Mysore/Mysuru: The Syndicate of the University of Mysore (UoM) has approved giving four-acre-land on the Manasagangothri campus for establishing the Centre of Excellence for Studies in Classical Kannada (CESCK). Currently, the Centre is functioning at the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL). With this, decks were cleared for setting up of the Centre which had…
Driving car alone; no need for face mask
September 5, 2020New Delhi: Are you driving a car alone? Are you doing exercise/ cycling alone? Then you need not wear a face mask. This is according to a new circular issued by the Union Health Ministry here yesterday. However, if there is more than one person in a car and group of people are exercising then…
Two including housewife go missing
September 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A housewife and a 15-year-old girl have gone missing in separate cases in city. In the first incident, a housewife has gone missing from her parents’ house and a missing complaint has been lodged at Yelwal Police Station. The missing woman, identified as Sindhu of Chatradakoppal village in the taluk was given in marriage…
Organisations stage protests for fulfilment of various demands
September 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: All India Democratic Youth Organisation (AIDYO), Karnataka Pranthya Raitha Sangha and Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) staged separate protest near the Office of the Deputy Commissioner (DC) here this morning, urging the Government for fulfilment of their various demands. In the first protest, members of AIDYO, condemning the lathi-charge on youth by the…
Elderly man dies as errant car driver blocks ambulance
September 4, 2020Car driver arrested by V.V. Puram Traffic Police; Court imposes a fine of Rs. 11,000 Mysore/Mysuru: The city Police have arrested a car driver for deliberately blocking the way of an ambulance carrying an aged person who suffered a heart attack. The elderly person was being shifted from Chikkamagalur to Mysuru for speciality care. Sadly,…
Drug scandal in Kannada film industry: CCB detains Ragini Dwivedi after searching her house
September 4, 2020Bengaluru: The Central Crime Branch (CCB) of Bengaluru, which is probing the drug scandal in Kannada film industry, detained actress Ragini Dwivedi after carrying out searches at her residence this morning around 6 am, Police said. The CCB sleuths, armed with search warrant from the Court, went to Ragini’s residence at Judicial Layout, Yelahanka, Bengaluru,…
Baby boy dies after swallowing remote control battery
September 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A one-and-a-half-year-old boy died after he swallowed a remote control battery at his house. Though the boy was rushed to K.R. Hospital and the battery was removed after surgery, the baby breathed his last at the hospital early this morning. The boy is Hemanth, son of Selvaraj and a resident of Ittigegud (Indiranagar) in…
MLA inspects spot for construction of houses for ‘Kuduremaala’ shed dwellers
September 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As a first step for construction of houses for dwellers of Kuduremaala, MLA L. Nagendra inspected the one-acre plot near Kuduremaala itself on Wednesday. At present,the dwellers are living in sheds on the edges of Rajakaluve, which overflows whenever it rains heavily. During the inspection, Nagendra was told by the dwellers that they will…
UK magazine names K.K. Shailaja as world’s ‘top thinker’ for COVID-19
September 4, 2020Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala continues to be an inspiration in the management of the coronavirus pandemic at the international level. In the latest, a monthly British magazine ‘Prospect’ has announced that state Health Minister K.K. Shailaja has been selected as the world’s top thinker for the COVID-19 age. She has been selected from a list of 50…
Ambulance drivers dodge virus at every step of their way
September 4, 2020By S.T. Ravikumar Mysore/Mysuru: In the fight against the outbreak of Coronavirus, not only healthcare workers and doctors are taking the lead but ambulance drivers, who are always on a move to attend medical emergencies, are also in the forefront. Every morning, Sharanappa (name changed on request), an ambulance driver in Mysuru, waits for a…















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