New Delhi: The third session of the Joint Entrance Examination (Main) has been postponed in the wake of prevailing Covid-19 situation in the country, Union Education Minister Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank announced today. The session was originally scheduled to be held from Apr. 27 to 30 and the revised dates for the JEE (Main) will…
Senior Journalist Krishna Prasad appointed as The Hindu Group Editorial Officer
April 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: City-based Senior Journalist Krishna Prasad has been appointed as the first ever Group Editorial Officer by The Hindu Group Publishing Pvt. Ltd. (THGPPL), Publisher of The Hindu, The Hindu Business Line, Frontline and Sportstar, with effect from Apr. 16, 2021. Former Editor-in-Chief of Outlook magazine and former Editor of Vijay Times, Krishna Prasad will…
Ragi to BPL card holders
April 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Government has decided to distribute Ragi, procured from farmers under Minimum Support Price system, to BPL card holders. Each BPL card holder will get 3 kg of ragi, while those having Antyodaya cards will get 20 kg for next five months from fair price shops. Ragi is in addition to 2 kg of…
Special vaccination drive held for Judges, Advocates and UoM staff
April 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Judges, Advocates, Court staff, teaching and non-teaching staff of University of Mysore took vaccination against COVID-19 pandemic in special camps held yesterday. Following request from Mysuru Bar Association, the District Health Department had organised a special vaccination drive in workplace in which around 150 persons including Judges, Advocates and Court staff, took the jab. …
Man arrested for stealing cash from brother’s house
April 18, 2021Nanjangud: Hullahalli Police have taken a man and his wife into custody on charges of stealing Rs. 3.30 lakh cash from his brother’s house. Those taken into custody are Swamy and his wife Sunanda, residents of Magadi in Ramanagar taluk. The Cops took the duo into custody following a complaint by Venkataraju (brother of Swamy),…
Youth and girl go missing from city
April 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A youth and a girl have gone missing in separate cases from city. In the first incident, 18-year-old R. Manjula, a resident of Hebbal village, who left home on Apr.13 afternoon, has since gone missing, according to a complaint lodged at Mysuru South Police Station. Manjula is 5.1 ft. tall, fair complexioned, oval faced…
Youth held on charges of killing woman
April 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Vijayanagar Police have arrested a person on charges of murdering a woman at his house in Belawadi in city on Thursday. According to Police, the accused has been identified as 27-year-old Kiran Kumar of Bommenahalli village of Yelwal Hobli in Mysuru taluk. He was arrested for allegedly killing his aunt’s daughter by suspecting her…
Ban orders around exam centre
April 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) conducting the Commercial Practice Exam from Apr.19 to May 6, City Police have imposed prohibitory orders around 200 mts. radius around the Government Girls Higher Primary School, Ashoka Road, N.R. Mohalla, which is the lone exam centre in the city. The prohibitory orders will be in…
Mysuru reports single day spike of 811 COVID-19 positive cases
April 17, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru reported a single day highest spike of 811 COVID-19 positive cases today (Apr. 17) and today’s death count has touched eight. The highest single day spike brings back chilling memories of last year – August-September — where the daily spike had crossed the 1,000 mark with daily deaths of at least 10 persons. …
Crematoriums to get hi-tech touch
April 17, 2021Capacity to be increased with surge in COVID deaths MLA, MCC and MUDA officials inspect facilities Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru city’s existing crematoriums are being prepared to work overtime to cope with the surging number of deaths from escalating Coronavirus outbreak. On an average, five people are dying every day in the second wave of COVID-19 as…















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