Mysore/Mysuru: Amid the COVID-19 lockdown, the Government on Monday transferred Mysuru city Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime and Traffic) B.T. Kavitha without assigning any posting. Kavitha had taken charge of the post last year. She is replaced by M.S. Geetha, who was serving as the SP of Civil Rights Enforcement Cell (DCRE) at Mysuru.
Ex-convict arrested for assaulting man with blade
June 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Narasimharaja (NR) Police have arrested a man for assaulting his neighbour with a blade. The accused is identified as Alwin, a resident of 6th Cross in Kesare 1st Stage. Alwin was convicted in the murder of a watchman of a College and had served 14 years in jail. On Sunday evening, Alwin’s neighbour 41-year-old…
Free eye screening camp
June 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Due to COVID-19 lockdown, many have not gone through their routine eye check-up. Keeping this in view, Annapoorna Eye Hospital, Hootagalli, has organised a free eye screening camp at its premises on Hotel Silent Shores Road in Hootagalli from June 2 to 10 everyday between 10 am and 7 pm. For registration, contact Mob:…
Elected
June 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: City doctor Dr. Srividya was elected as the second Deputy Governor of Lions District 317A in the elections held simultaneously in Mysuru, Mandya and Bengaluru on Saturday. Dr. Srividya defeated her Suresh Ramu by a margin of 60 votes (235-175 votes). Earlier last year, Dr. G.A. Ramesh was elected as the District Governor, while…
Bags first prize
June 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: City writer A. Hemaganga has bagged the first prize (Mysuru District) in the online poetry recitation contest organised by Mandya’s Young Writers Club. The contest was held at both State and District-level, in which Hemaganga bagged the first prize in respect of Mysuru district, according to a press release.
Digitisation to change script for Rangayana
June 1, 2020City’s theatre repertory assets including sets, costumes, properties, light, sound system and plays being digitised for posterity Mysore/Mysuru: Digitisation is profoundly changing the experience of theatre, not only in terms of new technology-based access, production and dissemination, but also in terms of participation and creation. Be it through smartphone apps, streaming media or 3D effects,…
Expedite autonomy status for Classical Kannada Centre in Mysuru: Writers
June 1, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Prominent Kannada writers and scholars have come to a unanimous opinion that Centre of Excellence for Studies in Classical Kannada (CESCK) in Mysuru, housed at Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), must get autonomous status. In this regard they have written an open letter to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa to expedite the process of…
City Courts re-start functioning after two months
June 1, 2020Only 10 cases to be taken up per day in each Court Hall Mysore/Mysuru: After a gap of two months following the nationwide COVID-19 induced lockdown, the City Courts (City and District Courts Complex and Malalawadi Court) re-opened to a new normal this morning. The Courts had declared a holiday in March subsequent to the…
Green Mysuru initiative: ‘Citizens and industries must take care of plants’
June 1, 2020District Minister chairs preliminary meeting ahead of World Environment Day, visits Nursery at Kukkarahalli Lake Mysore/Mysuru: District Minister S.T. Somashekar has suggested that the responsibility of planting and caring of saplings in localities should be entrusted to the respective Residents Association, nearest Industries or private organisations. Chairing a preliminary meeting ahead of World Environment Day…
Earth Day Network declares Kokkare Bellur as ‘Star Village’
June 1, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Kokkare Bellur village in Mandya District that has the Kokkare Bellur Bird Sanctuary has been awarded ‘Star Village’ Award by Earth Day Network, an International organisation for Environment. The Earth Day Network’s mission is to diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide. It is the world’s largest recruiter to the environmental movement, working…















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