Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the State Government not to declare the results of II PU fresher candidates till the expert committee decides on the promotion policy. A Division Bench comprising Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice Hanchate Sanjeevkumar handed the interim order on a PIL filed by S.V. Singre Gowda, Managing Trustee…
Farmers stage protest seeking fulfilment of demands
June 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Asserting that the agrarian community is in deep distress due to COVID crisis, unremunerative farm prices, non payment of dues for agriculture produce and faulty policies of the Government, farmers under the banner of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) staged a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s Office here yesterday seeking fulfilment of…
Fisheries Department aims to produce 40 crore fingerlings this monsoon season
June 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With the arrival of monsoon, the Department of Fisheries is aiming to produce 40 crore fingerlings in Mysuru Zone (Mysuru, Mandya, Hassan, Kodagu and Chamarajanagar). In recent times, inland fish cultivation has become a major source of income for farmers and merchants in the district. Due to high demand last year in the local…
Child marriages boom amidst COVID lockdown
June 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The deadly COVID -19 pandemic has taken the playful and joyous moments of children,as the State reportedly witnessed a rise in under-age marriages amidst the COVID crisis, with parents eager to marrying off their girl children even before they attain the legal age for marriage. In Mysuru District, the District Child Protection Unit received…
Private Hospital hands over body of Covid patient after former MLA intervenes
June 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: In a noble gesture, former MLA of Krishnaraja, M.K. Somashekar has arranged for handing over the dead body of a COVID positive patient as a Private Hospital had refused till the settlement of bill. He also made the management to pay money towards conducting last rites of the deceased. Recently, a Corona positive woman…
Associations seek special package, vaccination drive
June 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Several organisations have submitted memorandum to Deputy Commissioner Dr. Bagadi Gautham in support of their various demands here recently. As lockdown is in force and protests not allowed by the Police, leaders of various organisations submitted memorandums to the DC. Zakeer Husen, President of Devaraj Urs Prathime Pratishtapana Samiti, has urged the State Government…
DL, RC validity extended till Sept. 30
June 18, 2021New Delhi: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) yesterday extended the validity of motor vehicle documents like Driving Licence (DL), Registration Certificate (RC) and permits till Sept. 30, 2021. This means that the documents such as vehicle fitness certificate, permit, driving licence, registration, etc., that have expired since Feb. 1, 2020 can be…
COVID crisis: Government defers local body polls by 6 months
June 18, 2021Anwar Baig to continue as Acting Mysuru Mayor Bengaluru: In a significant decision amid COVID-19 crisis, the State Government has deferred all local body and municipal polls by atleast six months. Under Secretary of Urban Development Department K.L. Prasad has issued an order to this effect, according to which the election of heads of City…
38th Oxygen Express reaches Bengaluru
June 18, 2021Bengaluru: The 38th Oxygen Express carrying 77.39 tonnes Liquid Medical Oxygen reached the Inland Container Depot, Whitefield, Bengaluru from Rourkela, Odisha. This train has carried Liquid Medical Oxygen using 4 Cryogenic Containers. Indian Railways has so far run 443 Oxygen Expresses and transported more than 32,000 tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen in 1,830 tankers all…
30-40 lakh people lost jobs due to COVID: FKCCI
June 18, 2021Bengaluru: Owing to Covid-induced lockdown, the industrial sector has lost Rs. 75,000 crore this year while fifty percent people have also lost their livelihoods, according to the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI). FKCCI President Perikal M. Sundar has said while the lockdown last year had hit trades and industries hard, some…















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