Mysuru: The Karnataka High Court Justice Vineet Kothari yesterday ruled that teachers should show their talent in teaching and leave clerical jobs to non-teaching staff. The HC also directed the State Government not to appoint teachers to non-teaching jobs. Justice Kothari gave the order while dismissing the petition filed by Prof R. Rajanna, former Registrar,…
‘Rs. 1,000 crore worth works pending in MP-LAD funds’
June 20, 2017Including Local Area Development grants from MLAs and MLCs Mysuru: MPs’, MLAs’ and MLCs’ Local Area Development (LAD) Funds of nearly Rs. 1,000 crore worth works are still pending in the State, said Renuka Chidambaram, Principal Secretary Planning Programme Monitoring & Statistics Department, Government of Karnataka, here this morning. Addressing a review meeting with officials…
Special midnight Parliament session to mark GST launch on June 30
June 20, 2017New Delhi: The national Goods and Services Tax or GST will be launched on the midnight of June 30 at a special Parliament session, said Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, this morning. President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and two of his predecessors – Dr. Manmohan Singh and H.D Deve Gowda, will be on…
I will quit Congress in a week: A.H. Vishwanath
June 20, 2017Mysuru: Senior Congress leader Adagur H. Vishwanath has officially announced that he will be quitting the grand old party within a week. “I will not stay in Chief Minister Siddharamaiah’s Congress anymore and I will quit before Ramzan,” he announced at meeting of supporters held at Hotel Siddhartha this morning. He, however, did not spell…
Three Sub-Registrar offices in city to get own buildings soon
June 20, 2017Mysuru: Three Sub-Registrar offices in the city will soon have own buildings as the State Government has finally released CA sites for the buildings to be constructed. Mysuru South Senior Sub-Registrar office, East and West Sub-Registrar’s offices will function from new premises and the sites have been granted by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA)….
Rally marks Natl. Malaria Prevention Month in city
June 20, 2017Mysuru: As part of National Malaria Prevention Month with the theme ‘End Malaria for Good,’ the District Vector-borne Diseases Control Officer had organised an awareness rally in Bannimantap here this morning. The rally was flagged off by Corporator R. Nagaraj from the Primary Health Centre (PHC) at Hanumanthanagar in the presence of District Vector-borne Diseases…
MP Pratap Simha visits K.R. Hospital
June 20, 2017Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha visited K.R. Hospital today and enquired about the health of those undergoing treatment for suspected dengue. Speaking to media, the MP said that there was increase in dengue and viral fever cases in city and rural places, which was creating panic among the public and added that as per the…
SSLC supplementary exams evaluation from June 23
June 20, 2017Mysuru; The evaluation of SSLC supplementary exams will be held at six centres in city from June 23 to July 1. The six centres are: Satya Sai High School, St. Joseph’s High School, Mahajana High School and Chinmaya High School in Jayalakshmipuram; Nirmala Convent High School and Mathru Mandali High School in V.V. Mohalla. In…
Exclusive Fever Centre at ED Hospital by July 2nd week
June 20, 2017Mysuru: An exclusive Fever Centre at the Epidemic Diseases (ED) Hospital premises on KRS Road here will be functional by second week of July. The Centre is being established by District Surgeon Dr. M. Pashupathi and District Vector-borne Diseases Control Officer Dr. S. Chidambara with the help of District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. B. Basavaraju to…
Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind is BJP’s Presidential nominee
June 20, 2017New Delhi: The ruling BJP yesterday announced Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind as its Presidential candidate. A politically significant choice, Kovind, a senior Dalit leader of the party, belongs to Uttar Pradesh and has been a two-time Rajya Sabha member. To ensure consensus over his candidature, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on the phone with…
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