Mandya: After five years of shut down, the Pandavapura Sahakara Sakkare Kharkhane (PSSK), more popularly known as Pandavapura Sugar Factory will start crushing sugarcane from tomorrow (Sept.18), much to the relief of thousands of farmers of the region. After the factory, which was run under the co-operative sector shut down over five years ago due…
District Minister to inaugurate People’s Park Library on Sept. 18
September 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: More than a year after it was constructed, the new Central Library at People’s Park close to Sub-Urban Bus Stand in the city, will be inaugurated by District Minister S.T. Somashekar on Sept. 18 at 10 am. Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar will inaugurate the Digital Library, while Mayor Tasneem will…
Chamundi Hill temple closed for devotees today and tomorrow
September 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As a measure to stop the spread of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, with devotees likely to throng the Hill temple in large numbers on account of Mahalaya Amavasya today (Sept.17), Deputy Commissioner B. Sharat has ordered closure of the famed Chamundeshwari temple atop Chamundi Hill for devotees today and tomorrow (Sept.17 and 18). The…
Corona forces jobless to become footpath vendors
September 17, 2020By S.B. Devaraj Mysore/Mysuru: Corona has thrown out of gear for thousands of families. The closure of factories, shops and commercial establishments has thrown out of jobs. Now, they are into other professions to eke out their livelihood. Among them, some have taken to vending fruits, vegetables and other items on footpaths. Their lives have…
CESC’s underground cabling works resume
September 17, 2020Cable-laying in full swing at Jodi Thenginamara Road, Medar Block, Yadavagiri and Manjunathapura Mysore/Mysuru: The Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) that has taken up a massive project of converting overhead power lines into underground power cables has completed 50 percent of first phase of works. At present, the project is being implemented in N.R. Sub-Division….
Mother and son back home after pan-India temple run on scooter
September 17, 2020Corporate team leader becomes spiritually inclined after 56,522-km journey By M.B. Pavan Murthy Mysore/Mysuru: After a two-year-eight-month pan-India temple run on a scooter and covering 56,522 kilometres through four countries — Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar — with his 70-year-old mother Choodarathna, city’s Dakshinamurthy Krishna Kumar has returned home in Bogadi yesterday afternoon. The mother…
Swachhta Pakhwada Campaign from Sept.16 to Oct.2
September 17, 2020To commemorate birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi Mysore/Mysuru: In pursuant to the directives of the Ministry of Railways, Swachhta Pakhwada is observed every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The Mysuru Division of South Western Railway, has organised Swachhta Pakhwada campaign from Sept.16 to Oct. 2 with focus primarily on avoiding single…
SWR to run Kisan Rail Special from Sept. 19 to Oct. 22
September 17, 2020Train service will cater to farmers and traders from Mysuru, Mandya, Hassan and other districts to carry perishable supplies to distant regions Mysore/Mysuru: With a step towards doubling the farmers income in the coming years, South Western Railway (SWR) is running a weekly service of Kisan Rail Special from Sept. 19 to Oct. 22 (5…
Infosys Foundation donates 4,000 PPE kits to MCC
September 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Infosys Foundation donated 4,000 PPE (Personal Protection Equipment) kits to Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) yesterday. Taking note of the rising number of COVID-19 positive cases in Mysuru district, Infosys Foundation donated PPE kits following an appeal by the MCC. Infosys Mysuru Manager Anant Bondade handed over the…
Gets 9 more marks after re-valuation
September 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In the SSLC results announced recently, M.S. Rahul, a student of Sree Cauvery Educational Institutions, Kuvempunagar, was given 88/100 in Social Science. However, after re-valuation, he has secured nine more marks in the subject and secured 97/100. Now his total marks stand at 595 out of 625.















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