Mysuru: Fire at Chamundi Hill forest here yesterday, has destroyed 35 acres of area, with no loss to the lives of wild animals and no major destruction of flora and fauna, except for two dried up trees. DCF, Mysuru, Division, Dr. K.N. Basavaraju explained the media persons about the incident and action taken, at Aranya…
Mysuru: With the SSLC exam (2024-25) fast approaching, the Department of School Education convened a meeting at the DDPI Office to strategise ways to significantly improve SSLC results in Mysuru district this year. DDPI S.T. Javaregowda presided over the meeting, which was attended by all Block Education Officers (BEOs), Block Resource Coordinators (BRCs), Nodal Officers…
Mysuru: A staggering Rs. 252 crore in water bill arrears owed to the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) remains uncollected, with the majority of defaulters being Government Departments. The list of pending dues is growing endlessly, prompting MCC officials to form multiple teams with set targets to expedite collection. To counter the financial strain, the MCC…
Mysuru: Alleging that the previous Palace Board Deputy Director P.V. Avaradi was mentally harassing the current Palace Board Deputy Director T.S. Subramanya, city Advocate R. Ramesh has written to the Mysuru Regional Commissioner to provide adequate security to T.S. Subramanya, so that he can discharge his duty without any hurdle. In his letter, Ramesh alleged…
Bengaluru: Karnataka State Marketing Communication and Advertising (KSMCA) Limited, a State Government Enterprise, providing advertising and other communication related services, has donated Rs. 1 crore from its profits for the year 2023-24 to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. KSMCA Chairman Satish Krishna Sail along with Minister for Large and Medium Scale Industries and Infrastructure Development…
Mysuru: Demanding introduction of internal reservation among SC Communities before making any new appointments and filling up backlog vacancies, the Karnataka Samaajika Nyayapara Vakeelara Vedike staged a day- long demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s Office on Bannur Road in Siddarthanagar here yesterday. Addressing the protestors, the Vedike President and senior Advocate S. Arun…
Mysuru: Chamaraja MLA K. Harishgowda has revealed plans to persuade opponents to rename Mysuru’s KRS Road (Princess Road) as ‘Siddaramaiah Arogya Marga’. Speaking to mediapersons, he mentioned his intention to meet MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar to discuss the proposal. Currently, Princess Road is named only from Dasappa Circle to Vontikoppal Sri Lakshmi Venkataramanaswamy Temple,…
Mysuru: Mysuru Hotel Owners Association and Hotel Owners Religious Endowment, have urged the State Government, to give priority for building flyovers at all the five Outer Ring Road (ORR) junctions in the city, along with constructing International-level Aquarium and Disney Land, in the forthcoming budget for the year 2025-26. In a press release, C. Narayanagowda,…
Bengaluru: Meenakshi Negi, a 1989 batch IFS Officer of Karnataka cadre, has been appointed as Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Head of Forest Force), Karnataka, Bengaluru, with immediate effect, relieving Subhash K. Malkhede from concurrent charge. With this appointment, Meenakshi becomes the first woman IFS Officer to head State Forest Force. She is currently the…
Mysuru: As part of its ‘Sahitya Chavadi’ programme, Kalasuruchi has organised a talk on Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel ‘Crime and Punishment’ by writer O.L. Nagabhushana Swamy (OLN) at Suruchi Rangamane in Kuvempunagar tomorrow (Feb. 23) at 10.30 am. O.L. Nagabhushana Swamy, popularly known as OLN, is a well-known expert on Vachanas, an orator par…
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