Mysuru: Mysuru is experiencing severe cold conditions and it will stay a bit longer with the temperatures likely to plummet to 11 degrees Celsius. The temperature is low enough for people to pull out their sweaters and jackets while there is an increase in demand for pullovers, jackets and shawls. While the weather is pleasant…
Get caste, income certificates instantly
February 4, 2018Bengaluru: Caste, income and residence certificates are now being issued over the counter by the State Government since January 2018 in what is touted as India’s first such facility. Applicants are issued these three certificates instantly — in under 10 minutes — without the need for any field verification, resulting in significant time-saving for both…
Mysuru Police plan measures to curb accidents on Ring Road
February 4, 2018Mysuru: Concerned over frequent accidents on the Ring Road, the City Police to enforce certain measures to bring down the number of accidents in the future. The Police action comes in the wake of a horrific car accident last week where three young lives were snuffed out on the Ring Road near KEB Circle, Dattagalli….
KRS Road work completion in one week
February 4, 2018Mysuru: The important development works taken up under the Chief Minister’s Special Grant of Rs.50 crore to the city, is going on at a brisk pace. The work on interlocking of tiles and kerb stones for footpaths, cycle tracks and drainage are going on and nearly 85 percent of the work has been completed. Since,…
Naxal shadow looms large on Kodagu: ANF starts combing operations in District’s forest region
February 4, 2018Madikeri: The Anti-Naxal Force (ANF) started combing operations after they received information that three Naxals were spotted moving around in Kodagu’s border and Madikeri Taluk’s Koyanadu, Sampaje and Sulya forest region. It has been reported that the three Naxalites visited a few houses in Koyanadu forest region on the night of Feb.2 and demanded groceries…
Women born before 2005 are equally entitled to ancestral properties: SC
February 4, 2018New Delhi: The Supreme Court has declared that daughters by birth become equally entitled to ancestral properties as sons, with the 2005 amendment to the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. “The amended provision now statutorily recognises the rights of coparceners (a person who shares equally with others in the inheritance of an undivided property) of daughters…
Talk on Poet M. Gopalakrishna Adiga’s life and writings: ‘Adiga did not believe in idol worship’
February 4, 2018Mysuru: “Renowned poet M. Gopalakrishna Adiga had belief in human relations and introspection and not in idol worship,” said well-known poetess Prof. C. Sarvamangala. She was speaking after inaugurating the programme ‘Kavi M. Gopalakrishna Adiga – Baduku-Baraha’ (Poet M. Gopalakrishna Adiga – Life and writings) jointly organised by District Kannada Sahitya Parishat and Kannada Sahitya…
Digitalisation of cinemas has helped in reaching out to more people: Theatre Director
February 4, 2018Mysuru: Observing that digitalisation of cinemas has greatly helped them in reaching out to more number of people, Theatre and Film Director Jayatirtha has said that the theatre was a medium of sending positive messages to the society. He was speaking after inaugurating ‘Ranga-Chitraranga’ seminar as part of Rashtriya Ranga Utsava organised by the city’s…
MLA Vasu inaugurates Vet Hospital at Nazarbad
February 4, 2018Mysuru: A new Government Veterinary Hospital was inaugurated by MLA Vasu near Chamundi Vihar Stadium in Nazarbad recently. The Hospital is constructed by Nirmiti Kendra under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) at a cost of Rs.27.6 lakh. Speaking on the occasion, Vasu opined that the new Hospital…
Special children have special talent: MyLAC Chairman
February 4, 2018Mysuru: Observing that special children have a special talent and can match normal children in terms of talent and intelligence, MyLAC Chairman H.A. Venkatesh has said that it was important to tap their talent and bring them to mainstream society. He was speaking at International Day of the Disabled and Louis Braille Birth Anniversary celebration…















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