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CESC suffers Rs.50 lakh loss due to  Sunday’s downpour
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CESC suffers Rs.50 lakh loss due to Sunday’s downpour

May 6, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: The heavy rains accompanied by strong winds late on Sunday night has wreaked havoc in the city, with Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) suffering huge losses to the extent of Rs.50 lakh. Nearly 200 electric poles were uprooted, 14 power transformers, overhead power cables totally running upto 2.4 kms and other electrical installations were…

AIDYO stages protest to withdraw permission for sale of liquor
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AIDYO stages protest to withdraw permission for sale of liquor

May 6, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Urging the Government to withdraw the permission given to sell liquor and impose a complete ban on liquor, the members of All India Democratic Youth Organisation (AIDYO) staged a symbolic protest near the Office of the Deputy Commissioner in city yesterday.  Alleging that the State Government has given permission for liquor sale only to…

Appointed as High Court Registrar
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Appointed as High Court Registrar

May 6, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Judge K.S. Bharath Kumar, who was serving as the Third Additional District Judge at Mysuru, has been appointed as the Statistical Registrar of Karnataka High Court in Bengaluru.  Bharath Kumar, who was selected as a District Judge in 2015, had been serving in Mysuru for the past one year. A native of Virajpet in…

Appointed as Karnataka Science and  Technology Academy Chairman
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Appointed as Karnataka Science and Technology Academy Chairman

May 6, 2020

Bengaluru: Distinguished Scientist Prof. S. Ayyappan has been appointed as the Chairman of Karnataka Science and Technology Academy (KSTA) for a three-year period. The KSTA, an autonomous organisation under the Department of Science and Technology, was established by the Government of Karnataka in July 2005 under the Chairmanship of renowned Space Scientist and Padma Vibhushan…

DC, SP inspect Mysuru-Kodagu check-post in Kushalnagar
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DC, SP inspect Mysuru-Kodagu check-post in Kushalnagar

May 5, 2020

Only one inter-district entry and exit point with health screening and vehicle checking kiosks Anechowkur Gate closed for movement of people but open for essential goods  Kerala COVID-19 positive truck driver’s contacts in K.R. Nagar, H.D. Kote test negative Kushalnagar: Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar and Superintendent of Police C.B. Ryshyanth inspected the Mysuru-Kodagu…

Youth murdered in drunken brawl
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Youth murdered in drunken brawl

May 5, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: As if to prove that there is a direct link between alcohol use and violence, Mysuru witnessed a murder the day liquor shops opened up for sales yesterday. So far, Mysuru was under stringent lockdown measures, thanks to the Red Zone classification. The murder was reported at Kyathamaranahalli under Udayagiri Police limits where three…

Over 8,000 undergo free health check-up in Mobile Clinics
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Over 8,000 undergo free health check-up in Mobile Clinics

May 5, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: From the day of launch (Apr.29), the COVID Mobile Clinics, launched by the District Administration to provide medical services at the doorstep, are receiving good response with more people voluntarily approaching the Mobile Clinics for health check-ups. So far, over 8,000 people have made use of this free facility. Yesterday (May 4), the Mobile…

MLA felicitates frontline Corona Warriors
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MLA felicitates frontline Corona Warriors

May 5, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: While the Indian Air Force expressed its gratitude by flying past hospitals, showering flowers from helicopters on Sunday, Mysuru’s Krishnaraja MLA S.A. Ramdas too felicitated some of the frontline Corona Warriors.  The MLA, considering the service rendered by these doctors and nurses at various health facilities including Fever Clinics and Mobile Clinics, visited several…

Resident Doctors seek hike in stipend
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Resident Doctors seek hike in stipend

May 5, 2020

Wear black bands expressing their support to State-wide protest Mysore/Mysuru: Resident Doctors (MD/ MS students), working at K.R., Cheluvamba and PKTB Hospitals, attached to Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) and COVID Hospital, today were seen sporting a black band around their arms expressing support to the State-wide protest call given by Karnataka Association…

Mysuru Zoo looks for ways to offset plunge in revenues
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Mysuru Zoo looks for ways to offset plunge in revenues

May 5, 2020

District Minister writes to NRIs, AKKA appealing for funds Mysore/Mysuru: With the front gates locked and the normal revenue streams in hibernation because of the Coronavirus lockdown, the Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, popular as Mysuru Zoo, is thinking of raising funds through donations to continue caring for its denizens. In an appeal to Non-Resident Indians (NRIs)…

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