Mysuru: Here is a case that sounds as if it has come straight from Ripley’s Believe It Or Not TV show. A root from jungle is heated and tied to the arms of children suffering from jaundice, severe stomach ache and other ailments in the belief that Goddess Yellamma cures the pain and trauma. And…
Madikeri: After a brief break, monsoon has gained momentum in Kodagu yesterday. Heavy to very heavy rain has been reported from several parts of Kodagu, especially in Madikeri taluk. Following incessant rain, the Kodagu District Administration has declared a holiday for primary schools and high schools in Madikeri and Somwarpet taluks today. So far, three…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Textbook Society that comes under Department of Public Instructions, Government of Karnataka, has written to Deputy Directors of Public Instructions (DDPIs) on the inclusion of Kodava language from First Standard to 10th Standard as a third language in the State Syllabus and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The Society is responsible…
Higher-ups not aware; 2,300 applications pending; farmers unhappy Mysuru: The server at Mini Vidhana Soudha in Nazarbad, which houses the offices of the Sub-Registrar, Taluk Office, Taluk Panchayat, Assistant Director of Land Records, Assistant Director of Agriculture and many more, has crashed inconveniencing thousands of applicants for records. The server was down on June 8…
Mysuru: The issue of appointment of non-teaching staff in the University of Mysore (UoM) allegedly in violation of rules during December 2016 has got a new twist with Registrar R. Rajanna writing to the State Government claiming that the government order on terminating the staff was “non-executable” as the appointments were temporary for a period…
New Delhi: Taking a new initiative towards simplification of passport service and making things more user-friendly, the Narendra Modi government on Tuesday launched a new App – the Mobile Passport Application. It was launched by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in the presence of Minister of State for External Affairs Gen. (Retd.) V.K. Singh and…
Mysuru: The Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) has accused the Public Works Department (PWD) of violating an undertaking given to a Court in Mysuru and going ahead with the widening and straightening of the road between Jaladarshini Guest House and Valmiki Road Junction on the Hunsur Road. They have alleged that instead of following the revised…
Bengaluru: Spatikapuri Mahasamsthana Mutt’s Nanjavadhuta Swamiji on Wednesday warned that any efforts to pull down the JD(S) Congress coalition Government headed by H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) in the State would attract backlash from the Vokkaliga community. He was speaking at the Kempegowda Jayanti celebration organised by the Department of Kannada and Culture here yesterday. Criticising the…
Mysuru: Even as there is a marriage of science and technology and medicine, the nearly one-hundred-year-old K.R. Hospital is going hi-tech as it has introduced e-Chikitsa. On the directions of the Medical Education Department, the Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI), has implemented e-Hospital services at K.R. Hospital from June 23. This service has…
Mysuru: The Transport Department, in the wake of an accident in Nanjangud in which 12 students sustained injuries and the van driver died on the spot recently, will commence checking of vehicles of private educational institutions for fitness from tomorrow. It may be recalled that the RTO had conducted an awareness programme for private school…
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