K.R. Pet: Depressed over huge loss in business, a 33-year-old man committed suicide by consuming poison at Valagere Menasa village in the taluk of Mandya district on Saturday. The deceased is Tejas Gowda, Director of Taluk PLD Bank and a BJP leader, who was running a hi-tech Ragi Flour Mill and supplying ragi flour across…
From Jan. 1, 2021, inform your bank or large cheques will bounce
December 13, 2020New Delhi: From Jan. 1, 2021, your cheque of a larger amount of Rs 50,000 and above will bounce unless you intimate your bank in advance on drawing up such a cheque. The new system introduces a double check on the cheque transactions. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) last week announced a new “Positive…
Brahmin Development Board invites applications for student scholarship
December 13, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka State Brahmin Development Board has invited applications from eligible community students for availing student scholarships under the Board’s Saandeepani Shishyavetana Yojane. Presiding over the Pratibha Puraskar programme for Brahmin community students of five districts (Mysuru, Mandya, Hassan, Chamarajanagar and Kodagu) organised at GSSS Educational Institutions at Siddarthanagar here yesterday, Board Chairman H.S….
Bus Bandh: Public hit
December 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: KSRTC bus services were hit for the second day as the indefinite stir by members of KSRTC Employees Okkuta demanding the status of State Government employees continued today. Thousands of commuters were put into hardship as both suburban and city bus service remained suspended this morning. A few buses that operated today returned to…
Brahmin Development Board to seek Rs.200 crore in next budget
December 12, 2020Pratibha Puraskar presented to Brahmin community students Mysore/Mysuru: KR MLA S.A. Ramdas said that all efforts will be made to ensure that the 10 percent reservation announced by the Government for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) will come into force in the State next year. He was speaking after inaugurating ‘Pratibha Puraskar’ programme for meritorious students…
Mysuru to get Multi-Modal Logistics Park in 24 months
December 12, 2020CONCOR to build Inland Container Depot for Railways at Kadakola with Rs. 100 crore Mysore/Mysuru: The much-awaited and ambitious work on Inland Container Depot for Railways at Kadakola near Nanjangud by Container Corporation of India (CONCOR) began officially this morning. This will be the third Container Yard in Karnataka by CONCOR after Whitefield in Bengaluru…
CNC to hold annual Gun Carnival in Kodagu on Dec. 18
December 12, 2020Madikeri (Kodagu): The 10th Annual Codava National Council (CNC) Thok Namme (Gun Carnival) will be held Dec. 18 at 10.30 am at Kolakeri in Napoklu to mark “World Minorities Rights Day.” Gun is a part and parcel of Kodavas and to showcase the valour and rich folkloric cultural heritage of the community. The Thok Namme…
Green Buds company fraud case: Minister directs DC to take action
December 12, 2020Bengaluru: Following complaints that Green Buds Agro Company has cheated scores of farmers in Mysuru region, Revenue Minister R. Ashok has directed Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri to take necessary action in this regard. On Friday, farmer leader from Mysuru Kurubur Shanthakumar met R. Ashok at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru and submitted a memorandum seeking…
MCC UGD workers to stage demonstration on Dec.14
December 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Seeking regularisation of services and payment of morning breakfast allowance, Underground Drainage (UGD) workers of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) will stage a demonstration on Dec. 14 in front of MCC office. Addressing a press meet here on Thursday, N. Mara, President of Committee of Underground Drainage Workers, Assistants and Pourakarmikas Association, said that there…
‘Hospitals prepared to tackle second wave of COVID-19’
December 12, 2020Bengaluru: State is well prepared for the possible second wave of the pandemic. Ten District Hospitals and 30 Taluk Hospitals have been provided with Rs. 37.72 crore for procuring Oxygen generator and other equipment, said Health and Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar. Speaking to media at Vidhana Soudha after a meeting with Task Force…
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