Mysore/Mysuru: The Inner Wheel Club of Mysore District 318 donated 50 bed sheets, 50 blankets and two electric kettles, worth Rs. 11,800, to the COVID Care Centre (CCC) set up by the Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) to treat COVID-infected Pourakarmikas. The materials were handed over to MCC Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde at Zilla Panchayat premises yesterday…
Calling SC, ST members to avail loans
August 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Bhovi Development Corporation has invited applications from Bhovi community members for availing loans under various schemes including Udyamshilata Yojana (ISB), Self-Employment Direct Loan Scheme, Micro Finance Scheme (for Women Associations) and Ganga Kalyana Scheme. Beneficiaries in the age group of 18 to 60 years and belonging to SC community (Bhovi) are eligible to…
Elderly man ends life after jumping into river
August 9, 2020Nanjangud: A day after he was discharged from a private hospital in Mysuru, where he was admitted for some ailment, a 63-year-old elderly man reportedly ended his life by jumping into Kapila river in the town early this morning. Muddumada (63), a resident of Srirampura Colony in Nanjangud is the deceased. Muddumada, an agriculturist by…
Admissions open
August 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Government Maharani Teachers Training Institute has invited applications for admission to Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed) course (both Kannada and English medium) for 2020-21. For details, call Principal on Mob: 94810-66490 or 94486-11655.
Mysuru-Nanjangud Highway flooded: Cops divert vehicular traffic
August 8, 2020Mysuru/Nanjangud: The ever-busy Mysuru-Nanjangud Road was closed for vehicular movement from 9 am today after Kabini river overflowed near Mallanamoole Mutt coming between Thandavapura and South India Paper Mill of the Highway. Due to incessant rainfall in Wayanad and other catchment areas, the Kabini river has been flowing at near danger level. The river overflowed…
Heavy rains, devastating floods submerge many parts of Kodagu; situation grim
August 8, 2020235 mm rainfall on a single day yesterday creates history Madikeri: The flood situation in Kodagu District continues to be grim with the water level showing no signs of abating. Though heavy rains have given a break, water level has not receded and in the district, 54 villages and towns are flooded, said the District…
KRS just short of 7 ft. from reaching maximum level
August 8, 2020Mandya: With heavy rains battering Kodagu district, the birth place of River Cauvery and other catchment areas, the KRS Dam in Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district, the lifeline of the people of Mysuru region, is receiving huge inflows for the past few days, thus considerably pushing up the water level in the Reservoir with each…
Overflowing Lakshmantheertha River wreaks havoc in Hunsur
August 8, 2020Hunsur: Lakshmantheertha river is overflowing causing widespread destruction of crops following heavy downpour in Kodagu district and Hunsur taluk from the past one week. As a precautionary measure, Taluk Administration is relocating the residents living in the adjoining areas of the region. The outflow from the Dam built for Lakshmantheertha river near Hanagodu has increased…
COVID shadow over Dasara 2020
August 8, 2020Forest Department writes to State Government seeking clarity on bringing elephants to Mysuru Mysore/Mysuru: With 2020 Dasara destined to be a low-key affair owing to COVID-19 pandemic, the Forest Department has written to the State Government seeking clarity on identifying and bringing elephants from the forests for the celebrations. Usually, the process of selecting elephants…
Schools move to students’ doorsteps in rural areas
August 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Following fresh guidelines issued by the Centre that schools and colleges will remain shut till Aug. 31, the State Government has urged the teachers working in rural areas to conduct classes for students at their doorsteps. In a circular issued by the Administration yesterday, Class 1 to Class 7 school teachers working in rural…















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