Mysore/Mysuru: An order by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) making it mandatory for sweet shops to declare the ‘expiry date’ or ‘best before date’ of all sweets available in the shop from Oct. 1 has evoked mixed response among shop owners. A majority of them have strongly opposed this order as ‘unscientific’…
Pay Rs. 50 for Platform ticket at City Railway Station
September 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In view of the entire country going into an overdrive following the spread of COVID-19 contagion, the platform ticket charge at Mysuru City Railway Station has been increased to Rs.50 from Rs. 10 with immediate effect and will remain the same till Dec.31, 2020. The increase in rate of platform ticket aims to…
DC asks Health Dept. to reduce COVID-19 deaths
September 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The new Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru Rohini Sindhuri reviewed COVID-19 situation in the district and also preparations for Dasara-2020 which will begin from Oct. 17. Soon after assuming charge, she chaired a meeting here yesterday. The DC was informed that 70 static teams and 30 mobile teams were functioning in the district to conduct…
Ramdas holds meeting to check Corona
September 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In the wake of spike in Corona positive cases in city, MLA S.A. Ramdas held a meeting of officials from various Departments and office-bearers of several associations at his office in Vidyaranyapuram recently. He took stock of the situation and stressed on the need to create more awareness among the citizens. The MLA said…
Facility Management, Cleaning and Hygiene Sciences courses in city
September 30, 2020JSS Science & Technology University ties up with Academy for Workplace Excellence promoted by Schevaran Mysore/Mysuru: The Academy for Workplace Excellence (AWE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with JSS Science and Technology University (JSS S&TU), Mysuru, to offer a variety of courses in Facility Management as well as Cleaning and Hygiene Sciences at…
B. Sharat appointed as Silk Marketing Board MD
September 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Outgoing Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Mysuru B. Sharat has been appointed as Managing Director (MD) of Karnataka Silk Marketing Board Limited (KSMB). Within a month of taking charge as Mysuru DC, the Karnataka Government had transferred Sharat on Monday but had not allocated any post to him and posted IAS Officer Rohini Sindhuri in…
NLSIU Amendment Act: HC quashes domicile quota
September 30, 2020Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has quashed the 25 percent horizontal domicile reservation introduced by the State Government in National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru, through the NLSIU Amendment Act, 2020. A Division Bench, comprising Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice B.V. Hosmani, held that only the Executive Council of the Law School can…
Conmen held for cheating people with fake rice-pulling equipment
September 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Devaraja Police have arrested four persons on charges of cheating people through fake rice-pulling equipment and have seized the fake rice-puller from them. The Police, who raided two rooms of a hotel on Dhanvantri Road on Sept. 26, arrested 57-year-old M.G. Chandramohan of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, 50-year-old T.V. Ibrahim of Thennala village at…
K.R. Nagar man gets RI in harassment case
September 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Sixth Additional District and Sessions Court of Mangaluru has sentenced a person to Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) for molesting a medical student at a hostel in Mangaluru and robbing her of money and ATM card. The accused, Nagesh aka Naagu (30), a resident of K.R. Nagar in Mysuru district, had gained entry into a hostel…
PU Colleges faculty oppose merger of Board
September 30, 2020Bengaluru: The Principals, Teaching and Non-teaching faculty of Pre-University Colleges of the State have strongly opposed the Government’s reported move to merge Pre-University Exam Board with Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board. The PU College Teaching and Non-teaching fraternity have formed a Joint Action Committee to oppose the Government’s proposed Board merger plan and the Committee…















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