Mysore/Mysuru: Students of Yuvaraja College in city, who graduated two years ago, have alleged that the University of Mysore (UoM) is yet to issue degree certificates to them. In a press statement, the students said that though they graduated out of the College in 2019, the UoM is yet to issue degree certificates to them,…
Couple end lives in city by consuming poison
January 27, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: A 26-year-old man and his 22-year-old wife ended their lives by consuming poison at their house in Sathagalli on Wednesday. Santosh and Bhavya are the deceased. According to the Police, the couple had lunch with the family members at their house on Wednesday. When they started vomiting after a while, the family members rushed…
Man found dead
January 27, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: A 55-year-old male domestic help, who was serving at a house in Devanur village of Nanjangud taluk was found dead at the house on Jan.25. The deceased has been identified as Raju (55), a native of Hassan. Raju, who joined as a domestic help at the residence of one Mahendra of Devanur several months…
56-year-old woman found dead at home
January 27, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: A 56-year-old woman was found dead at her home in Lalbahadur Shastrinagar here on Wednesday, when nobody else was at the home. Seethalakshmi (56), wife of B.C. Venkatesh, is the deceased. Seethalakshmi’s son and daughter-in-law, who served as lecturers at a city college, had gone for Republic Day programme yesterday morning. But the couple…
COVID War Room operations re-start
January 25, 2022Helpline 0821-2424111 with 10 lines open for pandemic-related queries By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: With cases of COVID-19 surging at a rapid pace with more than 4,000 positives being reported every day, the District Administration has re-started the COVID War Room operations at the new District Office Complex in Siddartha Layout on Bannur Road. Officials…
Patients hostile as COVID stigma refuses to die down
January 25, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Now COVID-19 variant may be relatively milder than its more devastating predecessors but the efforts to tackle its spread have by no means been easier. Staff and volunteers at War Room and home isolation teams have to face rudeness and hostility of patients as well as their family members in most cases. Many persons…
Not many takers for Ambaari city trips
January 25, 2022Only 10 tourists every day; poor response during weekends too Mysore/Mysuru: The wheels of the Ambaari double-decker hop-on and hop-off city tourist buses aren’t going round and round very much these days. And despite relaxation in weekend curfew, there are not many takers for this service. Demand for bus travel has fallen during the COVID…
Sudden spurt in cases attributed to backlog reports, says DC
January 25, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: With the district reporting more than 4,000 COVID positive cases for three consecutive days (Jan.22, 23 and 24) causing concern among people, Deputy Commissioner Dr. Bagadi Gautham clarified that the sudden spurt in the cases is because of addition of all backlog reports. Speaking to presspersons on the sidelines of the National Voters Day…
App to detect forest fires at Nagarahole
January 25, 2022Hunsur: Diligently following the age-old and trusted system of creating fire lines (creating a bald patch of land between green swathes) to prevent summer forest fires, the Karnataka Forest Department this year has moved a step ahead and has adopted technology for the same task. Relying on technology, it has come up with an app…
Cycling solo to save Govt. Schools, Colleges
January 25, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: While the State Government has scrapped its own student-friendly bicycle scheme to Government school children as an incentive for them to reach their far away schools, here is a youth who is cycling across the length and breadth of the country to create awareness on the need of saving Government Schools and Colleges. The…















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