Mysore/Mysuru: Upset over the action of RTO officials, who had seized a couple of vegetable lorries for alleged violation of traffic norms, farmers under the banner of KRRS and Hasiru Sene, staged a demonstration in front of the RTO (West) Office in Chamarajapuram here recently. Accusing the RTO officials of heavily penalising the vegetable lorry…
Govt’s shocker to citizens
November 5, 2020Power tariff up by 40 paise per unit Bengaluru: After by-elections to Sira and RR Nagar Assembly segments two days ago, the State Government has given a shock to the citizens by increasing the power tariff by 40 paise per unit with retrospective effect from Nov. 1. Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has revised the…
Digital Life Certificate: Calling Pensioners
November 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) pensioners visit PF Offices every year in the months of Nov.-Dec. to submit their Life Certificate to continue to draw their pension without break. In the present scenario of COVID-19 pandemic, the EPFO desires that all the pensioners should stay safe and stay at home. Therefore, EPFO has…
Dy.SP Ganapathy suicide case: Former Minister K.J.George and two IPS officers get relief
November 5, 2020Bengaluru: In a big relief to MLA and former Minister K.J. George and two senior IPS officers — A.M. Prasad and Pranab Mohanty — the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday quashed the proceedings initiated by the Special Court, set up for cases against people representatives, in the case pertaining to the suicidal death of Dy.SP…
Priest arrested for looting gold jewellery in the guise of performing puja
November 5, 2020Gold ornaments worth Rs. 21 lakh recovered Hunsur: Bilikere Police have arrested a priest on charges of looting gold jewellery in the guise of performing puja and have recovered 456 grams gold jewellery worth Rs. 21 lakh from him. The arrested is 28-year-old Manu, a priest at Chowdeshwari Temple in Sathigrama of K.R. Nagar taluk….
40 Oxygenated bed facility opens at Trauma Care Centre
November 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In yet another measure to tackle the deadly COVID-19 contagion, District Minister S.T. Somashekar inaugurated the newly set-up 40 oxygenated bed facility at the Trauma Care Centre located in PKTB Sanatorium premises on KRS road here this morning. Speaking on the occasion, Somashekar said that patients suffering from SARI (Severe Acute Respiratory Infection) and…
3 Covid Care Centres to close down in city
November 4, 2020Fall in Corona positive cases, deaths; 50 percent beds for non-COVID cases in ESI Hospital Mysore/Mysuru: Thanks to steady decline in Corona positive cases and casualties, the Mysuru District Administration has decided to close some of the Covid Care Centres (CCCs) started by the State Government four to five months ago when the cases had…
US elections-2020: Trump threatens to move SC
November 4, 2020Washington: US President and Republican candidate Donald Trump today said he would go to the Supreme Court (SC) to stop delayed counting of votes. In a short address to the media and supporters at the White House, Trump claimed he was on way to victory but “all of a sudden, everything snapped.” “This is a…
Highway Robbery: Bike-borne miscreants assault riders, decamp with gold chains and cash
November 4, 2020Mandya: In separate cases, Bike-borne miscreants have decamped with a gold chain and cash after assaulting them on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway coming under Mandya Rural Police limits on Monday night. In the first incident, miscreants, who threatened a rider and pillion rider with a knife, have assaulted them before decamping with a gold chain and cash…
Keep track of Corona patients with co-morbidities: District In-charge Secretary
November 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: District In-charge Secretary N. Jayaram said that the authorities must seek information about patients who get admitted in Hospitals for COVID-19 treatment and keep a track on them for co-morbidities. He was speaking at a meeting with officials on COVID-19 testing, treatment and control, at the Deputy Commissioner’s office here yesterday. Noting that many…















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