Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government, which had suddenly transferred MUDA Commissioner Dr. D.B. Natesh on Jan. 10, 2022, has stayed the transfer today. He will reassume charge as MUDA Commissioner this evening for the second time. It may be recalled, Dr. Natesh, who had taken over as MUDA Commissioner on May 4, 2020 was transferred in…
Former AIISH Director passes away
January 14, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Dr. S.R. Savithri (64), former Director of All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), Mysuru, passed away at a private hospital in city this morning following prolonged illness. A resident of Prashanth Nagar in Bogadi, she leaves behind her husband, one son and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites will be…
MCC pre-budget meeting gets suggestions on tax issues
January 14, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) pre-budget meeting held yesterday saw former Mayors, ex-Corporators and office-bearers of various trade and other commercial bodies coming up with several suggestions on simplification of the tax structure. Former Mayor B.L. Bhyrappa said it is important to collect property tax in Revenue Layouts as this will help in augmentation…
28,000 Tamil estampages from ASI Mysuru to move to Chennai
January 14, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Following an order from the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court in August last year to shift nearly 28,000 estampages of Tamil inscriptions that are preserved in the Directorate of Epigraphy wing of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) at Hebbal in the city, the process of shifting has begun. The ASI, in a…
Republic Day Parade Contingent from Mysuru leaves for Delhi
January 14, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Every year selected NCC cadets from all the 17 Directorates in India represent their respective States at the Republic Day Camp in New Delhi on Jan. 26. The cadets participate in various competitions like Drill, Cultural, Flag Area, Best Cadet etc. Last year and this year too, because of Covid-19 pandemic, the strength of…
Campus selection at JSS Polytechnic for the Differently Abled
January 14, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Persons with special needs (differently abled) should not be vulnerable to the society, instead they must become contributors for growth of the society. This is possible through education and then employment. JSS Polytechnic for the Differently Abled, Mysuru, is educating the differently-abled at diploma level and creating opportunity for employment. The institution’s Training and…
PM appreciates Karnataka’s 5T plan to tackle Covid
January 14, 2022Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appreciated the 5T plan of Testing, Tracking, Tracing, Triaging and Technology adopted by the State Government to control Covid, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said. Bommai, who participated in a video-conference, chaired by Modi with Chief Ministers of various States, said, “I explained the measures taken by the Government to…
Kerala nun’s rape case: Bishop Franco Mulakkal acquitted
January 14, 2022Thiruvananthapuram: Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping a nun several times between 2014 and 2016, has been acquitted by a Kottayam Court in Kerala. Franco Mulakkal, 57, was the first Catholic Bishop in India to be arrested for assaulting a nun. The Court acquitted him of all charges after a trial that lasted for more…
MCC Commissioner asks officials to meet Pourakarmikas’ demands
January 14, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner G. Lakshmikantha Reddy on Wednesday directed the officials to address Pourakarmika issues including glitches in facial recognition attendance system. He was addressing a meeting of MCC officials and Pourakarmikas at the MCC’s Old Council Hall here. At the meeting, Pourakarmika leaders urged for one-time facial recognition attendance instead of…
COVID spike: Engineering students seek postponement of exams
January 14, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Panicked over increasing COVID-19 positive cases in city and also many hostel inmates testing positive for the deadly virus, students of National Institute of Engineering (NIE) on Manadawadi Road staged a silent protest, urging the authorities to postpone the exams. The students, who assembled in front of the College, said that more than 30…















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