Mysuru: Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh has announced that the Brindavan Gardens at Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam will be developed and he has already spoken to Water Resources Minister D.K. Shivakumar to give a new look to the popular tourist destination. Speaking to reporters during an interaction organised by Mysuru District Journalists Association (MDJA) at…
Founder’s Day at Kamakshi Hospital
June 30, 2018Mysuru: Kamakshi Hospital celebrated its Founder’s Day and 45th anniversary and as part of it, children of the staff who have secured high marks in PUC and SSLC examinations were awarded cash prizes and the staff who have served for 25 years were honoured. The programme was held at Kamakshi Hospital in Kuvempunagar yesterday and…
Bandipalya APMC Yard emanates unbearable stench
June 30, 2018Mysuru: The sprawling APMC yard at Bandipalya on Mysuru-Nanjangud Road, is mired in several problems, with stench emanating from deteriorating wastes, unhygienic toilets, pot-holed roads, housefly menace and the like. The APMC yard receives hundreds of lorry loads of vegetables, grains and other agricultural produces everyday from across the State and even neighbouring States such…
Marble pavement around JC Wadiyar Circle damaged
June 30, 2018Mysuru: A few of the marble paving slabs laid a few feet above the ground around the Jayachamaraja (JC) Wadiyar Circle have been broken as the tyres of the vehicles have been driven over it. The marbles on the left side have been broken into pieces and it has to be immediately repaired. Otherwise the…
Police App launched to make cops more accessible
June 30, 2018Mysuru: In a bid to make themselves more accessible to citizens, the Karnataka State Police has released an official mobile application for Android and iOS. The new application ‘Karnataka State Police App’ comes a year after the release of ‘Suraksha’ app released by the then Chief Minister Siddharamaiah in 2017, which was aimed specifically at…
Digital Library at Hostels
June 30, 2018Mysuru: Giving a push for digitalisation, the Backward Class Welfare Department has started digital library initiative at post-matric boys and girls hostels run by it. ZP Deputy Secretary Shivaramegowda launched the digital library service, which is taken up in association with Vidwath Innovative Solutions (P) Ltd., at Veene Seshanna Bhavan, Kuvempunagar, recently. Speaking on the…
RTO books cases against four private school vehicles
June 30, 2018Mysuru: The Officers of the RTO West, consisting of three senior Motor Inspectors and one Motor Inspector, began checking of the Private School vehicles carrying school children at 8.30 am today and seized two vehicles near Bandipalya which did not have number plates. Two cases were booked against vehicles, one near RTO West office and…
Server at Mini Vidhana Soudha in city starts functioning
June 30, 2018Mysuru: The server at the Mini Vidhana Soudha, which had crashed and put into inconvenience thousands of applicants seeking records, has started functioning again. The higher officials, who finally woke up, after this newspaper had reported it on Thursday, got the server repaired yesterday and it started working. The server in the Mini Vidhana Soudha…
Body of youth drowned in Mallalli waterfalls found
June 30, 2018Somawarpet: The body of the youth Manoj (24), who had drowned while trying to take a selfie at Mallalli waterfalls, has been traced after a week. Based on the information provided by agriculturist Mallappa of Mallalli village, the Station Officer M. Shivanna-led team was successful in recovering the body from the river after a long…
Woman ends life
June 30, 2018Mysuru: Dejected over domestic disharmony a 46-year-old woman from K.R. Pet ended her life by consuming excessive pills. The deceased has been identified as Vijayalakshmi (46), wife of Anjanigowda of Natanahalli village in Akkihebbal hobli of K.R. Pet taluk. After heated exchanges with her husband on Thursday night, Vijayalakshmi is said to have consumed excessive…
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