Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner G. Lakshmikanth Reddy has instructed the officials to take measures to reduce child mortality rate at Cheluvamba Hosiptal in the city to zero. He was presiding over the review meeting on child mortality rate at Cheluvamba Hospital at the Council Hall of Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) in the city…
Intensify quality checks at street food joints
April 11, 2026Book cases against those selling sub-standard quality food: ADC Mysore/Mysuru: Additional Depuy Commissioner (ADC) Dr. P. Shivaraju directed officials to book cases against food vendors found selling sub-standard quality food. He was speaking after presiding over District-level Consultative Committee meeting on implementation of the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 (FSS Act) at the Deputy…
Accident victim paid Rs. 10 lakh compensation
April 11, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: The KSRTC has paid a compensation of Rs. 10 lakh to the kin of an accident victim who died after falling off from the emergency exit window of a moving city bus near Uttanahalli Cross on way to Chamundi Hill Temple. Prabhavathi (34) was travelling in bus to Chamundi Hill, when she died of…
Akshaya Patra Foundation’s gesture to Govt. School kids
April 11, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Excelsoft Technologies Limited, in collaboration with The Akshaya Patra Foundation, recently held a scholarship felicitation ceremony in Bengaluru, aimed at empowering over 1,600 government school students from the Mysuru region. Attendees included key executives from both organisations, who celebrated the achievements of thirty students, with nineteen receiving scholarships in person. The event highlighted the…
Ananth assumes charge as SWR General Manager
April 11, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: P. Ananth assumed charge as the new General Manager of South Western Railway (SWR) on Apr.9. An Officer of the 1989 batch of the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME), Ananth holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and brings with him rich and varied experience spanning over three decades in Indian Railways. He…
Lost handbag returned to railway passenger
April 11, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: In an act of alertness, the Railway staff recovered and returned a lost handbag of a passenger. The incident occurred when 67-year-old Kaveri B. Pai travelling to Bengaluru from Srirangapatna by Train No. 16228 in Coach B-2 inadvertently left behind her handbag while alighting at Kranthiveera Sangolli Rayanna Railway Station in Bengaluru. The handbag,…
Dr. Rameshwari Verma to be conferred Natana Award
April 11, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Senior Theatre Person Dr. Rameshwari Verma will be conferred with this year’s Natana Award instituted by Natana School of Theatre Arts in memory of former Natana President late S. Subramanyam. The award, carrying a cash prize of Rs. 10,000, citation and a memento, will be presented during the inaugural ceremony of Raja-Maja summer camp…
Three-day workshop on ‘Ethnography and Documentation of Culture’ at CIIL
April 11, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: The Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru, in collaboration with the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS), Bhopal and Anthropos India Foundation (AIF), is organising a three-day offline workshop on ‘Ethnography and Documentation of Culture’ from Apr. 12 to 14 at CIIL on Hunsur Road in city. Prof. M.R. Gangadhar, Vice-Chancellor, Chamarajanagar University,…
Lecture on Sir MV and Vachana literature held in city
April 11, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: The District Unit of the Kannada Sahitya Parishat had organised a special lecture programme at the Arya Ediga Association’s Women’s Student Hostel in Krishnamurthypuram recently. The programme featured lectures on the life and contributions of Bharat Ratna Sir M. Visvesvaraya (MV) and the significance of Vachana literature. Delivering a lecture on ‘The Contributions of…
Make district child-labour free: ADC tells officials
April 11, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Stating that child-labour is detrimental to the country, Additional DC Dr. P. Shivaraju asked officials to strive for eradication of child labour in district by coming up with more awareness programmes. He was speaking after presiding over District level executive committee and District Task Force of Labour department at the Deputy Commissioner’s office here…















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