Madikeri: Kodagu does not have appropriate or adequate sports infrastructure though the tiny district has produced innumerable sporting icons over the years. Hence, the Union Government must establish a Sports University in Kodagu to give a platform for thousands of emerging sportspersons from Kodagu and also to encourage sportsmen from other districts of Karnataka. This…
LED lights to replace ornamental streetlights on Ring Road: Minister
March 13, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The ornamental streetlights on Ring Road in Mysuru will be replaced by Centrally controlled and maintained LED lights, said Urban Development Minister Byrati Basavaraj. Replying to Sandesh Nagaraj (JD-S) during Question hour in the State Legislative Council here on Tuesday, the Minister said MCC has floated tender for this work. The purpose of…
Former MLA urges Govt. to release funds for Social Security Pension
March 13, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Claiming that the Government has failed to release funds for old age pension and many other pensions covered under Social Security Schemes of the Government, former MLA M.K. Somashekar wondered whether the Government had become so bankrupt even to make provisions for funding pensions. Addressing a press meet here recently, Somashekar alleged that money…
Workshop on ‘Cyber Security and e-Governance’ held: ‘Beware! Small mistakes can cause you huge losses’
March 13, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With State Government implementing ‘e-Governance’ in all Departments, it is a must for everyone to know about prevention of cyber crime, opined Deputy Superintendent of Police (Dy.SP) Mathew Philip. He was speaking after inaugurating a workshop on ‘Cyber Security and e-Governance’ organised jointly by e-Governance Division of Administration Training Institute (ATI) and District Training…
NCSK Chairman M. Venkatesan to tour district from tomorrow
March 13, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) Chairman M. Venkatesan will be touring the district from Mar. 13 to Mar. 15. He will be arriving to Mysuru on Mar. 13 at 9 pm and staying at Government Guest House. He will be participating in various programmes in city on Mar. 14 from 10 am onwards….
Tree fall: Close shave for car driver
March 12, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A 32-year-old man had a providential escape and survived even after a giant tree fell on his car while he was inside the vehicle. He was readying to get off his car to have breakfast and was rolling up the windshields when the tree came crashing. Fortunately he came out unscathed. The incident occurred…
IMA scam: Investors to get back money from today
March 12, 2021Investments made by Mysureans in Ponzi schemes cross Rs. 63 crore Bengaluru/Mysuru: Good news for thousands of investors who have lost their hard-earned money in IMA (I Monetary Advisory (IMA) Group of Companies) scam. More than a year- and-a-half after the scam came to light in 2019, investors can now look forward to getting their…
Dr. Bhyrappa’s Parva dramatised
March 12, 2021Good response for first day, first show at Kalamandira Mysore/Mysuru: It was a dream come true for thousands of theatre-buffs as the first show of the theatrical form of ‘Parva’, written by noted Kannada novelist Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa, was successfully staged at Kalamandira in city this morning. “I hereby declare the play open.” This one…
11,200 Covaxin doses arrive in city
March 12, 2021To be administered at JSS Hospital and Trauma Care Centre Mysore/Mysuru: As many as 11,200 doses of Covaxin, India’s indigenous COVID-19 vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and National Institute of Virology (NIV), has arrived in Mysuru last evening. It will be administered to citizens above…
Health camp for horses held
March 12, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: People For Animals (PFA) in association with Worldwide Veterinary Service (WVS) and Jeev Daya Jain Charity organisation had organised a health check-up camp for horses near Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple at the North Gate of Mysore Palace this morning. Veterinarians of PFA and WVS conducted complete body check-up of tonga horses besides treating their wounds….















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