Mysore/Mysuru: The two-day PG-CET conducted by Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) for admission to Post-Graduate technical courses such as M.Tech, M.Arch, MCA, MBA and ME, offered by VTU and other State-run Universities in Karnataka, began at eight centres in the city this morning. A total of 5,224 technical graduate degree holders had registered for the exam…
Cannon firing tomorrow
October 13, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The firing of 21 shots from the cannons will take place tomorrow and the time of the firing will be decided later in the day today. The cannon firing will be held to acclimatise the five Dasara elephants to the booming sound of the cannons so that the elephants do not panic on the…
PM Modi to virtually address UoM Convocation on Oct.19
October 13, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Centenary Convocation of the University of Mysore (UoM) will be held at Crawford Hall on Oct. 19. In a notification issued on Oct. 12, the University Registrar Prof. R. Shivappa said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the Convocation virtually at 11 am on Oct. 19. Governor Vajubhai R. Vala, also the…
CNC demands inclusion of Codava Tribe in ST list
October 13, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Codava National Council (CNC) has urged the Government to include Codava tribe in the list of Scheduled Tribes (ST) of the Indian Constitution. Addressing a press meet at Patrakarthara Bhavan here this morning, CNC President N.U. Nachappa maintained that ST tag for Codava tribe and Geo-political autonomy are synonymous for Codavas. Urging the…
Rail Museum visiting hours to be extended during Dasara
October 13, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Rail Museum, located on KRS Road, opposite CFTRI Main Gate, will be specially illuminated during Dasara festival this year. The timing of the Museum, which is normally open for public between 10 am and 6 pm, will be extended by two hours to facilitate visitors during the Dasara festivities — Oct. 17 to…
Will make Health Department a model one: Minister Dr. Sudhakar
October 13, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that Medical Education Department and Health Department have an inter-link, Medical Education and Health Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar said that Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has entrusted him both the portfolios in order to streamline health and allied services. Speaking to presspersons at the Government Guest House here yesterday, hours after he was given…
‘Yogakshema Yatra’ draws to a close
October 13, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The week-long ‘Yogakshema Yatra,’ launched by KR BJP MLA S.A. Ramdas in his Assembly segment in order to hear grievances of the people and the difficulties faced by them during the COVID-19 times, ended on Sunday with the valedictory held at Brahmasthana Kalyana Mantapa on Sahukar Channaiah Road in city. The Yatra on the…
MLA appeals COVID-19 recovered to donate blood plasma
October 13, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: MLA L. Nagendra has appealed people who have recovered from the deadly COVID-19 pandemic to come forward for blood plasma donation in large numbers. He was speaking after felicitating plasma donors at ‘Plasma Donors – Life Savers’ plasma donation camp organised at Jeevadhara Blood Bank Centre on Sayyaji Rao Road here on Sunday. Appealing …
Special Property Tax Drive: MCC records Rs.37.45 lakh collection on a single day
October 13, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: ‘Palike Nade – Janatheya Kade’, a special drive launched by the MCC to collect tax from the doorstep of property owners, seems to have reaped much dividends for the cash-strapped civic body, as it recorded a whopping collection of Rs. 37.45 lakh on a single day on Monday. MCC officials collected Rs. 37,45,124 from…
Mobile phone thieves nabbed
October 13, 2020Two phones recovered, one autorickshaw seized Mysore/Mysuru: Alanahalli Police, on Oct. 10, arrested two persons on charges of stealing expensive mobile phones and recovered two mobile phones besides seizing an autorickshaw used for the crime. The arrested are 25-year-old Venkatesh alias Chaaku of Yeraganahalli and 21-year-old K. Sanjay of Lalithadripura village in the taluk. On…















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