Mysore/Mysuru: Seeking minimum wages and payment of allowance, workers under the banner of All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) staged a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office here on Saturday. Accusing the Government of pursuing anti-labour policies, the protestors condemned the State Government’s July 20 notification deferring the payment of Difference Allowance due…
Keralite goes missing from city
July 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A 49-year-old man from Kerala, who had come to city in search of job and staying at a rented house in Subramanyanagar, has gone missing since Mar. 16. According to the complaint lodged by his mother Elizabeth Verghese, the missing person George Verghese is 5.8 ft. tall, wheatish complexioned, medium built, oval faced and…
Newly-wed commits suicide
July 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A 21-year-old woman, who had got married about five months ago, committed suicide by hanging self at her parents’ house in Janata Nagar on Wednesday. The deceased is Rakshita, wife of Arun Kumar. As Rakshitha was suffering from Thyroid problems, she was staying along with her husband at her parents’ house and undergoing treatment,…
Postal Department extends Small Savings Schemes to rural branches
July 25, 2020New Delhi: To strengthen its network and postal operations in rural areas and provide Small Savings Schemes to villagers, the Department of Posts has extended all Small Savings Schemes up to the Branch Post Office level. There are 1,31,113 Branch Post Offices functioning in the rural areas. Apart from facilities of letters, speed post, parcels,…
Appointed
July 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Kru. M.N. Vikram, Founder Director of city-based Academy of Martial Science (AMS), was appointed as the Chairman-Technical Commission of MMA INDIA, the sole governing body of Mixed Martial Arts in India affiliated to International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF). The selection was based on his 30 years of experience and leading Indian team as…
Over 30 COVID-19 patients untraceable in city
July 25, 2020Officials find it tough to trace those who tested positive due to incorrect contact details Henceforth, Aadhaar Card, Voter ID or PAN Card mandatory before swab collection Mysore/Mysuru: Over 25 to 30 COVID-19 patients in city who were sent to home quarantine are untraceable as they had given wrong contact numbers to the monitoring officials…
When DC himself gets a quarantine violation call…
July 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A man from Hebbal, while giving his contact details at a throat and nasal swab collection centre in city, hoodwinked the officials and gave a wrong telephone number. He did this to dodge COVID-19 quarantine and isolation rules. In his attempt to fool the officers, the man blurted out a phone number that actually…
281 fresh COVID-19 positive cases in Mysuru; 6 deaths
July 24, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: After periodically reporting 100, 150 and 169 COVID-19 positive cases, Mysuru today (July 24) has broken a record with 281 cases in a single day. With the latest number, it stands second in the State today after Bengaluru Urban whose COVID infections today stand at 2,267. In fact, Mysuru has breached the 2,000 mark…
MP inaugurates Comprehensive COVID Care at Bibi Ayesha Milli Hospital
July 24, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha, who heads COVID-19 Task Force for Narasimharaja Assembly Constituency, this morning inaugurated the Comprehensive COVID Care facility set up at Bibi Ayesha Milli Hospital (BAMH) on Old Mysuru-Bengaluru Road. The Hospital has been converted into a modern 75-bed hospital and can be extended to 100 beds. Bibi Ayesha Milli Hospital…
Mandya bandh on July 29 for permanent ban on mining around KRS Dam
July 24, 2020Mandya: Pressing for a permanent ban on mining and stone quarrying in and around the villages surrounding Krishna Raja Sagar Dam in Mandya, many organisations have called for Mandya bandh on July 29. The bandh has been called to protect the interests of River Cauvery and the Dam which stores its water – a lifeline…















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