Schools can’t insist on test report: DDPI Intensive drive on to vaccinate teachers ahead of reopening Mysore/Mysuru: Preparations are in full swing for vaccination and RT-PCR testing of teachers in city in view of re-opening of schools from Aug. 23. Offline classes will be held for 9th and 10th standard students after a gap of…
Release Rs. 1.40 crore to repair Maharaja High School
August 19, 2021Alumni Association threatens hunger strike from Oct. 2 if demands are not met Mysore/Mysuru: The dilapidated condition of the 188-year-old Maharaja High School in the city came to the fore again yesterday with the alumni of the School threatening to go on a hunger strike if a grant of Rs. 1.40 crore is not released…
NEP era begins at UoM from Aug. 20
August 19, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The University of Mysore (UoM) is all set to implement the National Education Policy-2020 (NEP-2020) from the ensuing academic year. The launch ceremony to be held tomorrow will herald a new era of education in the University that will recognise, identify and foster unique capabilities of each student by incorporating flexibility in the learning…
DC directs sugar factories to pay advance money to cane growers
August 19, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Stating that the District Administration will write to the Government seeking to fix FRP (Fair and Remunerative Price) for sugarcane, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. Bagadi Gautham directed the representatives of Bannari Amman Sugar Factory in Nanjangud taluk to implement the bilateral agreement reached between sugarcane growers and the factory as directed by the Government,…
Strict vigil at Bavali check-post, river banks bordering Kerala
August 19, 2021H.D. Kote: Following increase in COVID positive cases in neighbouring Kerala State, MLA Anil Chikkamadu has instructed the officials to keep strict vigil at Bavali check-post and not to bow to pressures. The MLA, who visited Bavali check-post bordering Kerala along with officials on Tuesday, inspected the steps taken at the check-post. Speaking to media…
Technical Schools to come up in all districts from next academic year: CM
August 19, 2021Bengaluru: Technical Schools will be started from the next academic year, announced Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai. Reviewing the progress of Higher Education Department here recently, he asked officials to make preparations to start technical schools on the lines of developed nations. Similar schools must be started in the State so that rural students are introduced…
COVID recovered persons must undergo TB test
August 19, 2021Bengaluru: Health and Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar has urged Covid recovered persons and their family members to voluntarily get tested for tuberculosis (TB). He was speaking at Vidhana Soudha after launching special TB test drive which will be held across the State from August 16 to August 31. “We have initiated a special…
9.9 feet tall unique statue of Dr. Ambedkar unveiled
August 19, 2021Yalandur: A unique fibre-made 9.9 feet tall statue of the architect of Indian Constitution, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in a sitting posture has been unveiled at Honnur village in taluk yesterday. This is said to be special in the entire south India. The 9.9-foot tall statue has been placed on 4.3 feet pedestal and it is…
Warrior Sangolli Rayanna statue unveiled at Kurubarahalli Circle
August 19, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With State Government dragging its feet to install the statue of Sangolli Rayanna, a great warrior during pre-Independence period, the fans of this historic fighter have unveiled his statue made out of fibre at Kurubarahalli Circle at 2 am on Independence Day. This function was held under the leadership of Rayanna Yuva Gharjane Sangha…
Vehicles to create awareness against child labour flagged off in city
August 19, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The District Administration, Labour Department and National Child Labour Project had organised an event to flag off vehicles to create awareness against employing child (below 14 years) and adolescent (above 14 years) labourers. The vehicles were flagged off by District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) Member-Secretary and senior Civil Judge Devaraj Boothe, in front of…















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