State to procure 1,200 new buses by March-end; Volvos to be phased out Bengaluru: After a failed attempt to increase bus fares, the State Government may hike fares of buses operated by all the four State-run road Transport Corporations. At a meeting with the Chief Minister ahead of the Budget, Transport Department officials sought the…
Mysuru/Mysore: Former President of Federation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FKCCI) Sudhakar S. Shetty has stated that the recently presented Union Budget gives a modern touch to the taxation system. He was speaking at ‘Budget Talk-2020’ (on Union Budget), an event organised by Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) and Pooja Bhagavat…
GST Principal Commissioner Sanjay Pant at CII Annual Finance and Taxation Conference Mysuru/Mysore: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Mysuru, Finance and Taxation Panel, had organised its Annual Conference on Finance and Taxation-2020 at Hotel Southern Star here yesterday. Sanjay Pant, IRS, Principal Commissioner, GST Commissionerate, Mysuru, who was the chief guest, said “In India…
Bengaluru: Minister for Primary and Secondary Education S. Suresh Kumar has assured of a student-friendly education policy to provide quality education to children. He has also promised to look into the demands of teachers from Primary and Secondary education sectors. Speaking at a ‘Best teacher’ award presentation ceremony held here yesterday, the Minister said that…
Mysuru/Mysore: “Preparations are in full swing for Saptapadi: Mass marriage event, to be held atop Chamundi Hill on April 26. The event needs to be publicised in maximum ways possible,” said Public Library Department Deputy Director and Nodal Officer B. Manjunath while instructing the concerned officials. He was addressing the officials at a meeting held…
Mysuru/Mysore: The first transperson to head a Government Academy in Karnataka, Manjamma Jogati (President of Karnataka Janapada Academy), will inaugurate ‘Bahuroopi Janapadostsava’ at Kindarijogi premises in Rangayana today (Feb. 13) at 5 pm, as a prelude to the annual Bahuroopi National Theatre Festival which is scheduled to begin tomorrow. Sanjeeva Suvarna, Principal, Yakshagana Kendra, Yaksha…
Mysuru/Mysore: The 2-day National Seminar on ‘Documentation of lesser-known Languages: Deliberation and Medium,’ organised by Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru and Regional Centre of Central Institute of Hindi (CIH), Mysuru, at the CIIL premises here, will conclude today. In his inaugural address yesterday, Prof. Rajesh Sachdeva, former Director, CIIL, said: “to preserve lesser-known…
Mysuru/Mysore: The latest coronavirus (now renamed as COVID-19) spreading in China and the SARS outbreak of 2003 have two things in common: Both are from the coronavirus family and both started in wet (meat and fish) markets in China. At such markets, outdoor stalls are squeezed together to forming narrow lanes, where locals and visitors…
Mysuru/Mysore: Jagadguru Sri Veerasimhasana Mutt, Suttur and JSS Mahavidyapeetha, Mysuru, in association with Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage and History Department, JSS Women’s College, Mysuru, has organised a programme to celebrate the birth Centenary of Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar at Navajyothi Auditorium, JSS Women’s College, Saraswathipuram, in city on Feb. 15 and Feb. 16. Speaking…
Mysuru/Mysore: The Second Additional District and Sessions Court has sentenced a man to seven years imprisonment besides imposing a fine of Rs. 5,000 after he was found guilty of assaulting a senior citizen and robbing her of her gold chain. The man who was sent to jail is 36-year-old T.M. Nagendra, a resident of Tumbanerale…
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