Smt. Lakshmidevamma Shankarashetty Maternity Hospital becomes non-COVID Hospital from today Mysore/Mysuru: Notwithstanding the UNICEF warning that COVID-19 containment measures can disrupt life-saving health services such as childbirth care, putting pregnant mothers and their babies at great risk, Mysuru has beaten the trend and has seen the birth of 278 healthy babies at State-run Lakshmidevamma Shankarashetty…
MP identifies waste dump plots on Ring Road
February 1, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Close on the heels of Mysuru District Minister S.T. Somashekar forming six teams of Government officials to clean up the mess and to watch out for those who dump garbage on the 43.5-km Outer Ring Road (ORR), Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha visited some of the stretches yesterday. The 43.5-km stretch is a part of…
Physical classes begin for 1st PU, 9th std. students
February 1, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: After over ten months of closure due to COVID-19-induced nationwide lockdown in March last year, physical classes for 1st PU began in city and district this morning, much to the cheer of students. The Government had last week announced that physical classes (also called offline classes) for 1st PU and 9th standard will commence…
CFTRI imparts technical training to women entrepreneurs of Bilikere
February 1, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: CSIR-CFTRI (Central Food Technological Research Institute) and GRAAM (Grassroots Research and Advocacy Movement) had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Aug. 20, 2020 to provide a mutual technical-social collaboration to establish rural livelihood initiatives in India. As part of the MoU, CFTRI will extend the technology transfer of two products — Convenience flour…
Impose total ban on stone mining to save KRS Dam
February 1, 2021Melukote MLA C.S. Puttaraju urges Government Mandya: Melukote JD(S) MLA and former Minister C.S. Puttaraju has urged the Government to completely ban all stone mining activities in the surroundings of KRS Dam if mining posed a safety threat to the Dam. He was speaking after performing ‘Guddali Puja’ (ground-breaking ceremony) for road development works in…
K. Ajit Narayan is BAI Mysore Chairman, A.S. Yoganarasimha Hon. Secretary
February 1, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The following were elected as new office-bearers and Executive Committee members of Builders’ Association of India (BAI), Mysore Centre, for the year 2021-2022 at the election held recently at Hotel Royal Inn: Chairman (2021-22): K. Ajit Narayan; Vice-Chairman: Nagaraj V. Bairy; Hon. Secretary: A.S. Yoganarasimha; Hon. Joint Secretary: C.D. Krishna; Hon. Treasurer: G. Ashok;…
Transfer of Govt. College lecturers not to exceed 15 percent
February 1, 2021New guidelines issued Bengaluru: Transfer of lecturers belonging to Government Degree, Engineering and Diploma Colleges will be done through counselling and it will not exceed 15 percent of the total number of teaching faculty, said Deputy Chief Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan, who is also in-charge of Higher Education. He told media persons that a separate notification…
Mysuru youth drowns in Thonnur Lake
February 1, 2021Body yet to be traced Pandavapura: A 19-year-old youth, who had gone to Thonnur Lake in Pandavapura taluk of Mandya district, was drowned in the lake yesterday. The deceased is Mohammed Sanjeem, son of Mohammed Zakir Hussain, a resident of Mysuru. Sanjeem, along with four of his friends, had gone to Thonnur Lake, a tourist…
“Balanced diet must for individuals’ growth”
February 1, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Dr. Sridevi Annapurna Singh, Director, Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru, has stressed the need for a balanced diet for the growth of individuals. She was speaking after inaugurating Government of India’s Department of Science and Technology (DST)-sponsored six-week Technology-based Entrepreneurship Development Programme (TEDP) on “Food Technology” organised by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell…
Rotaract Club Charter Ceremony held
February 1, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: TTL College of Business Management, Mysuru, in association with Rotaract Club, sponsored by Rotary Mysore Brindavan (RMB), conducted a Charter Ceremony at the College premises in Saraswathipuram recently. Executive Secretary Prof. H.N. Ashwathanarayan gave brief introduction about the history of the institution and highlighted the importance of Rotaract services provided and why the institution…















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