Mysuru: The linking of Aadhaar to various welfare schemes announced by both the State and Central Governments will help in monitoring if the benefits had reached the actual beneficiaries, said DC D. Randeep. He was speaking after inaugurating the one-day workshop Aadhaar registration and Aadhaar seedings for the district-level officers jointly organised by Centre for…
10 Residential Colleges to come up this year: Minister
June 8, 2017Bengaluru, June 8 (KMS&DM)- Minister for Higher Education Basavaraj Rayareddy has said the Government will establish 10 Residential Degree Colleges from this year. Replying to a question by Maddur JD(S) MLA D.C. Thammanna during Question Hour in the Assembly yesterday, Basavaraj Rayareddy said that the Government was planning to establish such Colleges in most backward…
Harvest rain water in vacant Government lands
June 8, 2017Monsoon has arrived in some parts of the country. Due to global warming, climatic conditions have been unpredictable and it is felt that immediate action be taken to harvest whatever quantity of rain that falls on earth. Ground water is diminishing and people are finding it difficult to find water even after digging a borewell…
Children join hands in seed ball culture
June 8, 2017Mysuru: In order to educate and sensitise the children on Seed Ball Culture, city’s ‘Samskruthi’ had organised a Seed Ball Culture Programme at Government Model Higher Primary School, opposite Ambedkar Park in Ashokapuram, this morning. More than 400 children from the School and close-by Educational Institutions took part in the programme which was held under…
Fighting dengue: MCC, Health Dept. form Joint Rapid Response Teams
June 8, 2017Mysuru: In the wake of dengue and other vector-borne disease scare in the city, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has constituted Joint Rapid Response Teams along with Department of Health and Family Welfare. The teams have been constituted across all nine Zones in city. The Joint Rapid Response Teams will comprise Health Officers, Environment Engineers,…
Keep your eyes and ears open
June 8, 2017By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC A 16-year-old youth gets up and starts perusing a newspaper. What does he read? Automation: Cognizant lays off 6,000 workers, Infosys to follow. Automation is a reality one has to face. In 1998, Kodak had 1,70,000 employees and sold 85% of all photo papers around the world. Now,…
“Keep your garbage at your house only”: MCC plans strict enforcement for a clean city
June 8, 2017Mysuru: “Keep your garbage at your house only” will be the stern measure the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) plans to implement, if people do not segregate wet and dry waste at their homes. In a strict warning to the citizens, the MCC has decided not to collect waste if both wet and dry waste is…
Mysore Art Gallery to honour seashell artist Y. Jayamma
June 8, 2017Mysuru: As part of its monthly programme ‘Sadhakarondige Samvaada’, the Mysore Art Gallery will felicitate Y. Jayamma, seashell artist and Shilapakala Akademi awardee. The felicitation event will be held on June 10 at 11 am at the Mysore Art Gallery on Ramanuja Road. Karnataka Exhibition Authority (KEA) Chairman B. Siddaraju will preside over the event….
Silent protest staged against writer for portraying Sir MV in bad light
June 8, 2017Mysuru: Members of Prajnavantha Nagarika Vedike and BJP activists staged a silent protest against Prof. P.V. Nanjaraja Urs, in front of Sir MV’s bust in The Institute of Engineers premises on JLB road here yesterday morning for portraying Sir M. Visveswaraya in bad light in his book titled ‘Nanu Kanambadi Katte’. Speaking on the occasion,…
MLA S.R. Mahesh resigns over inaction on Sri Rama Sugar Factory
June 8, 2017Bengaluru: Accusing the State Government of doing nothing for the revival of Sri Rama Sugar factory in K.R. Nagar taluk, K.R. Nagar MLA S.R. Mahesh submitted his resignation to Assembly Speaker K.B. Koliwad at the ongoing legislative session yesterday. Claiming that he was upset over the apathetic attitude of the Government in reviving the sugar…















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