Mysore/Mysuru: Dr. R. Mukhopadhyay, Director (R&D), JK Tyre, Director & CE of Hari Shankar Singhania Elastomer &Tyre Research Institute, Mysuru and Chairman of Indian Rubber Institute, has been honoured with the “Distinguished Alumnus Award 2020” during the 66th Convocation of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, on Feb.23. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the chief…
Workshop on basic online course on Kannada at CIIL
February 25, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A five-day workshop began at the Educational Technology Unit (ETU) of Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru, on Feb.22 towards finalisation of the course material for 12-week Basic Online Course on Kannada. The course, proposed to be hosted on SWAYAM platform of the Ministry of Education, has been designed to teach Kannada for…
Three arrested for burgling houses
February 25, 2021Rs. 21.47 lakh worth gold recovered; Car, revolver, six bullets seized Mysore/Mysuru: Kuvempunagar Police have arrested three persons on charges of committing house burglaries and have recovered 391 grams gold ornaments worth Rs. 21,47,500 besides seizing a car, foreign-made revolver and six live bullets from them. Arrested are 38-year-old Dileep Kumar of Bhuvanahalli in Hassan,…
Cops seize vehicle transporting sand illegally
February 25, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The District Police, led by Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Shivakumar, have seized a vehicle which was transporting sand illegally near Kamanakere Hundi in the taluk on Tuesday. Acting on a tip off, the Police team, which conducted an operation on Tuesday night, stopped a Ashok Leyland goods vehicle near Kamanakere Hundi and on…
Nutrition Tips for Eye Health
February 25, 2021Our vision is something that we can take for granted until something happens, and our sight is compromised. However, you will be pleased to know that there is a lot we can do to take care of our eyes and ensure they stay healthy. Nutrition is one of those ways, as we outline in detail…
Rukmini is new Mayor
February 24, 2021Anwar Baig is Deputy Mayor Mysore/Mysuru: Despite tough talk by former Chief Minister and JD(S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy that Congress leader and former CM Siddharamaiah was responsible for a break in the power-sharing alliance between the two parties in the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), the JD(S) stuck to its alliance partner Congress in the Mayoral…
Separate contest move came after late-night parleys
February 24, 2021BJP, Congress rally behind ‘king-maker’ JD(S); cards close to chest after late-night meeting Mysore/Mysuru: Ahead of the city of Mysuru voting to elect its 23rd Mayor and Deputy Mayor, it was clear that the contest is a one-on-one fight between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress while the Janata Dal (Secular) is taking…
Waiting game till late night
February 24, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru Mayoral polls this time was suspenseful even a day before the voting. This time the political scene was different over the strained relationship between Congress and JD(S), especially former Chief Ministers Siddharamaiah and H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK). Both the leaders have indulged in mud-slinging and have been washing their dirty linen in full…
‘Don’t harass Kerala visitors in the name of RT-PCR report’
February 24, 2021Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha tells District Health Officers Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the State Government has made it mandatory for visitors from Kerala and Maharashtra to produce RT-PCR negative report to enter Karnataka border, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has directed the District Authorities not to insist on negative report and allow them after thermal scanning. Two…
Increasing tiger attacks in South Kodagu: Villagers take to social media to spread news on prowling big cats
February 24, 2021Pushed to corner, people may use guns to shoot tigers, warns MLC Veena Achaiah Ponnampet: The frequent appearance of tigers and killing of cattle heads in parts of South Kodagu has revived fears among locals who are pressurising the Forest Department to capture or shoot the big cats on the prowl. Pressure is mounting on…















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