Hunsur: Lakshmantheertha river is overflowing causing widespread destruction of crops following heavy downpour in Kodagu district and Hunsur taluk from the past one week. As a precautionary measure, Taluk Administration is relocating the residents living in the adjoining areas of the region. The outflow from the Dam built for Lakshmantheertha river near Hanagodu has increased…
COVID shadow over Dasara 2020
August 8, 2020Forest Department writes to State Government seeking clarity on bringing elephants to Mysuru Mysore/Mysuru: With 2020 Dasara destined to be a low-key affair owing to COVID-19 pandemic, the Forest Department has written to the State Government seeking clarity on identifying and bringing elephants from the forests for the celebrations. Usually, the process of selecting elephants…
Schools move to students’ doorsteps in rural areas
August 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Following fresh guidelines issued by the Centre that schools and colleges will remain shut till Aug. 31, the State Government has urged the teachers working in rural areas to conduct classes for students at their doorsteps. In a circular issued by the Administration yesterday, Class 1 to Class 7 school teachers working in rural…
Monsoon Flood Threat | Take steps to protect people and livestock: District In-charge Secretary
August 8, 2020One killed, 66 houses destroyed this year due to floods in Mysuru District, says DC Abhiram G. Sankar Mysore/Mysuru: With the threat of floods looming large in the wake of incessant rainfall across the district and catchment areas of rivers, District In-charge Secretary N. Jayaram directed officials to take immediate measures for protecting people and…
Zoo elephant tramples, gores mahout to death
August 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A 38-year-old caretaker of an elephant was trampled and gored to death at Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens popular as Mysuru Zoo last evening. The mahout has been taking care of the elephant since the last 15 years and was known to the animal since its younger days. The mahout has been identified as Harish,…
Engineer and Revenue Inspector test COVID-19 positive
August 8, 2020N.S. Road MCC Zone-6 Office sealed Mysore/Mysuru: The MCC Zone-6 Office on Narayana Shastri Road (N.S. Road) has been sealed down till Sunday after an Engineer and a Revenue Inspector attached to the Zonal Office tested positive for COVID-19. Soon after learning that the duo were found COVID-19 positive on Wednesday, the authorities sealed down…
SBM Colony in Bogadi lacks civic amenities
August 8, 2020By Mohan Kayaka Mysore/Mysuru: Even 23 years after its formation, the SBM Colony on Bogadi Main Road in the city is found lacking in civic amenities, thus bringing worries for the residents who are wondering when their plight will end. The SBM Housing Co-operative Society had formed the Bogadi Road SBM Colony in 135- acre…
Thathaiah Circle is now Zero Tolerance
August 8, 2020K. R. Traffic Police educating motorists Mysore/Mysuru: With the city witnessing rampant traffic violations during COVID-19 times, the K.R.Traffic Police on Friday conducted a Zero Tolerance Drive at Thathaiah Circle, the junction of Chamaraja Double Road and Sayyaji Rao Road, during which they sensitised the motorists on the importance of following traffic discipline. Asking the…
Online training on Disaster Management to PDOs at ATI
August 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With incessant rains causing floods and landslides across the State, the Natural Disaster Management Centre in ATI (Administrative Training Institute) here has started online training sessions for Gram Panchayat PDOs and other staff of the State. During the training, the PDOs were advised to form Committees involving local people’s representatives, Policemen, School teachers, Health…
Activists oppose privatisation, Villagers seek rehabilitation, Hut-dwellers want houses
August 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the city was witness to a series of protests by different organisations in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s Office yesterday. In the first protest, ASHA, Anganawadi and Mid-Day Meal workers, under the joint banner of CITU, AITUC, AIUTUC and TUCC, staged a demonstration opposing the privatisation moves of services. Alleging…















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