Mysore/Mysuru: Minister for Ecology and Environment C.P. Yogeeshwar today asserted that untreated sewage of cities, Town Municipal Corporations and Panchayats will not be let into rivers and strict action will be taken against local bodies, individuals and factories responsible for allowing polluted water into rivers. He said major sources of pollution in the rivers were…
Three more Pvt. Hospitals recommended for vaccination
March 3, 2021Columbia Asia, Narayana Multispeciality Hospital and Mission Hospital; Permission in 2 or 3 days Vaccination at all 24 empanelled Hospitals from next week Mysore/Mysuru: The District Health Department has recommended to its State body to include three more Private Hospitals in city to speed up Phase-3 vaccination drive which was launched on Mar. 1 for…
Big cat on the prowl in South Kodagu: Female scent strategy to lure elusive male tiger
March 3, 2021Ponnampet: A tiger’s keen sense of smell and sound is being used as a weapon to trap the elusive male tiger that has spread terror in parts of South Kodagu. Urine, faeces and recordings of roaring sounds of female tigers have been obtained from the Mysuru Zoo and they will be used to lure the…
Mayoral Poll row: MLA Tanveer Sait gets notice
March 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Disciplinary Committee of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) has served a notice on Narasimharaja (NR) MLA Tanveer Sait over the controversy shrouding the Mysuru Mayoral elections last week. Following instructions from the Party High Command, Disciplinary Committee President K. Rahman Khan has served a notice to Sait seeking detailed explanation on what transpired…
Release additional funds to complete pending works: Pratap Simha
March 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has requested Social Welfare Minister B. Sriramulu to release an additional grant of Rs 6.37 crore for the completion of ongoing construction of community centres in taluks and hoblis. In a press release, the MP said that while pending works in Periyapatna taluk require Rs. 3.60 crore; works in Mysuru…
Ram Temple fund-raising drive yields Rs. 2,100 crore; now to go global
March 3, 2021Iqbal Ansari, son of one of the oldest litigants of the dispute, makes a secret donation Lucknow: After concluding nationwide 44-day Samarpan Nidhi Abhiyan collecting over Rs. 2,100 crore, Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Theertha Kshetra Trust is planning to launch a world-wide drive to collect donations from Ram Bhakts across the globe. The Trust Treasurer Govind…
Each district’s USP will be branded to boost tourism: Minister
March 3, 2021Mysuru Haat at an estimated cost of Rs. 125 crore on cards, says C.P. Yogeeshwar Mysore/Mysuru: Minister for Tourism, Ecology and Environment C.P. Yogeeshwar said that the State was committed to boost tourism to earn handsome revenue and to provide direct and indirect employment to lakhs of people. “In any profession, there is a minimum…
Srikanteshwara Temple records Rs. 1.11 crore hundi collection
March 3, 2021Nanjangud: Srikanteshwara Temple at Nanjangud has recorded hundi (offering box) collection of Rs. 1.11 crore, said Temple’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ravindra. The counting of offerings by devotees in 24 offering boxes was taken up yesterday during which Rs. 1,11,64,033 cash, 105 gram gold, 2.25 kg silver and six foreign currencies were recorded. Apart from…
Hearing screening camp held for Railway employees
March 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: As part of World Hearing Day (Mar. 3), All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) in association with the Railway Medical Department conducted a hearing screening camp for Railway employees at Mysuru Divisional Office of South Western Railway. According to World Health Organisation (WHO), 466 million persons have disabling hearing loss — 6.1…
Miscreants snatch gold chain from elderly woman in city
March 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Bike-borne miscreants have snatched a gold chain from an elderly woman at Ramabai Nagar in the outskirts of city yesterday morning. The woman, who lost her gold chain, is 58-year-old Mamata, wife of retired Tahsildar Prasanna Kumar. Mamata was on her way to pluck leaves at the vacant site near her house at about…















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