Ponnampet: Over a year after the announcement of the formation of Ponnampet taluk in Kodagu district, the State Government in a notification issued on July 3, has officially notified Ponnampet as a new taluk under the Karnataka Land Revenue Act. The previous JD(S)-Congress Coalition Government, headed by H.D. Kumaraswamy, had announced formation of Ponnampet taluk…
Karnataka revises quarantine rules for other State returnees
July 7, 2020Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government has issued a revised order on its quarantine rules for returnees to the State including those returning from India’s worst-hit State, Maharashtra amid the rising COVID-19 cases in the State. According to the revised quarantine norms, people returning from all other States to Karnataka, including Maharashtra, shall be placed in 14-day…
Flooding during monsoon: Srirampura SBM Colony residents bear the brunt every time it rains
July 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: It is a nightmare for the residents of SBM Colony in Srirampura every time it rains, as rainwater mixed with sewage invade their dwelling and also seeps into the underground water sumps besides forcing the residents to stay on the first floor of their houses or neighbours’ houses as rainwater invades their homes. The…
MCC Works Committee members deny MP’s allegations of extortion
July 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Strongly denying MP Pratap Simha’s allegation that MCC Works Committee members were extorting money from people constructing buildings and the contractors engaged in laying of underground power cable works, at a meeting chaired by the District in-Charge Minister at Regional Commissioner’s office recently, the MCC has strongly condemned the MP’s remarks terming it as…
MLA Ramdas takes out padayatra, conducts thermal screening
July 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Krishnaraja (KR) Constituency MLA S.A. Ramdas visited Nanjumalige market and surrounding areas and performed thermal screened vegetable vendors and others in the area this morning. MLA Ramdas, who began his padayatra at 6 am, visited Nanjumalige Circle and interacted with street vendors including vegetable and fruit vendors and other persons who were engaged in…
COVID Testing Laboratory to open at Panchakarma Hospital
July 7, 2020After K.R. and JSS Hospitals, this will be the 3rd Lab Mysore/Mysuru: The new COVID-19 Testing Laboratory set up at Ayurveda Panchakarma Hospital on KRS road, Brindavan Extension, will start functioning in about 10 days. Announcing this here yesterday, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar said that the new Testing Laboratory will ease pressure on the…
University staff at Crawford Hall to function with 50% strength
July 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Coronavirus has hit the University of Mysore (UoM) headquarters too, as an employee working at Crawford Hall tested COVID-19 positive on Saturday. Soon after the employee was found positive, the University authorities sanitised and disinfected the entire premises and Vice-Chancellor Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar ordered for working at 50 percent strength. Speaking to Star…
House built on Raja Kaluve in Metagalli demolished
July 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Following several complaints from the public about encroachments on Raja Kaluve, which was causing problems to the smooth flow of rainwater resulting in flooding during rains, Mysuru Taluk Tahsildar P.S. Rakshit, with the help of Metagalli Police cleared the encroachments this morning. Armed with an earth moving machine, the Tahsildar got the building that…
Sets World Record for ‘Most miniature paintings on a small paper card’
July 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Ganesh Kelagina Beedu Shenoy, a native of Mangaluru, who is married to Arti Shenoy of Saraswathipuram in Mysuru, has set a World Record for his new artwork ‘Most miniature paintings on a small paper card’ through World Record Certification Limited, UK. He painted 1,156 miniature paintings on a small paper card measuring 17 cm…
Corporator distributes grocery kits, vegetables at sealed-down areas
July 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As the 5th Main Road in T.K. Layout, coming under MCC Ward No. 43 is sealed, Ward Corporator J. Gopi, in a bid to help the poor and the needy, distributed grocery kits and vegetables to them yesterday. As the number of COVID-19 positive cases are increasing day-by-day, many roads in localities across the…















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