Mysuru: Jammada M. Poonacha (94), retired CFTRI Scientist, passed away last night at his residence on 12th Cross, V.V. Mohalla here following a cardiac arrest. He leaves behind his wife Gangamma Poonacha, son J.P. Aiyanna (Ganesh), daughter-in-law Sandhya, grand-daughters Surina and Simran and a host of relatives and friends. His body was donated to JSS…
Bengaluru: Following a steep hike in diesel prices in the last few days, the State Government has proposed to hike bus fares of State Road Transport Corporations by 18%. The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and other regional transport Corporations have incurred a loss of Rs.186 crore during the last three months owing to…
Bengaluru: Minister for Cooperation Bandeppa Kashampur said that in order to protect street vendors from harassment of private money lenders and to reduce the menace of ‘Meter Baddi,’ the Government has planned to introduce ‘Badavara Bandhu’ (saviour of the poor) scheme to provide financial assistance to them. The scheme provides interest-free daily loan scheme for…
Mysuru: There was a time when Dasara Exhibition would be actually ready when the Dasara celebrations began. Over the years, this practice stopped and now it is always a few days after the Dasara commences that the exhibition opens, in spite of the Karnataka Exhibition Authority (KEA) in place. Every year when the visitors come…
Mysuru: More skeletons are tumbling out of closets in the alleged scam at Mysuru-Chamarajanagar District Central Co-operative Bank’s (MCDCC) Hunsur Branch where the Manager, Ramappa Poojar, has been accused of swindling and diverting crores of rupees of public money into his private Bank accounts. It has come to light that though Poojar has withdrawn a…
New Delhi: One cannot claim insurance for road accident if it was caused by one’s own fault, the Supreme Court has held. The top Court set aside a judgement by the Tripura High Court directing the National Insurance Company to pay Rs.10.57 lakh to the family members of Dilip Bhowmik, who died on May 20,…
Mysuru: Here is a special teacher who is doing work quietly with the ‘Out of System’ children. He is M.R. Ananth Kumar, who quit his engineering career, settled in a village and started ‘Kaliyuva Mane.’ He started this special school for underprivileged children with the motto ‘School for Children, not Children for School’ in 1999…
Mysuru: “Teachers have the most responsible job as they have the power to change the society,” opined Dr. K.S. Ravindranath, Professor, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bengaluru and former VC of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Bengaluru. He was delivering a special lecture on ‘The role and importance of teachers…
Mysuru: Horse-drawn tongas were one of the few modes of transport at one time in the heritage city ferrying people from one place to another. It also used to act as goods vehicles as heavy materials would be loaded with the poor horse trying its best to negotiate the steep climbs even as the tongawallah…
Mysuru: A total of 26 teachers have been chosen for the District-level Best Teacher Award out of which nine teachers are from Mysuru Zone. The awards will be presented to them at the District-level Teachers’ Day function organised by the District Administration in association with Zilla Panchayat, Teachers and Children Welfare Fund, Bengaluru, and the…
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