Bengaluru: Students who are COVID-19 positive but are asymptomatic will be allowed to write the Common Entrance Test (CET) scheduled on July 30 and 31. According to the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued by the Department of Health and Family Welfare for CET, space should be allotted for students who have tested positive. Such students…
MP Governor passes away
July 21, 2020Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh (MP) Governor Lalji Tandon breathed his last today after a prolonged illness. He was 85. He was admitted to a private hospital in Lucknow on June 13. The news was confirmed by his son and UP Minister Ashutosh Tandon. Ashutosh further said that the last rites of his father will be performed…
Appointed as BBMP’s Covid-19 Ambassador
July 21, 2020Bengaluru: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has roped in popular Kannada actor Ramesh Arvind as its Brand Ambassador to disseminate accurate information on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). On Monday, BBMP Commissioner N. Manjunath Prasad announced the appointment of Ramesh Arvind as the Ambassador and included Ramesh into the newly-formed BBMP COVID-19 Task Force to contain the…
JSS AHER hosts Webinar ‘Microbiome: Listen to your gut!
July 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, Department of Water and Health, Faculty of Life Sciences (FLS), had organised a Webinar entitled “Microbiome: Listen to your gut!” as part of Special Interest Group (SIG) ‘Placental microbiome and factors affecting it’, on July 15. Our gut harbours an entire universe of micro-organisms…
University exams in August: MLC urges VC to hold meeting with College Principals
July 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With the University of Mysore (UoM) Vice-Chancellor Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar declaring recently that the University has proposed to hold final year Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate Degree exams in August, JD(S) MLC Marithibbegowda has urged the VC to hold a meeting with College Principals on the precautionary and safety measures to be taken at all…
Private trains to ply from March 2023
July 21, 2020New Delhi: The Ministry of Railways on Sunday said the private passenger trains will run from March 2023. “Tenders will be finalised by March 2021 and trains will operate from March 2023,” the Railways said in a statement. The Ministry’s clarification came in the background of some reports saying that private trains operations delayed and…
Three arrested for illegal transportation of sand
July 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The District Crime Information Bureau (DCIB) Police, have arrested three persons on charges of transporting sand from river bed and have also seized a Bolero vehicle used for transporting the sand. Following information that sand was being transported illegally, the DCIB Police, supervised by Superintendent of Police (SP) C.B. Ryshyanth and ASP Shivakumar, who…
Woman ends life over hubby’s illness
July 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A 48-year-old woman, depressed over her husband’s illness committed suicide by hanging self at her residence in Vishweswaranagar coming under Vidyaranyapuram Police limits. The deceased is M.D. Leelavathi. She leaves behind her husband and three daughters. According to the Police, Leelavathi’s husband was suffering from illness since seven years which had depressed Leelavathi resulting…
Youth succumbs to injuries
July 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A youth, who was admitted to a private hospital in city with serious injures, after he fell from his bike on July 5, has succumbed to injuries yesterday morning. The deceased is Vikas S. Bharadwaj (29), son of K.S. Suresh, a resident of ‘E’ and ‘F’ Block in Ramakrishnanagar here. Vikas was an employee…
Man goes missing from city
July 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A 43-year-old mentally challenged man, who left his house on July 8 at about 10 am, has since gone missing. The missing man is Syed Mansoor, a resident of Ghousianagar in city. He is 5.5 ft. tall, oval faced, normal built, oily red complexioned, speaks Urdu and Kannada, has two missing front teeth and…
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