Mysore/Mysuru: Horticulture Department has invited applications from the farming community for granting subsidy under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY). In an effort to promote installation of drip and sprinkler irrigation systems, for up to a maximum of 5 acres of land, subsidy will be provided for each family of the beneficiary and for vegetables…
Elected as President and Vice-President of UPASI
October 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Prashant Bhansali, Chief Executive Officer of Kairbetta Estates, a family-run tea plantation and tea manufacturer, has been elected as President of United Planters’ Association of Southern India (UPASI), Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, for the year 2020-21. M.P. Cherian, Managing Director of The Cottanad Plantations Limited and The Nilambur Rubber Company Limited with head quarters at…
Kite Flying…
October 7, 2020By Ragoo Rao, Ethologist Go Fly a Kite” is a phrase in English, which we use sometimes to tell a child or a teenager, to do, when we find them too interfering into our adult matters. Flying a Kite is considered a juvenile fancy (No it is not, I think a lot of old people…
COVID effect: Rs. 50 lakh development fund unlikely for 65 Wards
October 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde has hinted that it will be difficult for the Corporation to release Rs. 50 lakh to every Ward for development works in view of COVID-19 pandemic. He was replying to members over the status of fund release to all 65 MCC Wards in city at the General…
Cash-strapped MCC issues another ultimatum: Asks defaulters to pay property tax before month end without penalty
October 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With many property owners in city yet to pay property tax, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has asked property owners to pay tax dues before the Oct. 31 deadline without any penalty. In a public notice, the MCC Commissioner said there are 78,569 property owners who are yet to pay tax dues for the…
Condolence to Hathras victim creates ruckus in ZP meeting
October 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Condolence to the victim of Hathras in Uttar Pradesh along with other late leaders and a Zilla Panchayat (ZP) official, created ruckus at the ZP general meeting at the ZP hall here this morning. Soon as the meeting convened after a one-and-a-half-hour delay due to lack of quorum, the ZP Chief Planning Officer announced…
Nadanahalli Lake rejuvenated
October 6, 2020Children’s play area, outdoor fitness zone planned in Phase II Mysore/Mysuru: The rejuvenated Nadanahalli Lake (Devi Kere) was inaugurated by Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri along with other dignitaries and leaders of industry, on Gandhi Jayanthi Day (Oct. 2). Nadanahalli Lake is a small ephemeral water body with 5.1 acre catchment area located at T….
53% people with breathing problems in Mysuru, Bengaluru not wearing mask: Survey
October 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Difficulty in breathing among 53 percent of population in Bengaluru and Mysuru has been one of the main reasons for not wearing face masks, according to a survey done in 18 cities across the country in the wake of COVID-19. A survey done by ‘Apnamask’ under ‘Ek Desh’ campaign following compulsory wearing of mask,…
Dasara Elephants Webinar Series: Mysore kings have shown their love for elephants by establishing Jayamarthanda Gate, Aane Baagilu
October 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: “There is an indestructible relationship between the royal family and elephants since beginning and the royal family has been very respectful to the elephants that have been participating in Dasara festivities. To express their love and concern to the elephants, the erstwhile kings had installed Jayamarthanda Gate (the main entrance gate of Mysore Palace)…
Govt’s COVID-19 bulletin is accurate and transparent: Dr. Sudhakar
October 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Dismissing allegations of releasing fudged up COVID-19 figures, Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar clarified that the daily media bulletin being released by State Government was accurate and transparent. He was speaking at a function organised in connection with donation of Rs. 51 lakh worth COVID-19 materials and medical equipment to JSS Hospital by…















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