The exam is being held to fill up 896 vacancies of Civil Service Officers (IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS etc.,) and Mysuru is among the 72 cities in the country, which were declared by the UPSC as the Centres. A total of 6,238 candidates had registered for Mysuru City Centres, out of which 3,481 appeared, while…
Paper presentation in Astrophysics at Greece
June 2, 2019Mysuru: Dr. Paniveni Udayashankar of Mysuru has been invited to present her research paper in Astrophysics at the International Conference CHAOS-2019 to be held at Crete, Greece, from June 18 to 22. Apart from 21 acclaimed publications to her credit, as a musician, she has given around 45 vocal concerts at various platforms. She has…
MEGA MESS inside Mini Soudha
June 1, 2019Mysore: “We shape our buildings and afterwards they shape us,” Winston Churchill had once quipped. The imposing Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru best sums up this observation as it is almost a metonym for Karnataka’s seat of power, just as the Parliament in New Delhi. Vidhana Soudha’s influence in the State is perhaps far more abiding…
Team Modi approves extension of PM-KISAN Scheme to all farmers
June 1, 2019New Delhi: A day after taking oath, the new Cabinet met last evening and approved the extension of the PM-KISAN Scheme to all 14.5 crore farmers across the country. The first meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s Office in South Block. The extension will cost Rs. 87,000 crore a year. A pension scheme worth…
Three arrested for gang-rape; hunt on for five suspects
June 1, 2019Accused nabbed after 2,500 mobile numbers were screened Mysore: Three weeks after a 23-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped at Lingambudhi Palya on the outskirts of the city, Kuvempunagar Police have arrested three suspects. The search is on for five more accused. The arrested persons have been identified as Karthik Kumar, 25, Jeevan, 25 and Surya…
Sonia Gandhi to lead new Congress MPs in Parliament
June 1, 2019New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi has been chosen the Chairperson of the Congress’ elected Parliamentarians at the meeting of the Party’s Parliamentary Committee this morning. Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh proposed her name. The suspense is now over whom the Chairperson names as the Leader of the Party in Parliament — her son Rahul Gandhi,…
JD(S) debacle in K.R. Nagar ULB Polls: Vishwanath blames Minister Mahesh for sidelining Kuruba community
June 1, 2019Mysore: The results of Urban Local Bodies (ULB) election that were announced yesterday has upset the JD(S) State President Adagooru H. Vishwanath as the party failed to garner maximum seats. Expressing his unhappiness at a press conference this morning in K.R. Nagar, he lashed out at Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh. The JD(S) lost K.R. Nagar…
Monsoon warning: No Home Stay bookings in North Kodagu areas till Aug.31
June 1, 2019Madikeri: Tourists from Mysuru heading North Kodagu (Madikeri and Somwarpet) during weekends and holidays watch out as Home Stays and resorts will not be available till Aug.31. Reason: Notices are being issued by local administrations to Home Stay and resort owners not to admit tourists and take bookings as there is an imminent danger of…
IAS officer Manjushree re-appointed as Mandya DC
June 1, 2019Bengaluru: The State Government on Friday ordered re-instatement of IAS officer N. Manjushree as Mandya Deputy Commissioner (DC). Manjushree, who was serving as the Mandya DC for over a year, was transferred as per the directions of the Election Commission, after Mandya independent candidate Sumalatha Ambarish lodged a complaint accusing her of impropriety in the…
Neglected Freedom Fighters Park to get facelift
June 1, 2019Mysore: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has come forward to give a facelift to the neglected Freedom Fighters Park in city. This decision was taken following the recent visit of MCC Commissioner Shilpa Nag to the Park, where she found the place filled with parthenium and other wild growth. The MCC has come up with…















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