Bengaluru: Taking note of the delay in payment of cash through DBT (Direct Benefit Transfer) for beneficiaries of the Government’s ambitious ‘Anna Bhagya’ and ‘Gruha Lakshmi‘ Schemes, the Government, as a measure to ensure timely implementation of the Schemes, has issued a schedule for ensuring timely payment to beneficiaries, according to which the DBT will…
Libraries are centres of awareness: ZP CEO
November 9, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Asserting that Libraries are often called as centres of awareness, Zilla Panchayat (ZP) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) K.M. Gayathri said that measures have been taken for digitalisation of Gram Panchayat (GP) Libraries. She was speaking after distributing digital equipments to 22 GP Libraries in the district at a programme jointly organised by the Rural…
REDUCE, RE-USE, RECYCLE: Waste management with a purpose by Lions Club of Mysore West
November 9, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Lions Club of Mysore West had recently organised the 10th edition of Bargain Hunt, an annual sale to encourage recycling and reuse of items that would otherwise be languishing in people’s homes or be discarded in landfills. The sale has helped the Lion ladies raise funds for the Club’s multiple community service projects. For…
Naval veterans condemn death sentence to eight Ex-Indian Navy men
November 9, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Strongly condemning the Qatar court order awarding death sentence to eight retired Indian Navy personnel, who are accused of spying, Ex-servicemen of the city, under the banner of Naval Veterans Association, Karnataka (Mysuru Revenue Division) and supported by Akhila Karnataka Maaji Sainikara Sangha (AKMSS), staged a silent march in the city on Nov.4. Maintaining…
D.Litt conferred on Founder of National Academy School
November 9, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Appaneravanda Shanthi Achapa, Founder and Chairperson of National Academy School (CBSE), Athur near Gonikoppa, Kodagu, has been conferred the Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) degree by the University of Central America for her ‘accomplishments in the public life in promoting education for establishing a just and equitable society.’ She has the credit of introducing the…
Onake Obavva Jayanti on Nov. 11
November 9, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The District Administration and Kannada & Culture Department have organised District-level Onake Obavva Jayanti 2023-24 at Mini Theatre in Kalamandira on Nov. 11 at 11 am. The event will be inaugurated by Social Welfare and District in-Charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa in the presence of Chief Minister Siddharamaiah. Minister for Animal Husbandry and Sericulture…
Unidentified bodies found
November 9, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: In separate cases, Mysuru Railway Police and Krishnaraja (KR) Police have found bodies of unidentified persons in their respective jurisdictions and have registered cases. In the first case, a body of an unidentified man, aged between 55 and 60 years, who was run over by a moving train, was found between Maddur and Hanakere…
Hi-tech monitoring system for precise Cauvery water data
November 8, 2023Telemetric Water Monitoring System installed at Koppa-Kushalnagar Cauvery River Bridge Kushalnagar: Amid the ongoing dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over the sharing of Cauvery River water, a state-of-the-art Telemetric Water Monitoring System, equipped with velocity and level sensors, has been successfully installed on a bridge across the Cauvery River at Koppa-Kushalnagar on the Kodagu-Mysuru…
Supreme Court bans firecrackers across India
November 8, 2023New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday ordered a ban on firecrackers across India, saying the directions against the use of barium and banned chemicals in firecrackers are applicable to all States and not just Delhi-NCR. The clarification was made by the Apex Court while hearing a plea relating to issue of fire crackers in the…
MDJA presents Awards, fetes Awardees
November 8, 2023Journalists must abide by Constitution only: KBG Mysore/Mysuru: Founder-Editor of Star of Mysore and Mysuru Mithra K.B. Ganapathy (KBG) said “Journalists have to abide by the Constitution only, as the King and Rajadharma (duty of king) have lost recognition with the advent of Democracy.” Addressing a gathering of journalists this morning after being felicitated by…
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