Mysore/Mysuru: Former Mayor Purushotham has urged District Minister S.T. Somashekar and Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha to recommend the name of senior international sportsperson of city M. Sukumar for the prestigious ‘Padma Shri’ award this year. Addressing a press meet here recently, Purushotham said that Sukumar, who is a swimmer and a handball player of repute,…
Mysore/Mysuru: Dr. Renu Agrawal, former Chief Scientist and Rural Programme Coordinator, Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru, has been nominated to the National Expert Committee of the International Cooperation Division of Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, under Agriculture and Food Processing, to shortlist Indian Young…
Bengaluru: In order to facilitate direct appointment of Stenographers and Data Entry Operators in various Departments, the State Government has amended the Karnataka Civil Services (Recruitment to the posts of Stenographers and Typists) Rules, the draft of which has been published. As per the amendment, the post of typists has been renamed as ‘Data Entry…
Bengaluru: In a move that could bring cheer to thousands of teacher aspirants, the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) on Wednesday last extended the validity of Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) qualification certificate to lifetime. Earlier, the validity of TET certificate was limited to seven years from the date of qualification. But now, this validity…
Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing the Centre of pursuing anti-labour policies, the Joint Action Committee of Trade Unions has called for a nationwide general strike on Nov. 26. Announcing this at a press meet here recently, the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) State General Secretary Meenakshi Sundaram said that the general strike has been called in protest…
Mysore/Mysuru: Nammuru Nammoru Samaja Seva Trust, Mysuru, observed Martyred Freedom Fighter Subedar Guddemane Appaiah Gowda Memorial Day at an event held at Jaladarshini Guest House recently. Veteran writer Dr. C.P. Krishnakumar (CPK) inaugurated the programme by showering petals on the portrait of Appaiah Gowda. Speaking on the occasion, CPK said that the year 1857 is…
Mysore/Mysuru: As many as 13 supporters of Chamundeshwari JD(S) MLA G.T. Devegowda were elected unopposed in the election to the Administrative Council of Mysuru Taluk Agricultural Produce Co-operative Marketing Society (TAPCMS) held yesterday. All the elected members will have a five-year term. Those elected were Honnagiri Gowda of Dasanakoppalu, H. Gopal of Kaamanakerehundi, M.B. Manjunath…
Mysore/Mysuru: A 60-year-old man has gone missing since Oct. 14, according to a complaint lodged by his wife with the Police. The missing man is Rudra, a resident of Kamanakere Hundi village in the taluk, coming under Mysuru South Police. He is oily red complexioned, has black moles on the fingers of both hands and…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru Forest Mobile Squad personnel have arrested a man, who was trying to sell a Monitor Lizard at Srirangapatna and have rescued the Monitor Lizard from him. The arrested is Ramanji alias Ramachari of Bovi Colony in Srirangapatna. Acting on a tip off that a man was trying to sell a Monitor Lizard…
Eight tusks weighing 25 kg seized Mysore/Mysuru: Four persons including two from Kerala have been arrested by the Mysuru Forest Mobile Squad while they were trying to sell elephant tusks in city and have seized eight tusks weighing 25 kg from them. The arrested are Prestine Silva and Jayaprakash of Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) in Kerala, Mohan…
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