Decision taken to prevent safari-goers from disturbing wild animals on the pretext of taking photos Mysore/Mysuru: Carrying mobile phones during wild safari inside Bandipur Tiger Reserve has been banned to prevent disturbance to wild animals. The Tiger Reserve has been opened now after over three months of closure owing to COVID-19. According to officials, tourists…
Mysore/Mysuru: Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar has appreciated the authorities at Nagarahole Tiger Reserve for arresting all poachers who had killed an adult male tiger and had cut off its paws and also stole its canines. Even the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has lauded the forest officials. Tweeting their…
Bengaluru: Bowing to the persistent demands of private educational institutions, the State Government has allowed Private Schools to collect first instalment fees from students for the academic year 2020-21. Badly affected by the outbreak of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent nationwide lockdown, private educational institutions, which faced severe financial crunch due to loss…
Bengaluru: Deputy Chief Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwath Narayan, who is also the Higher Education Minister, said that three Government First Grade Colleges which are facing shortage of students, have been handed over to their nearest Universities. Speaking to presspersons here on Saturday, Dr. Ashwathnarayan said that First Grade Colleges at Hethur in Sakleshpur taluk of…
Mysore/Mysuru: The meeting of D. Devaraj Urs Road Shop Owners and Tenants Association, Mysuru, was held yesterday at a hotel in city. More than 86 members attended. Many problems faced by the shop owners and tenants like parking, security, toilet facility etc., were discussed at the meeting chaired by Veerabhadra. Membership fee and sales promotion…
Mysore/Mysuru: A two-wheeler rider was killed on the spot when a truck rammed into the bike he was riding on Gaddige-Alanahalli Road, near Gaddige in H.D. Kote taluk last evening. The deceased is Basavaraju (45), son of Sannamadaiah of Kothegala village in the taluk. Deceased Basavaraju was proceeding from his village towards Kyathanahhli on his…
Mandya: Mandya Rural Police have cracked the double murder case that took place on the night of Sept. 3 at a brick kiln at Yeliyur village in Mandya taluk by arresting the killer. The killer was none other than the person who had informed about the double murder to the Police and the locals. The…
New Delhi: Union Health and Science Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan’s mother Snehlata Devi passed away yesterday following a cardiac arrest. She was 89. Though she was rushed to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after she collapsed suddenly, she could not be revived and breathed her last at 8.50 am. Since his mother’s advanced…
New Delhi: Sri Kesavananda Bharati Swamiji, pontiff of Edneer Mutt at Kasaragod district in Kerala State, passed away yesterday. He was 80. Kesavananda Bharati Swamiji was the sole unwitting petitioner in the historic Fundamental Rights case, which prevented the nation from slipping into a totalitarian regime. Soon after completion of his 60 Chaturmasya programme in…
Mysore/Mysuru: The second PUC Supplementary exam (2019-20) began at 12 centres across the district today, with all COVID-19 precautionary and safety measures in place. In city, there are three centres — Maharani’s PU College on N.S. Road, Maharaja’s College on JLB Road and D. Banumaiah’s College on Sayyaji Rao Road. On the first day today,…
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