Only one Common Eligibility Test for Central Government jobs; a boon for youngsters New Delhi: In a major reform in the recruitment process, the Union Cabinet yesterday approved the creation of National Recruitment Agency (NRA) for conducting a Common Eligibility Test (CET) for Central Government jobs. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who chaired the cabinet meeting,…
State demands autonomy for Classical Kannada Centre
August 20, 2020Bengaluru: Karnataka has demanded the Centre to grant autonomous status for the Centre of Excellence for Studies in Classical Kannada (CESCK), Mysuru. Minister for Kannada and Culture C.T. Ravi on Tuesday met Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and submitted a memorandum in this regard. The CESCK was inaugurated in 2011 at the…
CET results tomorrow
August 20, 2020Bengaluru: The results of Common Entrance Test (CET) for admission to under-graduate professional courses, which was to be announced today, will now be announced tomorrow (Aug. 21). Deputy CM and Higher Education Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan said that the results have been postponed due to technical reasons. Students can access the results on http://karresults.nic.in after…
Ph.D entrance exam: UoM extends last date to apply
August 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Due to COVID-19, University of Mysore (UoM) has issued an order extending the last date to apply for Ph.D Entrance Exam till Aug. 31. This is the fourth time that the last date to apply for Ph.D has been extended so far. Earlier, due to lockdown, the period to apply for the entrance exam…
Moharram: Govt. issues guidelines
August 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In view of the rapid spreading of COVID-19, the Health and Family Welfare Secretariat, Government of India, in reference to the Moharram rituals, observed from Aug. 21 to 30 by all sections of the Muslim community by taking out processions, conducting Majlis, Fateha and Ziyarath in the Ashurkhanas/ Masjids and Dargas, has issued guidelines…
Tourist bus owners, drivers stage protest
August 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: More than 30 tourist bus owners, drivers and owners-cum-drivers, under the banner of Mysuru District Tourist Bus Owners’ Association, staged a protest near Deputy Commissioner’s Office this morning urging for fulfilment of their various demands. They said that COVID-19 pandemic had caused severe financial crisis due to lack of business causing a lot of…
Writer wants installation of Devaraj Urs Statue in Mysuru
August 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Senior writer Prof. Kalegowda Nagavara has urged the State Government to install a statue of former Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs in Mysuru. He was speaking at D. Devaraj Urs award conferment programme organised under the joint aegis of Karnataka Rajya Hindulida Vargagala Jagruta Vedike and Kannada Sahitya Kalakoota at Pathrakartara Bhavan here yesterday….
Minister appeals Union Government to establish Indian Heritage Conservation Varsity at Mysuru
August 20, 2020New Delhi: With Mysuru known as the cultural capital of Karnataka and also for its rich heritage, the State’s Kannada and Culture Minister C.T. Ravi has appealed the Union Government to set up an Indian Heritage Conservation Varsity declared in this year’s Union Budget, at Mysuru. Ravi, who met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at…
Liquid oxygen units to be established at all Government Hospitals: Minister
August 20, 2020Bengaluru: “Liquid oxygen units would be established at all Government Hospitals and Medical College Hospitals and would be supplied as per the demand,” said Medical Education Minister Dr. Sudhakar. He was speaking after visiting KIMS Hospital, where he took stock of the availability of oxygen and facilities available for the patients on Tuesday. Continuing, he…
Gold chain robbed from the dead
August 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: An incident of miscreants allegedly robbing a gold chain of a woman, who died of COVID at the COVID Hospital, has come to light lately. A 56-year-old woman, who was admitted to the COVID Hospital on KRS Road after she tested positive, succumbed to the disease at the Hospital on Aug. 12. But when…















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