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Travel alert: Avoid visits to waterfalls for now
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Travel alert: Avoid visits to waterfalls for now

August 1, 2024

Entry ban at waterfalls of Kodagu, Srirangapatna tourist places, Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, Brindavan Gardens Mysore/Mysuru: With Kodagu, a part of the Western Ghats experiencing heavy rainfall, the District Administration has requested tourists to postpone their visits to popular destinations, especially waterfalls. Kodagu is home to several popular tourist spots, including Iruppu Falls, Abbey Falls, Mallalli…

Wayanad Landslides: Indian Army to the rescue
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Wayanad Landslides: Indian Army to the rescue

August 1, 2024

Constructs bridges connecting landslide-hit Meppadi and Chooralmala villages Wayanad (Kerala): The Indian Army has intensified its efforts to rescue people stranded at landslides hit Wayanad on Tuesday last. Six Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief (HADR) columns comprising around 500 personnel including medical staff, along with bridging equipment and rescue dogs are deployed at Wayanad. The…

Echo of Governor’s show-cause notice to CM Siddaramaiah: CM to fight Guv’s likely prosecution nod legally 
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Echo of Governor’s show-cause notice to CM Siddaramaiah: CM to fight Guv’s likely prosecution nod legally 

August 1, 2024

Cabinet colleagues stand by CM during breakfast meeting in Bengaluru Bengaluru: In a significant political development, Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot issued a show-cause notice to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on July 27, seeking an explanation regarding alleged irregularities in the allotment of sites to his wife by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA). Governor Gehlot has asked…

DC reviews cases booked under KPMEA
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DC reviews cases booked under KPMEA

August 1, 2024

Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner G. Lakshmikanth Reddy chaired a review meeting of Karnataka Private Medical Establishment Authority (KPMEA), at the meeting hall of District Health and Family Welfare Office in the city recently. DC Lakshmikanth Reddy, who went through the inspection reports related to 28 cases booked under KPME Act, noted that, 15 institutions have been…

Combating plastic pollution innovatively: MCC to launch PET recycling, cloth bag vending machines
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Combating plastic pollution innovatively: MCC to launch PET recycling, cloth bag vending machines

August 1, 2024

Mysore/Mysuru: To curb the use of plastic, which poses a significant threat to the environment, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is set to introduce an innovative system. The new initiative includes the installation of Plastic Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottle recycling machines and cloth bag vending machines at various locations in the city. The MCC has…

Shalini Rajneesh takes charge as Chief Secretary
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Shalini Rajneesh takes charge as Chief Secretary

August 1, 2024

Bengaluru: Senior IAS Officer Shalini Rajneesh has taken over as the Chief Secretary of Karnataka, succeeding her husband, Rajneesh Goel. Goel officially handed over the charge at the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru yesterday. Rajneesh’s appointment follows Goel’s retirement and is expected to bring renewed leadership to the State’s administration. A 1989 batch officer, Shalini Rajneesh…

Man should live for the cause of society: Dr. Gururaj Karajagi
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Man should live for the cause of society: Dr. Gururaj Karajagi

August 1, 2024

Mysore/Mysuru:  Renowned academician Dr. Gururaj Karajagi said that nothing is permanent for mankind and humans should live for the cause of society. He was delivering the Foundation Day address of University of Mysore (UoM) at Crawford Hall here recently after offering floral tributes to the portrait of Nalwadi. Reiterating that there is no such thing…

Valedictory of Global Tiger Day seminar – Rise in big cat density helping forest conservation: Soumitra Dasgupta
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Valedictory of Global Tiger Day seminar – Rise in big cat density helping forest conservation: Soumitra Dasgupta

August 1, 2024

Mysore/Mysuru: Soumitra Dasgupta, Director (Programme), International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA), New Delhi, has observed that the increase in population of tigers, leopards and other animals belonging to the family of big cats, has helped in the conservation of forest resources. He was delivering the valedictory address during the two-day seminar on the topic ‘Roaring Forward:…

Gandhi Shilp Bazaar at JSS Mysore Urban Haat
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Gandhi Shilp Bazaar at JSS Mysore Urban Haat

August 1, 2024

Handicrafts & Handloom Expo-cum-Sale from Aug. 2 to 8 Mysore/Mysuru: The Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, is tirelessly working for the development, prosperity and survival of Indian handicrafts through various programmes. To connect artisans with art enthusiasts, the Department is organising several events in city. One such significant…

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