Mysore/Mysuru: A Land Surveyor of the taluk was trapped by ACB (Anti-Corruption Bureau) Police when he was accepting bribe from a person at his office yesterday. Surveyor Harish, serving at Mysuru Taluk Office, had demanded a bribe of Rs.5,000 for issuing 11(A) land map to one Siddaraju of Talur in Jayapura Hobli, following which Siddaraju…
Two Labour Inspectors suspended
June 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Cracking the whip on Government servants who display official apathy, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar on Wednesday suspended two Labour Inspectors of the city on charges of dereliction of duty. Senior Labour Inspectors R. Ravi (Circle No.1) and Nikhil Chandra (Circle No.2) are the ones who are suspended. The two, who were appointed as…
Maharashtra link brings two COVID-19 positives to Mysuru
June 3, 2020Pregnant woman, her mother test positive in Bengaluru; now shifted to Hospital Ramakrishnanagar G-Block and surrounding areas sealed, disinfectants sprayed Mysore/Mysuru: Several districts of Karnataka have a common tale of woe: They are unable to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic due to migration of people from Maharashtra — those coming from Mumbai and Pune….
Kodagu gears up to tackle possible rain disasters
June 3, 202025-member NDRF team lands in hilly district; to conduct mock drills in vulnerable areas Madikeri: With only a few hours left for the onset of monsoon as per the forecast by Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the Kodagu District Administration, which battled two devastating floods and landslips in the last two years, is leaving little to…
KRS South Gate statue project ruffles feathers
June 3, 2020How can Rajarishi Nalwadi’s and Sir M. Visvesvaraya’s statues be treated equally, questions Historian Mysore/Mysuru: The ongoing project of constructing life-size statues of Rajarishi Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar, the patron and the financier of Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam and Sir M. Visvesvaraya (Sir MV), Wadiyar’s Dewan and the Chief Engineer who built the Dam at…
Illegal banana traders evicted from Boti Bazaar
June 3, 2020Seized bananas fed to Palace elephants Mysore/Mysuru: Following complaints to the Deputy Commissioner and Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner by the residents that the vehicles of illegal banana traders were causing traffic snarls on Ane Sarot Street near Boti Bazaar, the MCC authorities yesterday evicted them from the road. As there were problems in maintaining…
BEO inspects online revision of SSLC students
June 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: After a long delay due to COVID-19 induced lockdown, the SSLC exams are now scheduled to be held from June 25 to July 4. With the State Government mooting to start revision classes online for the SSLC students, many educational institutions have already begun online classes to their wards. In Mysuru too, exam-oriented online…
Tirumala Temple to hold ‘trial run of darshan’
June 3, 2020Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh Government has given nod to Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) to conduct a ‘trial run of darshan’ at the Tirumala Temple with TTD employees and local devotees. On a request by the TTD, which manages the affairs of the world’s richest Hindu temple, the State Government accorded the permission with the concurrence…
Government proposes to re-open Schools in phases from July 1
June 3, 2020Bengaluru: Following a directive issued by the Union Home Ministry asking State and Union Territory Governments to hold consultations at the Institutional level with parents and other stakeholders on re-opening of Schools along with necessary COVID-19 precautionary and safety guidelines, Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar held a meeting with top department officials…
COVID Curfew extended till June 30 in city from 9 pm to 5 am
June 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In accordance with the directive of the Union and State Governments to stop the spread of the deadly Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta, as a precautionary measure, has extended the curfew across the city till June 30. The curfew imposed as per Section 144 of Cr.PC will be in effect from…















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