Mysuru: In the context of second PU examinations to be held from Mar.1 to 17, a meeting of Chief Superintendents of Examination Centres was held on Feb.21 at the DC’s office here to review the preparations for conducting the examination. Chairing the meeting, DC D. Randeep asked the officers of Department of PU Education to…
MP Pratap Simha inspects grade separator work on Hunsur Road
February 24, 2018Mysuru: MP Pratap Simha inspected the ongoing works on grade separator on Hunsur Road near Hinkal junction, this morning and asked the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), which has taken up the construction with an estimated cost of Rs.19.8 crore under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM), to speed up the work. The…
Government employees to get pay hike from Apr.1
February 24, 2018Bengaluru: With Assembly polls round the corner, CM Siddharamaiah announced in the Assembly yesterday that the pay revision for Government employees will come into effect from April 1. Replying to a debate on the State Budget in the Assembly, the CM said that the 6th Pay Commission has recommended a 30 percent hike in wages…
Preparations for fourth International Yoga Day in June
February 24, 2018Mysuru: Mysuru created a Guinness World Record during the third International Yoga Day with a maximum gathering of yoga enthusiasts at the Mysuru Race Course (MRC) last year. With an aim to better this record, the District Administration is going all out to make preparations for the fourth International Yoga Day to be held on…
Writer Vijaya Dabbe passes away
February 24, 2018Mysuru: Noted Kannada writer and Woman Rights activist Vijaya Dabbe passed away here yesterday following cardiac arrest. She was 66. Vijaya, who was ailing for sometime, came to Mysuru to stay with her younger sister Chayadevi in Vijayanagar first stage a couple of days ago. As she complained of uneasiness in breathing last evening, she…
Security Guard murdered with cement brick
February 24, 2018Mysuru: A security guard was brutally murdered by using cement brick in Railway Layout last night (Feb.23). The unfortunate victim is Puttamadappa alias Madashetty (60), a resident of Kumbarakoppal, near Mahadeshwara Temple. He was working as a security guard at a house nearing completion belonging to one Gopinath in Railway Layout, near Surya Bakery on…
‘Use machines while cleaning manhole’
February 24, 2018Natl. Safai Karmachari Commission Chief tells Pourakarmikas Mysuru: National Commission for Safai Karmacharis Chairman Manhar Valjibhai Zala has asked the Pourakarmikas to compulsorily use machines and other equipment while cleaning manholes. Zala held separate meetings with Pourakarmika leaders and officials from various Departments at the MCC Hall here on Thursday. Speaking at the meeting with…
JSS University, Mysore is now: JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, Mysuru
February 24, 2018Mysuru: The JSS University, Mysore, will henceforth be called as “JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, Mysuru.” This was disclosed by JSS Academy Vice-Chancellor Dr. B. Suresh and JSS Mahavidyapeetha Executive Secretary Dr. C.G. Betsurmath at a press meet here yesterday. The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD), Government of India, on the advice…
AIDYO launches one crore signature campaign on unemployment issue
February 24, 2018Mysuru: ‘Every year the number of unemployed people is going up drastically in the State with none of the Governments taking proper steps and only giving false assurances during election time,’ alleged M. Umadevi, State President, All India Democratic Youth Organisation (AIDYO). She was speaking after launching a one crore signature campaign on a list…
Seminar on eradication of untouchability concludes today
February 24, 2018Mysuru: A two-day seminar on ‘Eradication of untouchability: Social responsibilities,’ jointly organised by the District Administration and Social Welfare Department, at Kalamandira here, will conclude today. Speaking after inaugurating the seminar yesterday, Senior Civil Judge Mohammad Muzirulla, who is also the Member-Secretary of District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), regretted tthat wewere still talking of untouchability…















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