No New Year Eve public gatherings; guidelines unclear on private parties Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government has announced that a night curfew will be in place from 10 pm to 5 am for 10 days, starting from Dec. 28. In the light of the rising number of Omicron cases and in order to curb the spread…
State-level Farmers Convention begins
December 26, 2021Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to officially inaugurate this afternoon Mysuru: The day-long State-level Farmers Convention, organised jointly by the Federation of State Farmer Organisations and State Sugarcane Growers Association as part of World Farmers Day, began at Kalamandira on Hunsur Road this morning, with the singing of Raitha Geethe. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will formally…
To boost innovations in waste management…: Swachh Technology Challenge launched
December 26, 2021Mysuru: Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U 2.0) under the aegis of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has launched the Swachh Technology Challenge. The challenge is intended to harness the entrepreneurial potential of the waste management sector in India and promote an enabling environment for enterprise development under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0, MoHUA has…
‘Funeral rites’ performed for felled trees at Yadavagiri
December 26, 2021Mysuru: Expressing anguish over overnight felling of trees, nearly a hundred Yadavagiri residents, environmental activists and nature lovers, under the leadership of Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) performed ‘Funeral rites’ this morning for two cut down fully grown and Green Gulmohar trees close to a hospital on Yadavagiri’s Vivekananda Road near Ta.Ra.Su Circle (Akashavani Circle), off…
Mysuru stands first in settlement of cases at Lok Adalat: HC Judge
December 26, 2021Mysuru: Maintaining that Mysuru stands first in settlement of cases at National Lok Adalat, Karnataka High Court (HC) Judge Veerappa, who is also Mysuru District Administrative Judge, said that Mysuru has an exemplary record of settling a whopping 52,000 cases in Lok Adalat. He was speaking at an interaction programme organised at Mysuru Bar Association…
Protesting Guest Lecturers sell Bajji, Bonda; Students join stir
December 26, 2021Mysuru: The Guest Lecturers of Government First Grade Colleges, who are on an indefinite stir since Dec.10 seeking regularisation of services and job security, marked their 14th day of protest on Friday by selling refreshments such as Bajji, Bonda and Tea in front of the DC’s office, the venue of the protest. Lashing out at…
Nanjangud temple records Rs. 2.15 cr. hundi collection
December 26, 2021Banned currency notes of Rs. 500 too found Nanjangud: The famed Srikanteshwara temple in the temple town of Nanjangud has recorded a hundi collection of Rs. 2.15 crore. All the 21 hundis of the temple were opened and counted on Friday, during which Rs. 2,15, 80,467 was found in cash. This apart, 108 gms of…
Two Mysuru journalists bag KUWJ Annual Awards
December 26, 2021Mysuru: Two journalists each from Mysuru and Kodagu districts and one from Chamarajanagar are among the winners of the State Annual Awards given by Bengaluru-based Karnataka Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ). K.K. Karthik, reporter of The New Indian Express English Daily at Mysuru, has bagged ‘K.A. Nettakallappa Award’ for best sports report while Shivu Hunsur,…
Man gets life term for elderly lady’s rape, murder
December 26, 2021Mysuru: The Seventh Additional District and Sessions Court has sentenced a man to undergo life imprisonment for raping and killing a senior citizen. Judge Yeshwanth Kumar pronounced the judgement on Friday. The convicted is 38-year-old Lakshminarayana Murthy alias Murthy from M. Komarapalayam village in Sathyamangala in Tamil Nadu. He worked as a labourer in Mysuru…
Man goes missing in city
December 26, 2021Mysuru:M. Bhaskar Babu, a 28-year-old man and a resident of KIADB Layout, Hebbal in city, who left home on Dec. 20, has not returned since then, according to a complaint lodged in Hebbal Police Station. Bhaskar Babu, who worked for a technical firm in Vijayanagar, is said to have left behind a note while leaving…















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