Mysuru: Demanding immediate release of pending wages, over a hundred hostel workers, under the banner of AIUTUC-affiliated Karnataka State Samyukta Hostel Workers Association, staged a demonstration in front of Social Welfare Department office near Paduvarahalli here yesterday. Claiming that they have not been paid salaries for the past six months, the hostel workers alleged that…
Woman killed as lorry runs over
December 5, 2019Srirangapatna: A woman was killed on the spot, when a sugarcane-laden lorry hit her scooter from behind and ran over her head near the check-post on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway last night. The deceased has been identified as Jyothi (37), a resident of Varakodu village, Varuna hobli in Mysuru. Jyothi was proceeding on her scooter from Srirangapatna…
Traveling Through the Philippines
December 5, 2019The Philippines The Philippines is a country composed of many different islands in Southeast Asia. There are about 7,640 islands in the country, and they are divided into three different geographical divisions: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. These many different islands are picturesque. Many people enjoy traveling to the Philippines and want to get the most…
Road digging leaves drivers accident-prone
December 4, 2019Optical Fibre Cable laying work makes clean city roads treacherous to commute Yadavagiri Corporator holds Mayor, Commissioner responsible to restore damaged roads Mysuru: The Optical Fibre Cables (OFC) laying work across the city has left the roads in a bad shape with mounds of soil, sand and stones by the side, waiting for two-wheelers to…
UoM to start ‘Department of Disability and Rehabilitation Studies’ next year
December 4, 2019Mysuru: The University of Mysore (UoM) Academic Council, which met at Crawford Hall here this morning, approved the setting up of a new Post-Graduate Department of Disability and Rehabilitation Studies from next academic year. The Council, after thoroughly discussing the proposal submitted by a Committee of Deans, which favoured the establishment of the Department, gave…
Senior writer Dr. H.S. Venkatesh Murthy to chair 85th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana
December 4, 2019Bengaluru: Bengaluru-based senior writer Dr. H.S. Venkatesh Murthy has been selected to chair the 85th Akhila Bharatha Kannada Sahitya Sammelana to take place at Kalaburagi in February 2020. Announcing this at a press meet at Kannada Sahitya Parishat here this morning, Parishat President Dr. Manu Baligar said that the Executive Committee meeting of the Parishat…
By-polls tomorrow: Public campaigning draws to a close
December 4, 2019Bengaluru: The public campaigning for 15 Assembly segments of the State going to the by-polls tomorrow (Dec.5) drew to a close yesterday, with top guns of all the three major parties — BJP, Congress and JD(S) — making last ditch attempts to woo the voters. The voting for Hunsur, K.R. Pet, Yeshwanthpur, K.R. Puram, Shivajinagar,…
Providing expertise to train impaired children
December 4, 2019State’s first Teachers Training Centre produces teachers to train visually and hearing impaired children Mysuru: A special school to train teachers who in-turn can train visually impaired students is doing yeoman service to the society. State’s first Government Teachers Training Centre for Hearing Impaired (primary level) is a boon for visually challenged and hearing impaired…
Lethal attack on Tanveer Sait: Seven persons including prime accused arrested
December 4, 2019Mysuru: The Special Investigation Team (SIT), constituted to investigate into the murderous attack on MLA Tanveer Sait on Nov.17 night, has so far arrested seven persons including the prime accused. Prime accused Farhan Pasha of Ghousianagar, who had assaulted Sait on his neck with a cleaver and tried to flee from the spot, was caught…
Chidambaram gets bail after 105 days in jail
December 4, 2019New Delhi: Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, who was first arrested by the CBI on Aug. 21 and later by Enforcement Directorate in the money-laundering case will walk out of jail after the Supreme Court granted him bail in the INX Media money laundering case today. The former Union Minister has spent 105 days in…















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