Safai Karmachari Member Jagadish Hiremani at awareness camp in city Mysuru: “Just like soldiers who guard the nation’s borders to protect us from enemies, the Pourakarmikas, who clean the gutters in the nation’s sewage system guard people’s health and they are also in a way doing the duty of soldiers,” said National Safai Karmachari Commission…
Apex Court orders stay on tribals’ eviction from forests
March 2, 2019New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed its Feb. 13 order directing the eviction of lakhs of the Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest-dwellers, whose claims for forest land rights have been rejected under the Forest Rights Act, 2006. The earlier order had created a possibility of eviction of 11.8 lakh tribals from forests…
SC/ST promotions: SC stays State’s Feb. 27 order
March 2, 2019New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday poured water over a Karnataka government attempt to restore cadre and pay scales to thousands of Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe employees in public services who were affected by an Apex Court judgment. A Bench of Justices U.U. Lalit and D.Y. Chandrachud stayed a Feb. 27 order of the State government…
Mahashivaratri events at Ganapathy Ashrama from Mar. 3 to 5
March 2, 2019Mysuru: Mahashivaratri will be celebrated at Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Ashrama in Dattanagar, Ooty Road here from Mar. 3 to 5. The detailed programmes are as follows: Mar. 3 (Sunday): 8 am – Ganapathy, Navagraha and Shiva Panchakshari Homas; 11 am – Girija Kalyana; 12.30 pm – MahaMangalarati, Prasada distribution; 12.45 pm – Tailabhishekam to Lord…
Mahashivaratri on Mar.4: City Police issue guidelines
March 2, 2019Mysuru: To ensure smooth conduct of Mahashivaratri festival on Mar.4, City Police have issued a few guidelines to prevent any untoward incidents. According to the Police, wheeling and over-speeding by two-wheelers, drunken driving, gambling, use of loud-speakers without prior permission and screening of films on roadsides have been banned. The Police have warned of initiating…
Vid. T.P. Vaidyanathan passes away
March 2, 2019Mysuru: Vid. T.P. Vaidyanathan (85), renowned vocalist and a frontline artiste in the musical lineage of Mysore Vasudevacharya, passed away yesterday at Apollo BGS Hospital here after a brief illness. Born in 1934 to a family from Trissur that had just then migrated to Mysore, Vaidyanathan was attracted to music at a very early age…
Youth killed in hit-and-run accident
March 2, 2019Mysuru: A 20-year-old youth was killed in a hit-and-run accident that occurred in the wee hours of today. The victim has been identified as Mahendra, son of M. Nagaraja Murthy. Mahendra is a resident of Ukkalagere Village in T. Narasipur and was travelling daily from Bilugali village in Nanjangud. He worked as a loader at…
Five-day training for Hindi Assistant Professors and School Teachers
March 2, 2019Mysuru: National Testing Service-India (NTS-I) of Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Manasagangothri, Mysuru, is organising a five-day Workshop-cum-Training Programme on Testing & Evaluation and Question Item Writing in Hindi for the Assistant Professors and School Level Teachers from South Indian States from Mar.11 to 15. Assistant Professors and School Teachers engaged in teaching Hindi…
Pilot Abhinandan handed over to Indian High Commission
March 1, 2019New Delhi: India is waiting to welcome Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, the Indian Air Force pilot in Pakistan’s captivity, with bated breath. Latest reports from across the border say that Abhinandan has been handed over to Indian High Commission in Pakistan at Islamabad and he is expected to cross Wagah border after 3 pm. The…
12 new taluks in State: Kodagu to have two more
March 1, 2019With addition of Kushalnagar and Ponnampet, the hill district will now have five taluks Madikeri/ Mysuru: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy yesterday announced the formation of Kushalnagar and Ponnampet taluks in Kodagu following the Cabinet’s decision conceding the long-pending demand of the people of the hill district. The two new taluks carved out will be Cauvery…















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