3,000 applications sold for 122 sites Mysore/Mysuru: Braving hot sun, site aspirants stood in long queues to obtain applications at Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) Office in Saraswathipuram and at Bank of Baroda Branch in Vijayanagar to submit applications called by KHB for allotment of 122 residential sites of various dimensions at Kasaba hobli in Kesare…
SPB no more
September 25, 2020Chennai: Noted playback singer S.P. Balasubramanyam (SPB) died at a private hospital in Chennai this afternoon following a brief illness. He was 74. S.P. Charan, son of Balasubramanyam, told media that his father breathed his last at 1.04 pm. He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. A multi-faced personality, Balasubramanyam, known…
Mysuru COVID-19 Update: September 25, 2020
September 25, 2020Mysuru reports 702 new COVID-19 positive cases, 10 discharges and 0 deaths today.
Highway Blockade: Police take protesting farmers into custody
September 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Vehicular movement on the ever-busy Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway was disrupted for a few minutes this morning as farmers under the banner of Raitha-Dalita-Karmika Aikya Horata Samiti and a host of other farmer, labour and social organisations blocked the highway by forming a human chain at Columbia Asia Hospital junction as part of their ‘State and…
Congress MLA Narayanrao passes away
September 25, 2020Bengaluru: Congress MLA from Basavakalyan in Bidar District B. Narayanrao (65), passed away at a private Hospital in Bengaluru yesterday following brief illness. Narayanrao’s demise comes just a day after Union Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi, a BJP MP from Belagavi in Karnataka passed away in New Delhi on Wednesday. Only on last…
Stray dog menace increasing in city as its population rises
September 25, 2020Is sterilisation programme still in place? question public Mysore/Mysuru: Stray dog menace is increasing day-by-day in almost all localities in city causing concern for the public, who have questioned whether the sterilisation programme was still going on as the population of stray dogs is increasing too. It is frightening to see pack of dogs on…
With no VVIP visit, Helipad area turns into garbage dump-yard
September 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With no VVIP movement to city, the helipad near Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel has become a dumping yard for people. Used plastic bags, water bottles, paper plates and cups are strewn everywhere thus marring the beauty of the place. The Mysuru City Corporation seems to have turned a blind eye to the garbage being…
Wear face masks or pay Rs. 200 fine
September 25, 2020District Administration intensifies ‘mask drive’ in the wake of rise in Corona positive cases Mysore/Mysuru: Exuding confidence to check the spiralling growth of Corona cases in Mysuru City and District, Deputy Commissioner B. Sharat said a drive against non-wearing of face masks will be intensified and impose a spot fine of Rs. 200. Addressing a…
Hanur’s Sulwadi Maramma temple to re-open from Oct.20
September 25, 2020Hanur: Nearly two years after Sulwadi Maramma temple (Kichguth Maramma temple) in Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar district was shut down following the infamous food poisoning case in which at least 17 people lost their lives and over a hundred people took ill, the temple will re-open for devotees from Oct.20. Replying to a question by…
District Secretary calls for conducting more and faster COVID-19 test
September 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru District in-Charge Secretary N. Jayaram has asked the officials to conduct more and faster COVID-19 tests in the district. He was speaking at COVID-19 care progress review meeting with District level officials at ZP hall here on Wednesday. Pointing out that conducting a larger number of COVID-19 tests will help in the timely…















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