916 vehicles seized for violating lockdown guidelines in four days
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916 vehicles seized for violating lockdown guidelines in four days

June 3, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: Continuing their drive against COVID lockdown offenders, Mysuru City Police, who conducted checking drives on May 30 and 31, June 1 and 2, have seized a total of 916 vehicles which were found flouting the guidelines to initiate legal action. Among the seized vehicles are 780 two-wheelers, 121 cars, 11 auto-rickshaws and four other…

Excise Department takes measures to curb illicit liquor
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Excise Department takes measures to curb illicit liquor

June 3, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: The Excise Department has taken measures to curb storage, transportation and sale of illicit liquor in the district. In a press release, the Deputy Commissioner of Excise said that despite lockdown and semi-lockdown in force in several States, the illicit liquor tragedy in a Uttar Pradesh village, which claimed the lives of at least…

Unidentified man dies in road accident
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Unidentified man dies in road accident

June 3, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: An unidentified man, who was crossing the Irwin Road, was killed on the spot when an unidentified vehicle rammed into him and sped away. The incident took place between 1.30 pm and 12 midnight on June 2. The man was crossing Irwin Road near K.R. Hospital bus shelter when a speeding vehicle coming from…

Can COVID be detected through sound? Yes, say IISc scientists
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Can COVID be detected through sound? Yes, say IISc scientists

June 3, 2021

New Delhi: A team of Scientists from the Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), Bengaluru, have claimed that it was possible to detect COVID that too with 93 percent accuracy by using acoustics and symptoms. The team was in the process to submit the results of research to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for…

KASSIA thanks for resuming supply of oxygen for MSME industries
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KASSIA thanks for resuming supply of oxygen for MSME industries

June 3, 2021

Bengaluru: Karnataka Small Scale Industries Association (KASSIA) has thanked the Home Ministry for acceding to its request to resume supply of oxygen for MSMEs and continuous process industries such as furnaces, refineries, steel, aluminium, copper processing plants, exporters in manufacturing sector requiring oxygen for production and food processing units. In a statement here on Wednesday,…

Takes charge as NHRC Chairman
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Takes charge as NHRC Chairman

June 3, 2021

New Delhi: Retired Supreme Court Judge Justice Arun Kumar Mishra on Wednesday took over as the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). He had retired from the Apex Court in September last year. Justice Mishra enrolled as a lawyer in 1978. He was elected youngest Chairperson of Bar Council of India in 1998-99….

Where do Rishis come from?
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Where do Rishis come from?

June 3, 2021

By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Many believe Rishis are special beings, who have access to special mantras. They understand the vibrations of the universe. They communicate these mantras through words, chants and hymns of Vedas. They play a very important role in Vedic literature. They can summon the Gods; they can…

Towards making Mysuru COVID-19 free
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Towards making Mysuru COVID-19 free

June 3, 2021

Sir, I would like to bring to the notice of our Deputy Commissioner as well as MCC Commissioner a few suggestions which I have gathered from a video talk by the great mimicry artiste Dayanand. Our DC has sought cooperation of all the citizens and elected representatives to make Mysuru Corona-free by 1st of July…

Y.N. Lakshminarayana
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Y.N. Lakshminarayana

June 3, 2021

Y.N. Lakshminarayana (89), former President of Brahmana Sabha and a resident of Vidyaranyapuram, passed away on May 31 in city. He leaves behind his wife, four brothers and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were performed at the foot of Chamundi Hill, according to family sources.

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