Mysuru: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was formally signed between GSSS Institute of Engineering and Technology for Women (GSSSIETW), Mysuru and VSG Software Solutions, Mysuru at the Department of Information Science & Engineering recently. The signatories of the MoU were Dr. M. Shivakumar, Principal, GSSSIETW, Dr. Reshma Banu, Professor and Head, Department of ISE, GSSSIETW,…
Echo of Vijayanagar Shootout: Rowdy-sheeter had Licenced Gun !
July 17, 2018Mysuru: While one Police Station in city includes a person in rowdy-sheet, the other Police Station issues him a gun licence! And to rectify this lapse, the Police have launched a special drive to screen all licenced gun holders in city for any criminal history or background. The Police have decided to cancel the licences…
Birds, hatchlings face threat at Ranganathittu
July 17, 2018Srirangapatna: Heavy rainfall and huge discharge from the Krishna Raja Sagar since a couple of days has flooded the bird sanctuary at Ranganathittu and boating has been cancelled as a precautionary measure. However, entry of visitors to the bird sanctuary has not been banned and they are allowed to go up to Dr. Salim Ali…
State Health Card scheme still eludes Mysuru
July 17, 2018Mysuru,: The much-touted Arogya Karnataka Health Card scheme to provide treatment at affordable cost to poor has not been implemented in Mysuru due to technical glitches. The cards are not being issued and hundreds of patients who visit the government hospitals in Mysuru district from far-flung areas to obtain the card are being turned away….
Last journey of Fr. Noronha
July 17, 2018Hundreds including Adichunchanagiri Mutt Seer, Minister G.T. Devegowda pay last respects; Body laid to rest at Catholic Cemetery Mysuru: Hundreds of people including dignitaries paid their last respects to Fr. Denis Victor Noronha, a well-known Catholic Priest, who passed away yesterday at St. Joseph’s Hospital in city. The body of Fr. Noronha was kept for…
Historical Lushington Bridge near Kollegal washed away
July 17, 2018Kollegal: The oldest heritage stone bridge in the erstwhile princely State of Mysore that was constructed in 1818 at Shivanasamudra near Madhyaranga across River Cauvery was washed away yesterday in the gushing floodwaters of River Cauvery. The 400-metre bridge is called the Wellesley Bridge by the locals. But historical references say that while initially the…
GTD directs officials to ensure regular water supply in Chamundeshwari
July 17, 2018Mysuru: Drinking water woes in some of the villages came to the forefront at Chamundeshwari Assembly segment progress review meeting, chaired by Chamundeshwari MLA and Higher Education Minister G.T. Devegowda (GTD) at Senate Bhavan in Manasagangothri here this morning. Soon as the meeting began, GTD, referring to Undavadi Drinking Water Project that is targeted at…
Renovated Children’s Traffic Park inaugurated at Nazarbad
July 17, 2018Mysuru: City Police Commissioner Dr. A. Subramanyeswara Rao inaugurated the renovated Children’s Traffic Park on Mirza Road in Nazarbad here and also launched ‘Awareness through little hearts’ programme for school children yesterday. Speaking about the Park’s uniqueness, the city Top Cop said that the Children’s Traffic Park is one-of-a-kind in the country which focuses on…
Tribals living in hamlets at Periyapatna facing hardship
July 17, 2018Periyapatna: Even as Union and State Governments are spending a lot of money for tribal welfare, the condition of tribals living at Boranakatte Girijan hamlet in the forest bordering the taluk, is left much to be desired. The hamlet has a population of more than 350 tribals, with almost all of them belonging to Jenukuruba…
Mysuru lad Sagar Kashyap makes history at Wimbledon
July 17, 2018London: Mysuru lad Sagar G. Kashyap never expected that on Saturday evening when he was checking his e-mails as a routine thing before he went to bed, that he would find a very special one from the Chief of Umpires Office of Wimbledon. It said that he would be the chair umpire on Court 1…















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