Mysore/Mysuru: Continuing their weekly protest (every Tuesday) seeking fulfilment of their various demands, which chiefly included payment of wages for lockdown period 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…
Man goes missing from city
August 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A 28-year-old man, who left his house to buy groceries, has gone missing, according to the complaint lodged by the missing person’s mother Mahadevamma with Mysuru South Police. The missing person is Jayaprakash, a resident of Ramabainagar. He is 5.5 ft. tall, wheatish complexioned, normal built, round faced, has tattoos of two pigeons on…
Kurubarahalli Survey No. 4 and Alanahalli Survey No. 41 Row: MUDA writes to DC for deleting ‘B-Kharab’ from ‘Pahani’ document
August 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru Urban Development Authority Commissioner (MUDA) Dr. D.B. Natesh has written to the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abhiram G. Sankar seeking to direct the Tahsildar to delete ‘B-Kharab’ classification marking in Pahani Certificate in respect of the MUDA-allotted sites at Siddar- thanagar, J.C. Nagar, K.C. Nagar, Income Tax and Alanahalli Layouts. This follows a recent…
‘Daughter for a lifetime’: SC backs women’s share in parental property
August 12, 2020New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday held that daughters, like sons, have an equal birthright to inherit joint Hindu family property. The Court decided that the amended Hindu Succession Act, which gives daughters equal rights to ancestral property, will have a retrospective effect. “A daughter always remains a loving daughter. A son is a son…
e-Pass for Railway employees
August 12, 2020MysoreMysuru: In a move towards implementation of information technology-enabled services, Indian Railways has launched a module on e-Pass under Human Relations Management System (HRMS). The website and app is designed by Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS). The Pass module was inaugurated by Vinod Kumar Yadav, Chairman, Railway Board, through video-conference on Aug.10. The Divisional…
Diploma courses at JSS Polytech for differently-abled students
August 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: JSS Polytechnic for the Differently-abled, Mysuru, has invited applications from differently-abled students for admission (on All India basis) to the following three-year diploma courses for the year 2020-21: Architecture; Commercial Practice; Computer Science and Engineering (Aided Courses); Jewellery Design and Technology; Electronics and Communication Engineering and Computer Applications for the Visually Impaired (Unaided Courses). …
Queensland University awards Ph.D to Mysuru Researcher
August 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Supreetha Paleyanda Ponnappa, a Mysurean, has been awarded Ph.D. degree after completion of research at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia, on Mar. 25. She has completed the thesis on “Electromerization studies of conjugated monomers and their biosensor applications” which can help in early detection of protein in the body (cancerous malignant cells). …
Raitha Sangha leaders to hold protest on Aug. 15
August 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Contending that the Government had failed to attend to the problems of farmers in the State, members of Samuhika Nayakatvada Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene will be wearing black bands on their wrists and holding a protest march from Deputy Commissioner’s Office to City Court premises on Aug. 15. Disclosing this at a press…
Mid-day meal workers stage demonstration seeking payment of wages
August 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mid-day meal workers, under the banner of AITUC-affiliated Karnataka State Akshara Dasoha Mid-Day Meal Workers Federation, staged a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s Office here this morning seeking payment of pending wages of four months. Claiming that Head Cooks are paid a paltry salary of Rs. 2,700 and Assistant Cooks Rs. 2,600…
Realtor commits suicide
August 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A realtor, said to be depressed, committed suicide by hanging self at his residence in Saraswathipuram yesterday evening. The deceased is Raghavendra (36), a resident of Saraswathipuram 11th Main. Raghavendra, who was into real estate business, suffered from financial issues due to lockdown and had gone depressed. On Tuesday afternoon, Raghavendra sent his wife…















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