Bengaluru: To put an end to the unhealthy competition among districts in SSLC results, the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) has scrapped the district-wise ranking system from this year. Instead of rankings, KSEEB has introduced grading system which will be calculated using three main parameters. Explaining this to reporters during the press conference, Dr….
Valedictory of online exams coaching
August 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The valedictory ceremony of two-month online coaching classes for aspirants taking up KAS and other competitive exams, conducted by the Competitive Examination Coaching Centre (CECC) of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) will be held tomorrow (Aug. 12) at 11 am. In a press release, KSOU Registrar Prof. Lingaraj Gandhi said senior IAS Officer P….
No power supply on Aug.12, 13 and 14
August 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Owing to emergency maintenance works, power supply will disrupted on Aug. 12,13 and 14 between 10 and 5 pm in the following places: Aug. 12 Jyothinagar Power Distribution Centre: Jalapuri, Gayathripuram, Udayagiri, Kyathamaranahalli, Shanthinagar 1st and 2nd Stages, Ganeshnagar, Sathyanagar, Mahadevapura Road, German Press, Ghousianagar, Raghavendranagar, Giriyabhovipalya, Yaraganahalli, Bannur Road. Megalapura Power Distribution Centre:…
Intl. Webinar on ‘Net-Zero Energy’ tomorrow
August 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering (VVCE), in association with Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ISHRAE), Mysore Chapter, has organised an International Webinar on ‘Latest Advances in Energy Research and Drive to Net-Zero Energy’ tomorrow (Aug. 12) at 4 pm through online. The resource person is Dr….
City gets one more COVID Testing Lab
August 10, 2020DC opens Lab set up by CSIR-CFTRI at Govt. Ayurveda Hi-tech Panchakarma Hospital on KRS Road Mysore/Mysuru: The new CSIR-CFTRI COVID Testing Laboratory, which has been set up at the Government Ayurveda Hi-tech Panchakarma Hospital at Brindavan Extension on KRS Road was inaugurated by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abhiram G. Sankar this morning. Speaking after inaugurating…
Kodagu receives 272 percent more rainfall in just 7 days
August 10, 2020Kushalnagar: Kodagu received 579 mm rainfall in seven days between Aug. 3 and Aug. 9 as against a normal rainfall of 156 mm. According to Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC), this is the highest rainfall in Karnataka. With 579 mm rains, the district has received 272 percent more rainfall in just seven days,…
Daughters of Talacauvery chief priest reach Kodagu
August 10, 2020Madikeri: As rains have abated in Kodagu, rescue operations have been initiated in full swing and over 150 personnel from National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and Madras Engineering Group (MEG) are carrying out search for the priest family that was washed away at Talacauvery on Wednesday midnight. Five persons of…
Mysuru-Nanjangud Road re-opens for traffic
August 10, 2020Mysuru/Nanjangud: With flood water receding at the stretch near Mallanamoole Mutt following reduction in discharge from Kabini Dam, the ever busy Mysuru-Nanjangud Road was re-opened for traffic at about 5 pm yesterday after a two-day blockade due to heavy water logging. As Kabini River, which flows along Mysuru-Nanjangud Road near Mallanamoole Mutt, was in spate…
KRS Dam near full: Heavy rush of tourists
August 10, 2020Mandya: With the KRS Dam almost full, thanks to copious rainfall in Kodagu, the birth place of River Cauvery and other catchment areas, tourists have started visiting the famous tourist spot in large numbers for the past couple of days to have a glimpse of the splenderous sight of water gushing out from the crest…
Nanjangud flood victims refuse to move to new location
August 10, 2020Nanjangud: Even as the authorities are making efforts to move people in low-lying areas of Nanjangud town to safer locations in the wake of Kapila River floods, it has now come to light that 68 families living in Topina Beedi, Halladakeri, Rajaji Colony and Saraswathi Colony had refused to move to safer locations identified by…















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