Mysore/Mysuru: A two-wheeler rider was killed when a KSRTC bus hit the bike he was riding on Feb. 18 morning. The deceased is Appu (22), son of Siddaraju, a resident of Someshwarapura in the taluk. Appu was proceeding towards Mysuru on his Bajaj Pulsar bike, when the KSRTC bus hit him near Hosahundi village on…
Govt. gives rebate in property tax, electricity charges to ailing hotel industry
February 21, 2021Bengaluru: The State Government has given a bumper gift to the worst-hit hotel industry due to COVID-19 pandemic in the last ten months. Accordingly, the State Cabinet has decided to give concession in property tax and electricity charges of hotel industry in a bid to boost the sulking tourism industry. Presided over by Chief Minister…
Notices to be issued to industries polluting rivers: Environment Minister
February 21, 2021Bengaluru: Minister for Tourism and Environment C.P. Yogeeshwar (CPY) has made a startling revelation that most of the rivers in Karnataka were polluted as waste water is relentlessly let out and if the same situation continues, the State may face many epidemics. Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru yesterday, the Minister said that even the…
‘No restoration of elephant corridor till next two years due to fund crunch’
February 21, 2021Bengaluru: Forest Minister Aravind Limbavali has ruled out extension of forest for restoration of elephant corridor in the next one or two years owing to current economic crisis. He was speaking after a meeting of senior Forest officers here recently on the subject of man-animal crisis across the State. Aravind said in the current situation,…
COVID on the Rise: Entry into State only for persons with negative COVID report
February 20, 2021Negative RT-PCR report must to get hotel rooms in Mysuru city Random checking at Bavali check-post Kerala students under scanner Lockdown inevitable, if safety norms flouted: Health Minister Bengaluru/Mysuru: Taking strong note of spurt in COVID-19 cases in neighbouring Kerala and Maharashtra, Health and Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar said that people from those…
Mysuru DC’s Village Stay: Villagers plead for restoration of historic temple near Hunsur
February 20, 2021Of the 1,000 pillars of Kashilingeshwara Temple, only 240 pillars remain now Hunsur (Terikal): The highlight of Mysuru Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rohini Sindhuri’s Terikal village visit was the Thousand-Pillar Kashilingeshwara Temple. According to villagers, the temple dated back to thousands of years and was built by Gangas of Talakad. Manjunath, a 56-year-old villager told SOM…
DC Rohini turns Maths teacher
February 20, 2021Hunsur (Terikal): Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri donned the role of a teacher and solved Mathematics sums to the students of Government Primary School at Terikal village in Bilikere Hobli near Hunsur this morning. Over 20 students were present in the classroom and they were listening in rapt attention. The DC visited the school as…
Congress should get Mayor post this time, says Siddharamaiah
February 20, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Asserting that Congress should get the Mayor post this time as per an understanding reached between the Congress and JD(S) following MCC polls in 2018, Opposition Leader and former CM Siddharamaiah maintained that JD(S) should honour the agreement if alliance between the two parties were to continue. Speaking to presspersons at his Ramakrishnanagar residence…
Hail rolls out white carpet
February 20, 2021Joy for some; sorrow for others Major coffee crop damage, says GSI Scientist Madikeri/Somwarpet: Parts of North Kodagu were swathed in a white carpet yesterday with ice left behind after a hailstorm. Heavy rains and hailstorms lashed villages of Nidtha, Ankanahalli, Mullooru, Dundalli, Doddalli and Gudugalale near Shanivarsanthe of Somwarpet taluk in Kodagu district yesterday,…
1,379 candidates secure jobs
February 20, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A total of 1,379 candidates out of the total 13,028 received letters of appointment at the Mega Job Mela held at Dasara Exhibition Grounds here yesterday. As many as 8,000 candidates have faced the first round of interview and they would attend the second round of interview in the companies concerned soon. Of the…















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