Vying for handsome revenue, parking sharks write anonymous letters to Temple Committee Bring pressure from netas to handover parking lot maintenance to private contractors By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: The Chamundi Hill multi-level parking facility has caught the attention of parking sharks as they can make a killing by charging whimsical amounts as lots of…
Traffic Police intensify checks; collect Rs. 1.36 crore in one month
December 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Vehicle users, especially two-wheeler riders — who were used for a care-free ride without wearing helmets and flouting traffic rules after lockdown and amidst virus scare — are in for a shock over the last few days as the Traffic Police have started cracking down on even smallest of violations. The crackdown has netted…
Simple ‘Mastakabhisheka’ performed to Nandi
December 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A simple ‘Mastakabhisheka’ was performed to the Nandi statue under the aegis of Bettada Balaga Charitable Trust atop Chamundi Hill this morning owing to COVID-19 pandemic. The Balaga has been organising the ritual on the third Sunday of Karthika Month every year since 15 years and the rituals were held in a simple manner…
Education Department receives over 71,000 applications for teacher transfers
December 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Education Department has received a whopping 71,558 online applications from Government Primary and High School teachers from Nov. 18 to 30 seeking transfer under general transfers for the current year. According to the Education Department Commissioner Anbukumar, the Department has received 63,952 applications for request transfer, 3,458 for mutual transfer, 1,090 for specific…
‘Grama Shikshana Pade’ to enrol students who stayed out of Schools due to COVID
December 6, 2020House-to-house survey from Dec. 15 Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government has asked ‘Grama Shikshana Pade’ (Village Education Force) in Gram Panchayat limits to undertake house-to-house survey from Dec. 15 to 21 of children who left schools due to COVID-19 and enrol them back in Schools without delay. Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Department has been…
Minister launches teaching App
December 6, 2020Bengaluru: Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar launched ‘Vidyawin,’ an educational App aimed at ascertaining the learning ability of students in respect of online education, at a programme organised in the State capital on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, Suresh Kumar said that during this COVID-19 critical period where online classes are the…
Plant tissue culture facility for Nanjangud Rasabale research to come up at JSS
December 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Life Sciences, has received grants from Vision Group of Science and Technology (VGST), Government of Karnataka, under K-FIST (Karnataka Fund for Infrastructure Strengthening in Science and Technology in Higher Educational Institutions). The grant has been sanctioned to…
Two from Mysuru among four arrested with 400 leopard nails
December 6, 2020Bengaluru: Chennammanakere Achukattu Police in Bengaluru have arrested four individuals, together with a lady, and recovered 400 leopard nails, six tiger nails, a blackbuck and jackal skin, seven pangolin nails, two jungle cat paws and three sloth bear claws from them. The accused are Prashant Kumar and Karthik from Mysuru and Pramila Reddy and Sai…
Complaints lodged against women begging with infants
December 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to rescue women begging at Traffic Signal junctions along with infants and rehabilitate them, the office-bearers of Jan Sangram Parishat, Mysuru Unit, have submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner (DC) in this regard on Saturday. In the memorandum, Parishat Vice-President Prasanna and Women’s Wing Secretary Geetha Velumani have stated that…
Leopard found dead
December 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A male leopard was found dead in Kundakere Range of Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Chamarajanagar district yesterday. The leopard, which is about 7 years old, is said to have died of natural causes. Bandipur Tiger Reserve Director Natesh, ACF Paramesh, Warden Krutika Alanahalli, Kundakere RFO Srinivas and other Forest staff visited the spot. Veterinarian…














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