Mandya sees 97 cases and three deaths, Kodagu reports 16 and Chamarajanagar sees 31 new COVID cases and two deaths Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru district has reported 238 new COVID cases yesterday bringing the total number of positive cases to 4,820, according to the media bulletin received last evening. As many as 1,692 patients have been discharged…
State Government launches ‘Vidyagama’ Scheme for School students
August 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Even as uncertainty prevails over the re-opening of Schools due to COVID-19 pandemic, the State Government today launched ‘Vidyagama’ Scheme, a concept aimed at taking Schools to the doorsteps of children at villages in the absence of physical classes. As per the scheme, the teachers, who hitherto asked to Work from Home, are now…
Couple escape with minor injuries as tree branch falls on bike
August 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A couple, who was proceeding on a bike suffered minor injuries when a tree branch fell on the bike in front of the Mounted Police headquarters on Lalitha Mahal Road yesterday afternoon. The couple was proceeding on Lalitha Mahal Road, when a branch of a tree fell at about 3 pm in front of…
Mass Upakarma ceremony held
August 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Today is Upakarma, the auspicious day when the members of Brahmin community, who follow Yajur Veda, come together to symbolically change the sacred thread (Yajnopavita) and perform certain rituals that marks the beginning of study of Vedas. This auspicious day, which falls on the Full Moon Day (Pournami) in the month of Shravana, having…
Two conmen held for duping City Engineer by giving him fake gold
August 3, 2020Cops recover Rs. 20 lakh cash, seize two vehicles, four mobile phones from them Mysore/Mysuru: Saraswathipuram Police have arrested two conmen, who had duped a city engineer of Rs. 30 lakh by promising him to give gold beads but had given him fake gold beads instead. The arrested are Bheema alias Dyna and Arjun alias…
More than 500 Kar Sevaks to attend Ram Mandir shilanyas at Ayodhya: Ramdas
August 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to lay ‘shilanyas’ for Sri Ram Mandir at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh on Aug.5, K.R. MLA S.A. Ramdas said that more than 500 Kar Sevaks from city will be travelling to Ayodhya by a special train from Mysuru to attend the grand ceremony. Addressing a press meet at…
COVID Warrior dies of Coronavirus
August 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A Government Ayurveda doctor, who had served as a Corona Warrior by treating COVID positive patients, has died of COVID just two days after his retirement. He was 60. The doctor, a resident of Udayagiri in city, had served as the District AYUSH Officer at Chamarajanagar and had retired from service on July 31. …
Plea to re-install S.L. Bhyrappa’s name board at Circle
August 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Aniketana Trust President and former Corporator K.V. Mallesh has urged the MCC authorities to re-install the name board of renowned Novelist and Saraswati Samman awardee Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa at the Circle in front of Garuda Park in Kuvempunagar, that was removed for carrying out drainage works over two months ago. In a press statement,…
Land Reforms Act amendments detrimental to farmers: Protesters
August 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Opposing the amendments to the Land Reforms Act-1961, members of various farmers’ organisations staged protest at H.D. Devegowda Circle on Mysuru-Bannuru Ring Road junction in city this morning. Strongly condemning the amendments to Karnataka Land Reforms Act, the protesters shouted slogans and held placards displaying ‘Nammura Bhumi Namagirali, Anyarigalla’ (Our village land belongs to…
Kesare hut dwellers demand homes
August 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Seeking homes for them, more than 80 hut dwellers residing near Kurimandi Park in Kesare staged a demonstration under the banner of Dalit Sangharsha Samiti (DSS) in front of the park yesterday. Claiming that they have been living in thatched huts for several years braving the sun and rains, the dwellers maintained that several…















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