Single window system planned for speedy disposal of applications Bengaluru: The State Government is planning to dispatch ‘No Objection Certificate’ (NOC) to doorsteps of investors by implementing Single Window system consisting of State Pollution Control Board, Revenue, Transport, Forest and Ecology Departments, said Mines and Geology Minister Murugesh R. Nirani. Addressing the Safety Workshop organised…
Vedike fixes pots atop trees to quench thirst of squirrels, birds
March 19, 2021Mysuru: To quench the thirst of birds and squirrels, Mysuru Kannada Vedike has started tying earthen pots on trees near Agrahara on Sayyaji Rao Road in city. This novel initiative has been taken up on behalf of late D.V.Gundappa Memorial Forum across the city. Aim of this programme is to provide water to birds and…
Bicycle awareness rally to mark World Sparrow Day tomorrow
March 19, 2021Mysuru: Marking World Sparrow Day, a bicycle rally to create awareness on conservation of birds and animals during summer has been organised by KMPK Charitable Trust tomorrow at 7 am. Addressing a press meet at Patrakarthara Bhavan here yesterday, Congress leader and former Wildlife Warden N.M. Naveen Kumar said that the cycle rally would be…
Two notorious criminals involved in 13 robbery and extortion cases arrested
March 19, 2021Rs. 20,000 cash, one bike, two mobile phones seized Mysuru: Metagalli Police have arrested two notorious criminals who were involved in 13 robbery and extortion cases and have recovered Rs. 20,000 cash besides seizing one bike and two mobile phones from them. According to a press release from the Office of the City Police Commissioner…
Govt. vehicles to ferry Old Age Home inmates for jab
March 18, 2021Exclusive session for parents of Rotary, Lions Clubs members at Dist. Hospital DC Rohini Sindhuri holds video-conferencing with Health Dept. Officers Mysore/Mysuru: Responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to speed up vaccination drive, the Mysuru District Administration has taken several steps including holding exclusive vaccination session for aged parents of members of Social Service…
Drive against mask-less people: Police collect Rs. 83,65,800 as fines in 9 months
March 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With people getting more and more careless about COVID-19 rules and with the number of patients rising at a rapid pace and the State bracing for a second wave of the pandemic, the Government is ramping up its measures to enforce social distancing and wearing masks. As part of the strategy, City Police have…
MCC Standing Committees get Chairpersons
March 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Weeks after the Mayoral polls, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) got heads to the four Standing Committees today. All the four Chairpersons were declared elected unopposed in the election slated for today at the MCC Council Hall. The positions were equally shared by Congress-JD(S) combine, which is ruling the MCC. The Chairpersons are: Ward…
Film City project comes full circle; back in Mysuru
March 18, 2021Severe shortage of land in Bengaluru forces Government to do a U-turn Bengaluru/Mysuru: The B.S. Yediyurappa Government that was a strong proponent of setting up a Film City in Bengaluru has made a U-turn and has stated that the ambitious project will be back to its originally-proposed location at Himmavu in Nanjangud Taluk of Mysuru. …
Five arrested for cheating labourer of Rs. 33 lakh in the guise of getting him a ‘rice puller’
March 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Police have arrested five persons on charges of cheating a labourer to the tune of Rs. 33 lakh in the guise of getting him a ‘rice puller’ and have recovered Rs. 25 lakh from them. With this the Cops have saved the labourer, who had sold his family’s gold jewellery, house…
Aluminium ladders claim 31 lives in 5 years in Kodagu
March 18, 2021Electrocution occurs when ladders come in contact with live wires Kushalnagar: Thirty-one persons have lost their lives in Kodagu since the last five years while using aluminium ladders to either harvest pepper from vines that grow on trees up to great heights or while pruning tree branches after the coffee picking season. The deaths occur…















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