Bengaluru: In a bid to help the farming community during COVID Curfew, the Agriculture Department has revived the Agri War Room, with the launch of two Helplines – 080- 22210237 and 22212818. The Agri War Room will help the farmers by giving useful suggestions on carrying out agricultural activities, equipment availability, fertilizer and other inputs…
Dereliction in COVID duty: DC issues notices to 22 PDOs
April 29, 2021Chamarajanagar: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. M.R. Ravi, seeking explanation for dereliction in performing COVID duty and showing negligent attitude, has issued notices to 22 Panchayat Development Officers (PDOs). Following increase in COVID-19 positive cases, an order was passed appointing PDOs to trace the primary and secondary contacts of COVID -19 positive patients in the stipulated…
Russell’s Viper rescued from 25 feet well in city
April 29, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: City snake rescuers Mohammed Umar Shariff (Snake Umar) and Cobra Kumar, with the help of Police officer Mohan Kumar have rescued a Russell’s Viper from a 25 ft. well at Jockey Quarters recently. Umar said that Mohan Kumar, also a snake rescuer, while rescuing a snake at Jockey Quarters learnt about a Russell’s Viper…
Puttanna Kanagal’s son Ramu passes away
April 29, 2021Bengaluru: Ramu Kanagal (53), son of legendary Kannada filmmaker Puttanna Kanagal, passed away following brief illness at a hospital here on Wednesday. Ramu, whose condition had deteriorated in the last five days, was admitted at the Victoria Hospital and at the time of his admission, the virus had infected the lungs severely and he passed…
MUDA reclaims encroached lands worth Rs.10 crore
April 29, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Resuming the operation for clearance of its encroached lands, the MUDA recently reclaimed encroached lands totally worth Rs. 10 crore. MUDA, which had acquired 8.27 acres of land in Survey No. 275 of Hanchya village, had reserved it for a drinking water project. But about one and half acre area of this land was…
Man kills mother, wife, 2 children at Saragur
April 29, 2021Saragur: A 32-year-old specially abled man has gone absconding after allegedly killing his mother, nine-month-old pregnant wife and two children. The shocking incident took place at Chamegowdanahundi village, about 8 kms from Saragur, which came to light today morning. While a few villagers alleged that it was a pre-planned murder, others said that the man…
Uttarakhand suspends ‘Char Dham Yatra’
April 29, 2021Dehradu: Amid massive surge in COVID-19 cases, the Uttarakhand Government, today, suspended the ‘Char Dham Yatra’ for this year. The yatra was scheduled to start from May 14. Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat said that only priests of the four temples will perform rituals and puja. The four pilgrimage sites are Badrinath, Kedarnath, Yamunotri and…
Wins Retail Jeweller World 2021 – Middle East Award
April 29, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Joyalukkas, one of the world’s favourite jewellers, was recently awarded the coveted Retail Jeweller World 2021 – Middle East Award for their exquisite Ratna jewellery collection. Announcing this, John Paul Alukkas, Managing Director of Joyalukkas Jewellery – International Operations, said that this is yet another honour for the collection that is a celebration of…
Webinar on “Art and Science of Engineering Product Designs” held
April 29, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Internal Quality Assurance Cell of GSSS Institute of Engineering and Technology for Women, Mysuru, had organised a Webinar on “Art and Science of Engineering Product Designs” on Apr. 24. Anantha Bhat, Founder and Managing Director, Chowki Services Private Limited, Bengaluru, who was the Resource Person, spoke about Learning through Read, Re read, Re…
Garment industries can function with 50 percent staff
April 29, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: In some relief to the garment sector, the State Government on Wednesday relaxed the COVID Curfew restrictions for garment industries by allowing them to function with 50 percent staff. The Government, while issuing COVID-19 Curfew guidelines on Monday last, had barred functioning of garment industries fearing spread of the deadly pandemic. But in a…















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