Mysuru: Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has decided to ask Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to take up investigation of several illegalities including returning of seven sites in one day. Disclosing this at a news conference here yesterday, MUDA Chairman H.V. Rajeev said that seven sites were returned to MUDA on a single day and amount had…
Tigress found dead, two male cubs rescued
November 22, 2020Chamarajanagar: The Forest Department staff on Saturday have rescued two male tiger cubs from the spot, where a carcass of a tigress was found on Friday near the village bordering Madhumalai Tiger Reserve Forest in Tamil Nadu adjoining Bandipur Tiger Reserve. The Madhumalai Forest staff, who went to the spot on Saturday morning to conduct…
Government plans ban on gambling through online games
November 22, 2020Bengaluru: State Government is planning to bring in a legislation to ban gambling through online games, said Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai. He told media that youths were falling prey to this addiction and the State was looking at other States to know if they have enacted law to curb the menace of gambling through online…
Silk India-2020 Expo begins
November 22, 2020Mysuru: Mayor Tasneem and MUDA Chairman H.V. Rajeev inaugurated Silk India-2020, a 10-day handloom exhibition-cum-sale, hosted by Hastashilpi at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry here yesterday by lighting the lamps. Later, MUDA Chairman Rajeev addressed the gathering. Silk saree manufacturers, designers and silk associations from all across the country are participating in the 10-day handloom exhibition-cum-sale, which…
NEP-2020 should reduce inequality & socio-educational gap: Dr. Indira
November 22, 2020Mysuru: The National Education Policy-2020 (NEP-2020) seeks to have a ‘Holistic Institution’ with multiple discipline, mutual learning and respect to other discipline. According to All India Survey of Higher Education (AISHE) 2019 Report, there are 993 Universities, 39,931 Colleges and 10,725 Stand Alone Institutions which are registered. It is time to unlearn and relearn among…
‘PWD Engineers lack commitment’
November 22, 2020B.J. Puttaswamy inaugurates country’s first ‘SDG Centre for Youth Engagement’ at NIE Mysuru: B.J. Puttaswamy, Vice-Chairman, Karnataka State Planning Board, Bengaluru, inaugurated the country’s first ‘SDG Centre for Youth Engagement’ at National Institute of Engineering (NIE) here yesterday. NIE, Mysuru, in coordination with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Sustainable Development Goal Coordination Centre (SDGCC)…
CET: KEA to announce result of first round of seat allotment on Nov. 29
November 22, 2020Bengaluru: Three months after it announced the results of Karnataka CET-2020, the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) on Friday said that it will announce the result of first round of counselling for allotment of seats to professional courses such as Engineering, Pharmacy, Architecture, Agriculture and Horticulture courses on Nov. 29. The KEA has published seat matrix…
KSOU to help ambitious tribal girl
November 22, 2020Mysuru: Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) has come forward to help ambitious tribal girl Naagi, the Jenu Kuruba tribal girl from H.D. Kote, who has the distinction of being the first degree holder in her community.Hailing from Gowdamachana Halli (GM Halli) hamlet of H.D. Kote taluk, Naagi is aiming to take up competitive exams and…
Stamp duty on flats costing Rs. 20 lakh to Rs. 35 lakh cut
November 21, 2020Whom will it benefit ? ask city builders Mysore/Mysuru: Following an assent from Governor Vajubhai R. Vala on Nov. 19, 2020, the State Government may have promulgated an ordinance to amend the Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957 to slash the stamp duty on flats or apartments to push up the ailing housing sector due to COVID-19….
Indian-American Mala Adiga is Jill Biden’s Policy Director
November 21, 2020Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday appointed an Indian-American, Mala Adiga, as the Policy Director of his wife Jill Biden, who will be the First Lady. Adiga has served as a senior advisor to Jill Biden and a Senior Policy Advisor on the Biden-Kamala Harris campaign. Previously, Adiga was Director for Higher Education and…
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