in front of his house, reportedly died after falling inside a water-filled bucket yesterday evening. The deceased boy is Samarth, son of Sundar Raj, former Dharmapura Gram Panchayat President. It is learnt that, while the family members were busy inside the house, Samarth went out to play in…
Former KIKS faculty H.K. Rajegowda passes away
June 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: H.K. Rajegowda (83), veteran writer and a retired senior faculty of University of Mysore’s Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies (KIKS), passed away here yesterday following brief illness. A resident of Saraswathipuram, he leaves behind his son Dineshchandra, daughter Chetana, son-in-law K.T. Balakrishna, an IPS officer, who had served as Mysuru Police Commissioner and a…
Lake maintenance: HC directs Govt. to form district-level committees
June 18, 2021Bengaluru: With lakes disappearing fast and lake beds being encroached upon for formation of layouts, the Karnataka High Court has directed the Government to form district-level committees for maintenance and development of lakes. A Division Bench headed by Chief Justice A.S. Oka, which heard a petition filed by Environment Protection Group on Wednesday, observed that…
Minister Shashikala Jolle to tour Chamarajanagar district tomorrow
June 18, 2021Chamarajanagar: Women and Child Welfare Minister Shashikala Jolle will undertake a one-day tour of Chamarajanagar district tomorrow (June 19). The Minister, who will arrive at Chamarajanagar at 9.45 am, will visit Kottalawadi in the taluk and console the girl child, who recently lost her parents in the second wave of the deadly COVID pandemic. Later,…
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