Farmer leaders seek support of traders in city for tomorrow’s dawn-to-dusk Nationwide bandh call Mysore/Mysuru: Tomorrow’s dawn-to-dusk Bharat Bandh called by farmers protesting in Delhi demanding that the Union Government repeal the three farm laws is likely to have mixed response in city as several Trade Unions, farmer organisations and Trade Associations have expressed support. However,…
India’s Covishield vaccine awaits approval
December 7, 2020Serum Institute seeks Emergency Use Authorisation for COVID-19 vaccine Clinical trials were conducted at JSS Medical College in Mysuru in August New Delhi: The Serum Institute of India (SII) yesterday became the country’s first company to apply to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) seeking Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) for the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine…
UoM to start Forensic Sciences course from next academic year
December 7, 2020Existing Criminology Arts subject will be Forensic Sciences and Criminology Mysore/Mysuru: The University of Mysore (UoM) will start a new course on Forensic Sciences and Criminology (as Science subject) from the next academic year. Forensic Science provides scientific evidence for use in the courts of law. A degree in Forensic Science is a cross-disciplinary mix…
Decline in COVID cases: 2 Helpline centres shut, one at MCC functions
December 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In the wake of slide in COVID-19 cases in Mysuru, two ‘Helpline’ centres opened at Division Office of Vani Vilas Water Works and in Saraswathipuram have been shut with immediate effect. However, ‘Helpline Centre’ at Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Office will continue to function, said MCC Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde. In a press release here,…
Dr. Ambedkar Parinirvan Divas
December 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Marking 64th Parinirvan Divas, (Death Anniversary) of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, District Minister S.T. Somashekar offered floral tributes to the statue of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in Town Hall premises yesterday. On the occasion, Buddhist Monks, led by Manorakkitha Bantheji of Kollegal rendered ‘Buddha Vandane, Dhamma Vandane and Sangha Vandane’ to the statue of Buddha at…
Vokkaligas demand exclusive Authority
December 7, 2020Seer hints at seeking a separate State Mysore/Mysuru: Days after Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa formed the Karnataka Veerashaiva Lingayat Development Corporation (KVLDC) with an initial fund of Rs. 500 crore and announced the formation of Maratha Development Corporation with a sanctioned fund of Rs. 50 crore, Vokkaligas have demanded formation of an exclusive Authority and…
Filing of nominations for first phase of Gram Panchayat polls begins
December 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The filing of nomination papers for the first phase of Gram Panchayat (GP) polls began today. The polling for a total of 148 GPs in Mysuru district including 41 in Hunsur taluk, 34 each in Periyapatna and K.R. Nagar taluks, 26 in H.D. Kote taluk and 13 in Saragur taluk will take place in…
Congress apprehensive about BJP spending huge money in GP polls
December 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing the ruling BJP of spending huge sums of money in the Assembly bypolls held recently, former Chamarajanagar Congress MP R. Dhruvanarayan expressed concern that the BJP is planning to do the same in the upcoming Gram Panchayat polls. Speaking to presspersons at Jaladarshini Guest House here on Saturday after a party meeting on…
BJP wants Govt. to pass Bills to check cow slaughter, love jihad
December 7, 2020Belagavi: The BJP State Executive meeting on Saturday unanimously adopted a resolution urging the State Government to table the Cow Slaughter Prevention Bill and the Love Jihad Bill in the Legislature. It also resolved to conduct Gram Swarajya programmes and make efforts to win over 80 per cent of Gram Panchayats in the upcoming elections….
Rotary Midtown’s Project Random Act of Kindness… Spreading warmth to shelterless on winter nights
December 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A hot meal or a warm blanket amid nip in the air cost nothing to most of us, but can be life-savers for thousands living on streets, with no roof above their head. This winter, homeless, daily wage workers and those who have lost their homes to calamities are the worst hit. And if…















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