Mysore/Mysuru: Three persons including a girl were killed and many others injured in separate accidents that took place in the taluk yesterday. In the first incident, a 26-year-old youth and a 20-year-old girl were killed on the spot, when the car in which they were travelling rammed into a roadside tree between Jayapura and Harohalli…
Four from Mysuru region make the cut in UPSC results
August 5, 2020K.T. Meghana from Periyapatna overcomes poor vision to score 465th rank Mysore/Mysuru: As many as 42 candidates from Karnataka have cracked the coveted Civil Services Examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) 2019. C.S. Jeydev topped the State with an All India Rank of 5 while B. Yashaswini and H. Vinod Patil were…
Slum Board houses on Naguvanahalli Road lying vacant for years
August 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As a glaring example of Government apathy, more than 200 Slum Board houses built on Naguvanahalli Road in the outskirts of the city have been lying vacant for years. The Karnataka Slum Development Board had built multi-floor residential complex having 252 houses on Naguvanahalli road off the Ring Road in 2014 at a cost…
Salur Mutt: Devotees for appointing third person as Mutt successor
August 5, 2020Kollegal: With the Civil Court here vacating the stay on the appointment of new Seer (successor) for Salur Mutt at M.M.Hills in Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar district, the Mutt devotees have demanded appointment of a third person, who is in no way related to both the Seers, as the new successor to head the Mutt….
Kollegal Court vacates stay on appointment of Salur Mutt successor
August 5, 2020Kollegal: The Additional Civil Court here has vacated the stay order brought by M.M.Hills Salur Mutt Junior Seer Immadi Mahadevaswamy against the appointment of successor for the Mutt in his absence. Immadi Mahadevaswamy is in jail in connection with Sulwadi temple food poisoning case in which at least 17 people lost their lives and scores…
Guest Lecturers stage protest demanding wage payment, job security
August 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Seeking payment of wages and job security, Guest Lecturers under the banner of Government First Grade Colleges Guest Lecturers State Co-ordination Committee staged a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s Office here yesterday. Stating that more than 14,500 Guest Lecturers are serving in over 400 Government First Grade Colleges across the State, the…
Congress to register criminal case against BJP for sending legal notice
August 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the slugfest between Congress and BJP leaders continue over alleged scam in the purchase of COVID-19 medical equipment by the BJP Government, KPCC Spokesperson M.Lakshmana said that the Congress will register a criminal case against the BJP for issuing a legal notice to Opposition leader Siddharamaiah and KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar who…
COVID-19: SC directs States to provide essentials to elderly people
August 5, 2020New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday ordered all the States to ensure all elderly people, eligible for the pension, should be regularly paid the amount, along with necessary medicines, masks, sanitisers and other essential goods during the Covid-19 pandemic. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and R. Subhash Reddy directed that when any…
KSRTC waives off July rent of Bus Stand shops
August 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Nearly a month after all the hotels, shops and other stalls functioning from KSRTC Bus Stand complexes shut down demanding full waiver of rentals at least till December this year due to huge losses, the KSRTC said that it has waived off the rent in full for the month of July. In a letter…
With work for just four months a year, Home Guards ponder over full-time employment
August 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Home Guards who work with the Police on normal days are in a dilemma as they get work only for four months a year, with the COVID-19 pandemic throwing almost everything out of gear. There are a total of 1,300 Home Guards serving in the district, including 528 in the city and in normal…















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