Bengaluru: The State Government has requested the Civil Aviation Ministry to reduce the number of flights from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan to Karnataka in view of the high number of COVID-19 cases prevalent there. In a clarification issued to media, Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs J.C. Madhuswamy has said that…
Online Seva begins at MM Hills Temple
May 29, 2020Devotees can perform various Sevas to the deity and have darshan via www.mmhillstemple.com Chamarajanagar: Male Mahadeshwara Temple, one of the prominent temples in the State, located atop Male Mahadeshwara Hills at Hanur taluk in Chamarajanagar district, has commenced online seva to devotees from Wednesday. Following COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, all places of worship were closed…
West Bengal-bound Shramik Special leaves Ashokapuram Station carrying 1,520 migrants
May 29, 2020SWR Mysuru Division runs 10 Shramik trains till today facilitating 14,066 passengers to reach their homes Mysore/Mysuru: The tenth ‘point-to-point’ Shramik Special train from South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division, carrying 1,520 migrants, left Ashokapuram (Mysuru) Station today at 1 pm for New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal. This train is being run as per the…
Greens oppose road inside Talacauvery Wildlife Sanctuary
May 29, 2020Trees marked to be cut, concrete pillars laid; activists threaten to move Courts Madikeri: The Forest Department and the Public Works Department’s move to erect concrete pillars and marking of trees to construct a proposed road from Patti to Todikana within the Talacauvery Wildlife Sanctuary near Talacauvery in Kodagu District has drawn the ire of…
Hotel Siddhartha readies a COVID-secure wedding hall
May 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: While the State and Union Governments have released guidelines on how to conduct marriages in COVID times limiting the number of attendees to 50 and imposing restrictions like wearing masks and maintaining social distancing, even wedding managers and wedding venue hosts are gearing up to face a new reality and are modifying their venues…
‘Congress has come to the aid of migrant workers’
May 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing the ruling BJP Government of failing to come to the aid of migrant workers, who are distressed over COVID-19 lockdown regulations, KPCC (Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee) Working President Salim Ahmed maintained that the Congress, as a responsible Opposition Party, has come to the rescue of migrant workers at this critical juncture. He was…
Evaluation of all II PUC papers begins in city
May 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru Divisional evaluation of Second PUC (2019-20) answer scripts of all subjects of all the three streams —- Arts, Science and Commerce —– began in the city this morning under tight Police security. The evaluation is taking place at nine centres namely Sarada Vilas College in Krishnamurthypuram, St. Philomena’s College in Bannimantap, Marimallappa…
ASHA workers launch Statewide stir
May 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Condemning the assault on ASHA workers, urging for their protection and also to resolve their problems, ASHA workers under the banner of Karnataka Rajya Samyukta ASHA Karyakartheyara Sangha, Mysuru District Committee, along with All India United Trade Unions Centre (AIUTUC) launched their Statewide struggle this morning. They submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister B.S….
INS condoles RS MP’s death
May 29, 2020New Delhi: On behalf of The Indian Newspaper Society (INS), Shailesh Gupta, President, has condoled the death of Kerala politician M.P. Veerendra Kumar, who passed away due to cardiac arrest at a private hospital in Kozhikode late on Thursday. He was 84. A Rajya Sabha member and Managing Director of leading Malayalam daily ‘Mathrubhumi’ Group…
Double murder accused on the run finally arrested
May 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Police have arrested the accused in a double murder case that had taken place near Kote Hundi Gate in Jayapura Hobli recently. The arrested is Yogesh, a resident of Kote Hundi. Yogesh had murdered T. Manjunath and R. Manjunath of Yadahalli village near Kote Hundi recently over petty reasons and had gone absconding. A…















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