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Hold exclusive plasma donation camp, Tanveer Sait urges DC
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Hold exclusive plasma donation camp, Tanveer Sait urges DC

August 12, 2020

DC asks hospitals, healthcare staff not to reuse PPE kits and discard them as per protocol Mysore/Mysuru: The District Administration should hold an exclusive blood (plasma) donation camp to encourage COVID-recovered patients to donate their plasma to help other Coronavirus patients to recover, opined Narasimharaja MLA Tanveer Sait.  Meeting Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar at…

Talacauvery Chief Priest’s body found: Search on for three more bodies
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Talacauvery Chief Priest’s body found: Search on for three more bodies

August 12, 2020

Madikeri: The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has recovered the body of the Chief Priest of Talacauvery T.S. Narayanachar (80) yesterday from the landslide site at Gajagiri Hill next to Brahmagiri Hill in Kodagu. The body of one more victim Anandathirtha was found two days back. He was the brother of Narayanachar. Narayanachar’s body was…

MCC registers for India Cycles4Change Challenge
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MCC registers for India Cycles4Change Challenge

August 12, 2020

Seeks support of citizens Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru is one of the 95 cities to have registered for India Cycles4Change Challenge, an initiative of Smart Cities Mission, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India. The India Programme of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) is the knowledge partner of Smart Cities Mission…

Mysuru Literature Festival-2020 virtual series from this weekend
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Mysuru Literature Festival-2020 virtual series from this weekend

August 12, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: With Covid-19 locking down cities, the fourth edition Mysuru Literature Festival-2020 will be held virtually on every weekend from Aug. 14 till Sept. 5.  Speaking to SOM, Shubha Sanjay Urs, Chairperson of the Mysuru Literary Forum Charitable Trust and Mysuru Book Clubs-2015 which organises the Fest, said this edition of the Festival has a…

KRRS to stage drum beating protest on Aug.14 midnight at Bengaluru
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KRRS to stage drum beating protest on Aug.14 midnight at Bengaluru

August 12, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing the BJP Government in the State of throwing democratic norms to the wind, KRRS (Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha) has strongly opposed the amendments to Karnataka Land Reforms and APMC Acts, saying that the Govt. was out to protect only the interests of capitalists, while completely ignoring concerns of the farming community. Addressing a…

Brahmins demand implementation of 10 percent reservation in Karnataka
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Brahmins demand implementation of 10 percent reservation in Karnataka

August 12, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka State Brahmin Development Board has urged the State Government to implement the 10 percent reservation for economically backward in general category announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Addressing a press meet here yesterday, one of the Board Directors M.R. Balakrishna said that the States of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand have…

No regular trains till Sept. 30
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No regular trains till Sept. 30

August 12, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Barring the operation of Special trains, the Railways has extend the ban on the running of regular trains till Sept. 30 in the wake of rapid spread of COVID-19 pandemic.  Earlier, the Railways had said that the ban will be in force till Aug.12. But with no signs of the pandemic abating and also…

MLA launches development works
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MLA launches development works

August 12, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Chamaraja Constituency MLA L. Nagendra yesterday launched the development works of two parks at a total cost of Rs. 20 lakh from the MLA’s fund at his constituency on Sunday. The MLA launched the development works of the two parks — one in front of Mahalakshmi Sweets and the other in front of Umamaheshwari…

Sugarcane growers demand stipulation of FRP price
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Sugarcane growers demand stipulation of FRP price

August 12, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing the Union Government of ignoring the plight of Sugarcane growers, the Karnataka State Sugarcane Growers Association has urged the Government to announce a minimum FRP (Fair and Remunerative Price) of Rs.3,200 per tonne  for sugarcane at the earliest. Addressing a press meet at Patrakarthara Bhavan here this morning, Association President Kurubur Shantakumar said…

Railway employees stage protest against privatisation
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Railway employees stage protest against privatisation

August 12, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Opposing the move to privatise the Railway Department and fulfilment of various demands, the members of South Western Railway Mazdoor Union (Hubballi), Mysuru Division, staged a protest at Mysuru Railway Station on Sunday. Shouting slogans such as ‘Save Railways – Save India,’ the protesters demanded adequate compensation be paid to employees who had died…

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