Mysuru: Regional Commissioner (RC) of Mysuru Division Nitesh Patil has given a clarion call to the parents to kindle reading habit among their wards, with the excessive exposure to cell phone affecting their memory power.  He was speaking at the launch of a campaign to distribute notebooks made from unused pages of the notebooks, organised by the Department…

Mysuru: MP Yaduveer Wadiyar said that the main objective of Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana (PM-VBRY) is to boost job creation and facilitate youth empowerment.  He was speaking after inaugurating the programme organised by Mysuru regional office of Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) for disbursement of incentives under PM-VBRY Scheme at Sahukar Channaiah auditorium in Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering (VVCE) campus in Gokulam recently.  The MP maintained that the PM-VBRY is a major initiative aimed at…

Released after MP’s intervention    Mysuru: Railway Police have registered a case against six Hindu Jagaran Vedike activists for allegedly creating a disturbance and misbehaving with passengers after they detained 36 migrant workers at Mysuru City Railway Station on suspicion that they were Bangladeshi nationals.  During questioning, the migrants produced valid identity documents establishing that they were residents of West Bengal….

Mysuru: The seventh day Moharram procession will be held in city tomorrow.  The procession will commence at 4.30 pm from Alhaj Mir Muhib Hussain’s Saatveen Ashurkhana on Sajjad Ali Street in Mandi Mohalla and will pass via B.N. Road, Akbar Road, K.T. Street and Kabir Road before culminating at the starting point.  Before the commencement of the procession, Marsiya Khani, in memory of the martyrs of Karbala the third Shia Imam Hazrat Hussain, the grandson of Prophet…

Coming soon…  Mysuru: In a bid to promote eco-friendly practices among citizens, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is considering the introduction of a ‘Green Property Tag’ for buildings that adopt sustainable measures.  Amid growing concerns over climate change and erratic weather patterns linked to global warming, the MCC plans to encourage the adoption of environmentally responsible…

Mysuru: The newly-elected MLC Raghu Kautilya was felicitated by Mysuru City and District BJP  office-bearers and party workers at BJP Head Quarters located at Chamarajapuram in city,  on Saturday.   Speaking on the occasion, Raghu Kautilya said that several BJP MLAs had cross-voted in the June 18 Legislative Council Polls in violation of the party guidelines and the party would take action against them.   Noting that the BJP has…