Mysore/Mysuru: At a time when there is a shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), including body suits, masks, gloves and face shields, Lions Clubs International ‘District 317 A’ has donated PPE kits worth Rs. 1 crore to the Mysuru District Administration for it to use in its efforts to curtail COVID-19 pandemic. The crucial PPE…
Shaurya Medal Awardee Dr. P.R.S. Chetan feted
September 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: At the event where PPE kits worth over Rs. 1 crore was donated, President’s Civil Defence Gallantry (Shaurya) Medal Awardee and Officer Commanding of Quick Response Team of Karnataka Civil Defence Dr. P.R.S. Chetan, also a Past District Governor of Lions Clubs, was felicitated. Chetan is also the head of Karnataka Government’s COVID-19 Task…
Rajbhasha Diwas at CSRTI
September 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Rajbhasha Diwas and main programme of Hindi Fortnight was celebrated at Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute (CSRTI), Mysuru, on Sept.14. Devasahaayam, ADRM of South Western Railway, Mysuru, who was the chief guest, said Hindi is a very easy and simple language. It is emerging as a popular language and picking up fast on…
Appointed as Non-Official member of State Planning Board
September 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Retired Forest Department Secretary A.C. Lakshman, a resident of Gokulam in the city, has been appointed as a Non-Official Member of Karnataka State Planning Board. The State Government on Tuesday appointed 23 Non-Official and 5 Officers to the Board, a key planning body of the State. The 82-year-old Lakshman had served the Forest Department…
Mysuru ZP gets new CEO
September 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: More than 20 days after IAS Officer Prashanth Kumar Mishra was transferred following the row over the suicidal death of Nanjangud Taluk Health Officer Dr. S.R. Nagendra, the State Government on Tuesday appointed senior KAS Officer D. Bharathi as the new CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of Mysuru ZP. Mysuru DC was holding concurrent charge…
Slew of protests in city
September 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The city was witness to a slew of protests yesterday as many organisations staged demonstrations at various venues for different reasons. Members of Parisara Samrakshana Trust staged a protest near Visvesvaraya Circle (Government Ayurveda College Circle) against the MCC’s move to fell down two healthy rain trees on Irwin Road for facilitating road expansion…
Pickpocket, luggage thief held
September 16, 2020Gold ornaments worth Rs. 13.85 lakh recovered Mysore/Mysuru: Lashkar Police have arrested a person on charges of committing pickpockets and stealing luggage of passengers from KSRTC buses and have recovered 277 grams gold ornaments worth Rs. 13.85 lakh from him. The arrested person is 37-year-old Mohammed Imran, a resident of Thyagaraja Colony, next to Lashkar…
Vehicle drivers submit memorandum to DC
September 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Seeking fulfilment of their various demands, vehicle drivers, under the banner of Karnataka Vehicle Drivers Welfare Association, presented a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner (DC) here yesterday. The memorandum said that though the Government had said that 7.75 lakh vehicle drivers would benefit by Rs. 5,000 one-time financial assistance announced by Chief Minister B.S….
Unidentified woman run over by train
September 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: An unidentified woman, aged between 40 and 45 years, has been run over by a train between Akki Hebbal and Mandagere Railway Stations. The kith and kin of the deceased, if any, may contact Mysuru Railway Police Station on Ph: 0821-2516579, according to a press release.
The Importance of Internationals in IPL
September 16, 2020From the very beginning India has been under the influence of the foreign and different. We could say it rose from the ashes like the phoenix when it gained independence, and the Western culture was the only gift of the 200 year oppression. Even our constitution is built from the positives of various other constitutions….
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