Mysuru: Prof. D.G. Rao, Director, Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru, inaugurated the five-day training-cum-workshop on Testing and Evaluation and question Item Writing for the Assistant Professors and School Teachers of Kannada and Tamil working in Universities, Colleges and Schools in South India on June 17. The workshop was organised by the National Testing…
Linking tracks, lives: Mysuru Railway Yard Remodelling on war-footing
June 22, 2019In an endeavour to ferry more passengers and goods to cater to the demands of economic growth, the number of trains have seen an increase over the years. More number of trains means more number of operating platforms. And for this, Yards must be remodelled and automated. Yard remodelling works were taken up at City…
Worker dies of electrocution
June 22, 2019Mysuru: A 32-year-old bar bender died of electrocution at a building along Dr. Rajkmar Road in the city on Friday. Lokesh (32) of Kadavegattihundi village in Varuna Hobli of Mysuru taluk is the deceased. He was engaged in bar bending work at an under construction building in Udayagiri yesterday when he suffered an electric shock…
Cheating case: Former Corporator Somasundar’s anticipatory bail plea rejected
June 22, 2019Mysore: A City Court has rejected the anticipatory bail plea of former Corporator R. Somasundar, who has been named along with others in a cheating case. Based on a complaint lodged by a person that Somasundar and 12 others had cheated him a huge sum of money after promising a job in MCC, the K.R….
Man arrested for robbing lady FB friend
June 22, 2019Mysuru: The Lashkar Police have arrested a 28-year- old man on charges of robbing a woman of her gold jewellery after befriending her on Facebook (FB). The arrested has been identified as Keerthi Hegde of Hulikal village in Sirsi taluk of Uttara Kannada District. Police have recovered a mangalsutra weighing 50 gms and a finger…
Farmers to take out Raj Bhavan Chalo in July first week, protest in city on June 24
June 22, 2019Mysuru: The members of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) have decided to hold a Raj Bhavan Chalo in July first week condemning the failure of State Government to tackle drought prevailing across the State. Speaking to reporters at Pathrakarthara Bhavan here recently, Raitha Sangha State Unit President Badagalapura Nagendra said that farmers will also hold…
One Nation, one Election: Do it now, tomorrow it may be too late !
June 22, 2019It is 72 years since we got Independence and the world’s largest Democracy India is still holding elections on the lines laid down in the past with a few cosmetic changes like the Model Code of Conduct, submitting more information about the candidate in the nomination papers, providing details of election expenses, the limit on…
Quality of quality
June 22, 2019Reports about instances of different kinds of structures crashing even before they were completed in many regions of the country, including Karnataka, don’t seem to have triggered either attention from the administration or debates in public domain among both professional fraternity in civil engineering sector and lay public, who are the ultimate beneficiaries of sound…
Open two more biometric counters at RTO to ease waiting time
June 22, 2019Sir, I recently visited RTO Mysore West to get my driving licence (DL) renewal done. I went there after initiating the application online, as prescribed by the current process. The online process allows us to initiate the application and also upload photograph and signature (that appears on the DL), with only the steps of paying…
Kautilya students take part in adventure sports at Kuntibetta
June 22, 2019The students of Kautilya Vidyalaya in city recently took part in adventure sports organised at Kuntibetta in Pandavapura and surrounding places recently. The Adventure Club of Kautilya Vidyalaya in association with National Adventure Foundation is organising adventure sports for students every month. The selected students from 7th to 10th standard took part in rock-climbing, rappelling,…















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