Mysuru: Unbearable stink emanating from Solid Waste Management Plant or Excel Solid Waste Management Plant in Vidyaranyapuram is proving to be a health hazard to local residents. Residents of J.P. Nagar, Vishveshwaranagar and Vidyaranyapuram have been suffering from different ailments like nausea, headache and asthma. A meeting was held here on Wednesday at Mahaveer Bhavan…
Girl’s body exhumed 26 days after death for post-mortem
December 10, 2017Mysuru: The dead body of a 21-year-old girl was exhumed on Friday, 26 days after her death. She died due to infection after she was administered an injection by a doctor following fever in H.D. Kote. After exhumation, doctors conducted a post-mortem. Ankusha from Kalahundi of Hampapura village, who had just completed B.Sc. degree from…
CELLAR & BASEMENT PARKING: Hotel owners allege harassment from MCC
December 10, 2017Mysuru: The Mysuru Hotel Owners’ Association has criticised the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) for harassing owners of commercial buildings by directing them to reserve the basement for parking. A delegation of the Association met Chief Minister Siddharamaiah on Dec. 8 and submitted a memorandum appealing the CM to instruct the MCC not to harass businessmen….
5-day tribal healers workshop begins in city
December 10, 2017Mysuru: A five-day National Workshop on ‘Tribal Healers and Tribal Medicines’ organised by Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS), Southern Regional Centre (SRC) in collaboration with the Anthropological Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Bogadi, Mysuru, began at IGRMS (SRC), Mysuru campus, Wellington House, here this morning. The workshop was inaugurated by Prof. Sarit Kumar…
114th birth anniversary of Kuvempu: Entries invited for Gamaka and Geethagayana contest
December 10, 2017Mysuru: Sri Kuvempu Vidyavardhaka Trust will be celebrating the 114th birth anniversary of Rashtrakavi Kuvempu during the last week of December. As part of the celebrations, a Gamaka and Geethagayana contest will be held on Dec. 28 at 10.30 am at the Trust premises in Jayalakshmipuram here. The Gamaka will be on Sri Ramayana Darshanam…
Link Aadhaar for Social Security Schemes by Dec. 30
December 10, 2017Mysuru: The district authorities have begun Aadhaar linking in city for disbursement of monetary benefits under various Social Security Schemes such as old age pension, Sandhya Suraksha, widow pension, Maitri and honorarium for the disabled. The beneficiaries, who have not linked Aadhaar, should present copies of pension sanction letter, M.O. Receipt, Bank/Post Office pass book…
Progressive organisations to take out rally in Hunsur tomorrow
December 10, 2017Mysuru: In the wake of tensions during Hanuma Jayanti celebrations at Hunsur in the district recently, progressive organisations have decided to take out a rally in Hunsur on Dec.11 to create awareness against communal forces. At a round table meeting convened by Karnataka Rajya Hindulida Vargagala Jagruti Samithi in association with Dalit Sangharsha Samiti (DSS),…
Madiga Federation to hold jatha in Bengaluru on Monday
December 10, 2017Mysuru: The Federation of Karnataka Madiga Association will hold a jatha demanding implementation of Justice A.J. Sadashiva Commission Report on Dec. 11 (Monday) at 11 am at Freedom Park in Bengaluru, said Federation Convenor Mugur Siddaraju. Addressing the presspersons at Pathrakarthara Bhavan here on Friday, Siddaraju said that more than 10,000 community members from Mysuru…
Raitha Sangha leaders to meet in Bengaluru on Dec.12
December 10, 2017Mysuru: Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) leaders will meet in Bengaluru on Dec.12 (Tuesday) to discuss various issues plaguing the agrarian sector. Announcing this at a press meet here on Friday, KRRS leader and MLA K.S. Puttannaiah said the meeting has been arranged to press the government for redressing farmers’ grievances, especially in the Cauvery…
BBMP Corporator stabbed by son
December 10, 2017Son upset as father disapproves marriage proposal Bengaluru: Even as former JD(S) Corporator Govindegowda was brutally hacked to death by miscreants in Rajagopalnagar Police limits yesterday, a sitting BBMP Corporator was reportedly stabbed by his son and is undergoing treatment at a hospital, according to reports. Katriguppe Corporator ‘Sangathi’ Venkatesh is the one who is…
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