City medical student among those contracted virus Kodagu reports a total of 40 cases; Chamarajanagar 20 Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru reported 13 COVID-19 positive cases today (June 27) taking the total positive cases to 238. Till yesterday, the cumulative number of patients getting discharged stood at 128. In today’s cases, five are females and the rest are…
Work on Kempegowda’s giant statue takes off in Bengaluru
June 27, 2020Bengaluru: On the occasion of the 511th birth anniversary of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, the Founder of ‘Bendakalooru’ aka Bengaluru, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa this morning laid the foundation stone for the construction of Nadaprabhu’s mammoth 108-feet bronze statue at the Bengaluru Airport in Devanahalli named as Kempegowda International Airport. It is the country’s third busiest airport…
Government to sell leased lands to lessees at prevailing market rates
June 27, 2020Bengaluru: In a significant decision, the State Government on Thursday decided to sell the lands which it has leased out, to the lessees itself at the prevailing market rates. Addressing presspersons after the Cabinet meeting here on Thursday, Law Minister J.C. Madhuswamy said that the Government has decided not to renew leased Government lands which…
Cabinet approves Pandavapura Sugar Factory lease to Nirani Sugars
June 27, 2020Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday approved the 40-year lease of Pandavapura Sugar Factory (PSSK-Pandavapura Sahakara Sakkare Karkhane) to Bagalkot district based Nirani Sugars, owned by Bilgi BJP MLA and former Minister Murugesh Nirani. Announcing this after a Cabinet meeting, Law Minster J.C. Madhuswamy said that following an appeal by the sugar factory share holders,…
KSOU all set to broadcast lessons through Web Radio in October
June 27, 2020By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: As many educational institutions in city have resorted to online classes for students following lockdown for the last three months, Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) is planning to launch Web Radio in October this year and broadcast lessons for its graduate and post-graduate students. Accordingly, KSOU has started training its…
Chamarajanagar and Kodagu SPs among 13 IPS Officers transferred
June 27, 2020Bengaluru: In a major reshuffle of top-level Police Officers, the State Government yesterday transferred 13 IPS Officers, including Police Commissioners of Belagavi and Mangaluru. P.S. Harsha, who was serving as Mangaluru Police Commissioner, has been transferred and posted as Commissioner of Information and Public Relations Department at Bengaluru, while B.S. Lokesh Kumar, who was serving…
New Kodagu SP Kshama Mishra’s three siblings have cracked Civil Service Exams
June 27, 2020New Delhi: Kshama Mishra, a 2016 batch IPS Officer of Karnataka cadre, who is the new Kodagu SP, hails from Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh. Kshama is among the four children of Anil Mishra, who worked as Manager in a Regional Rural Bank and Krishna Mishra couple. The family lived in a two-room house at Pratapgarh….
‘Pandavapura Sugar Factory will start crushing in a month’
June 27, 2020Sugar baron Murugesh Nirani interacts with city scribes Mysore/Mysuru: Declaring that the Pandavapura Sugar Factory (PSSK-Pandavapura Sahakara Sakkare Karkhane) that he has recently taken on a 40-year lease, will be started in a month, Chairman of Bagalkot District based Nirani Sugars Group and BJP MLA from Bilgi, Murugesh Nirani, who is also a former Minister,…
SSLC: 38,886 students write Maths exam in Mysuru today
June 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Out of the 39,297 SSLC students, 38,886 students wrote Mathematics exam and 411 remained absent at 139 centres in the district today. Among the 274 students from other districts, who had registered to write exam in Mysuru, one remained absent. A total of 52 students came from Containment Zones in the district for whom…
Rangayana invites applications for Diploma in Theatre
June 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru’s theatre repertory Rangayana has invited applications from interested students for admission to its one-year Diploma course in theatre training. Applicants must have passed II PUC or its equivalent exam and should be in the age group of 18 to 23 years. The selected students will be provided boarding by Rangayana and paid a…















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