A vacant site at SBM Colony in Srirampura 2nd Stage, near Nandini Milk Booth, is filled with weeds and has become a safe place for rodents to breed. This is attracting snakes, which prey on these rodents and sometimes enter houses causing tension to the residents. Also, mosquitoes have increased in the vicinity. Authorities concerned…
430 COVID-19 positive cases in Mysuru in a single day; 9 deaths
July 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a steep spike in the number of COVID-19 positive cases, Mysuru reported 430 Coronavirus infections on the evening of July 30. This is the highest so far. Nine deaths have been reported and 70 patients have been discharged today. With 430 cases in a single day, Mysuru has stood second in State today…
CET begins: 10,368 students write exam in Mysuru district
July 30, 2020In a first, exams held at Taluk Headquarters Students’ body temperature checked before entering examination hall Mysore/Mysuru: The two-day Common Entrance Test (CET)-2020 for admission to Under-Graduate Engineering, Architecture, Agriculture, Horticulture, Pharmacy and other professional courses (barring Medical and Dental courses) in Karnataka, began today at 26 centres across the district, including 20 in the…
Hotels as COVID Care Centres
July 30, 2020Win-win for business-starved Hotels and patients who do not have Home Isolation facilities Five-star Hotels and Resorts also open doors Mysore/Mysuru: Space is critical to surviving the pandemic. With a lot of homes not having enough room to isolate COVID-positive patients, hotels are offering rooms on their premises to be converted into exclusive COVID Care…
Gym, Yoga classes opening in Mysuru from Aug. 5
July 30, 2020Will wait for State guidelines, say DC, Police Commissioner Mysore/Mysuru: With the Centre bringing cheer for gym owners, fitness enthusiasts and Yoga Schools by allowing them to operate from Aug. 5 as part of its Unlock 3.0 guidelines issued yesterday, the Mysuru District Administration and the Police have decided to wait for the guidelines from…
COVID-19 effect: All operation theatres of K.R. Hospital shut
July 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With the city’s biggest Hospital, the K.R. Hospital turning into a COVID treatment Hospital, all the Operation Theatres (OT) of the Hospital have been closed temporarily. As a result the poor patients, who look up to this Hospital which is popularly called as ‘Doddaspatre’ for their health care, are put to a lot of…
Rafales make Indian Air Force fierce
July 30, 2020Ambala (Haryana): The five Rafale fighter jets that landed in Ambala Air Base last afternoon will resurrect the Number 17 Golden Arrows squadron of the Indian Air Force. It will take the IAF’s squadron strength to 31. When all the 36 Rafale jets are delivered by 2022, it will take it to 32 squadrons, still…
Overhead Tank at Bogadi waits for water since four years !
July 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Several Government welfare programmes where crores of rupees are spent and where there will be much fanfare during inaugurations actually do not reach people. Constructions made to implement these programmes are not used most of the times and they stand as a testimony to the carelessness of the official machinery and apathy of elected…
Murugesh Nirani invites Suttur Seer and Pramoda Devi for Sugar Factory re-opening on Aug. 11
July 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Having set Aug. 11 as the date for re-opening of Pandavapura Sahakara Sakkare Karkhane (PSSK), BJP MLA from Bilgi Murugesh Nirani, Chairman of Nirani Sugars (MRN Group), which has taken over the Sugar factory on a 40-year lease from the Government, visited Suttur Mutt yesterday and invited Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji for the ceremony….
New Education Policy 2020 launched – Teaching in mother-tongue till Class 5: Centre
July 30, 202010+2 structure to be replaced with 5+3+3+4 curriculum structure corresponding to age groups 3-8, 8-11, 11-14 and 14-18 years respectively New Delhi: Either one of the mother-tongue or the local/regional language will be the medium of instruction up to Class 5 in all Schools, the Union Government said yesterday while launching the National Education Policy…















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