Mysuru: Observing that people should understand how valuable water is at least after seeing the struggles and agitations for water going on everyday, Deputy Commissioner (DC) D. Randeep regretted that some people were unnecessarily wasting precious water. He was speaking after inaugurating the Mysuru Centre of Indian Water Works Association (IWWA) at the Institution of…
Highly-qualified youth dish out recipes for cook jobs at BCM Hostels
July 4, 2017Mysuru: Nala, a character in the Hindu mythology, is considered the original chef. However, these days the eyeball grabbing reality show is the MasterChef India (the country’s biggest cooking competition show), where there is intense competition to participate in the audition and only the best will be selected for the show. However, because of the…
Do not turn away eligible beneficiaries of MUDRA scheme, MP warns Banks
July 4, 2017Mysuru: Complaints on the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) came to the fore at the Quarterly Progress Review Meeting of Lead Bank (SBI) at the ZP Hall here this morning. Addressing the meeting, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha said, the PMMY under the Micro Unit Development and Refinance Agency (MUDRA) was one of the…
Can’t ban everyone from depositing old notes: SC
July 4, 2017New Delhi: People with legitimate reasons for not being able to deposit old 500 and 1,000 rupee notes — like those in prison — cannot be denied the right to swap the outlawed currency for new notes, the Supreme Court said today, asking the Government to explain how it will help these citizens by the…
War of words exchanged between pro, anti-CFTRI Director groups
July 4, 2017Mysuru: Kannada Development Authority (KDA) Chairman Prof S.G. Siddaramaiah visited the CFTRI here this morning on the directions of Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, following a memorandum from a few pro-Kannada organisations and present a report regarding the alleged anti-Kannada stand of CFTRI Director Prof. Ram Rajasekharan. The meeting began in a tense atmosphere, with war of…
MCC Ward 32 by-poll: Counting to commence at 8 am tomorrow
July 4, 2017Mysuru: The counting of votes for the MCC Ward 32 by-election held on Sunday will be taken up tomorrow (July 5) at 8 am at Maharaja Sanskrit Pathashala on Sayyaji Rao Road where the EVMs have been secured in the strong room. The results are expected to be announced by 10 am. In all, there…
Gujarati Garba dance on July 6 at JSS Urban Haat
July 4, 2017Mysuru: Here is an opportunity for Mysureans to have a glimpse of Gujarat traditional dance; the artistes who have come for Gujarat Utsav which is going on at JSS Urban Haat in Hebbal here since June 29 will be presenting the traditional Gujarati dance ‘Garba’ on July 6 from 6.30 pm to 9 pm. Over…
Managing mental illness
July 4, 2017Ironically though, budgetary provision by the land’s successive governments for addressing issues of healthcare continues to be meagre while the country hosts more people with life-threatening afflictions such as cancer and malaria than any other country across the world. While diabetes and cardiovascular diseases have been hogging heightened attention in public domain, often with estimates…
‘Silk India’ Expo from tomorrow at Hotel Southern Star
July 4, 2017India is the number one producer of silk in the world for which there is a huge demand both in the national as well as international markets. Different varieties of silk are reared based on climatic and geographic conditions of which only four, namely Tassar, Eri, Mulberry and Muga, are the prominent ones. Tassar and…
Public grievance on postal service
July 4, 2017Sir, Post Offices are invariably the preferred destination for secure investments of small savings of government employees — serving and retired — as well as the general public. But for the past several weeks, Post Offices (PO) are facing acute shortage of passbooks, resulting in hardships for customers wishing to open accounts. In such an…












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