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COVID hits highway toll collection
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COVID hits highway toll collection

July 19, 2020

10 employees of Nanjangud Toll Plaza test positive Mysore/Mysuru: In view of rising number of Corona cases in Mysuru district with few positive cases detected at toll collection plaza itself, the toll collection at Nanjangud Toll Plaza near Kadakola located on National Highway-766 has been suspended since the last four days. Every day, over 40,000…

Act against Netas breaching social distancing norms: HC
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Act against Netas breaching social distancing norms: HC

July 18, 2020

Government asked to form  grievance redressal mechanism  where citizens can complain through email, SMS or WhatsApp Bengaluru/Mysuru: The Karnataka High Court (HC) has pulled up the State Government for not taking strict action against political figures and elected representatives, who blatantly violate social distancing norms at a time when the COVID-19 virus is infecting thousands…

Kamegowda dug only pits but did not build ponds: Villagers
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Kamegowda dug only pits but did not build ponds: Villagers

July 18, 2020

70 villagers petition Mandya DC that ‘Pond Man’ was harassing them by denying access to graze cattle Malavalli: Just days after octogenarian ‘Pond Man’ or Kere Kamegowda of Dasanadoddi village in Malavalli taluk of Mandya district was recognised and lauded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’ All India Radio address…

Kurubarahalli Survey Number 4 & Alanahalli Survey Number 41 land row: It is only a Government ‘Letter’ not an ‘Order’, claims former MLA
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Kurubarahalli Survey Number 4 & Alanahalli Survey Number 41 land row: It is only a Government ‘Letter’ not an ‘Order’, claims former MLA

July 18, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Just two days after Revenue Minister R. Ashoka presented a Government order to Mysuru Deputy Commissioner on leaving out 354.29½ acres of land coming under Kurubarahalli Survey No.4 and Alanahalli Survey No.41, on which land the MUDA (formerly CITB) has formed Siddhartha Nagar, J.C. Nagar and K.C. Nagar, from B-Kharab classification (Government land), former…

Let Somashekar read Government Order for better understanding, says Ramdas
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Let Somashekar read Government Order for better understanding, says Ramdas

July 18, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Responding to former MLA M.K. Somashekar’s charge that Revenue Minister R. Ashoka had presented only a Government letter and not a Government Order (GO) regarding deletion of 354.29 ½ acres of land coming under Kurubarahalli Survey No.4 and Alanahalli Survey No.41 from B-Kharab classification, Krishnaraja MLA S.A. Ramdas has suggested the former MLA to…

Former MP opposes implementation of the amended Land Reforms Act
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Former MP opposes implementation of the amended Land Reforms Act

July 18, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Questioning the rationale for easing the norms for purchase of agricultural lands by non-agriculturists, former Congress MP R. Dhruvanarayan, opposing the implementation of the amended Land Reforms Act, stated that Congress party is going to launch a Statewide agitation if the amendments to Land Reforms Act are not rescinded immediately. Addressing a press meet…

Industrial bodies seek Power Bill Fixed Charges waiver
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Industrial bodies seek Power Bill Fixed Charges waiver

July 18, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Several Industrial Associations of the city have appealed CESC to waive off Fixed Charges in power bills and to convert billing from Commercial to Industrial. In a memorandum submitted to CESC MD Manohara M. Bevinamara here recently, Mysuru Industries Association (MIA)President Vasu, also a former MLA, urged CESC to convert all Tailoring, Dry Cleaning,…

Non- functional drinking water Unit at Gangotri HUDCO Layout
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Non- functional drinking water Unit at Gangotri HUDCO Layout

July 18, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: The pure drinking water unit at Gangotri HUDCO Layout, which has become non-functional for the past 20 days, has severely inconvenienced the residents. The drinking water unit was set up at 8th Cross of Gangotri Layout at a cost of Rs.10 lakh under the Local MLA Grant in 2017-18. But the unit became non-functional…

Gouri Satya’s ‘Colonial Landmarks in Mysuru’ released online
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Gouri Satya’s ‘Colonial Landmarks in Mysuru’ released online

July 18, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Exactly four years after the release of his maiden work related to Mysuru history, ‘Mysuru Memories – The Old City of Mysuru’ on July 17, 2015, Gouri Satya, Senior Journalist and Star of Mysore columnist, has come out with a new work on Mysuru history.  Titled ‘Colonial Landmarks in Mysuru,’ the book highlights 15…

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