Mysore/Mysuru: As Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) have suffered huge losses following COVID -19 lockdown, electricity companies have exempted MSMEs from paying electricity bills for two months, said MSME Council General Secretary Suresh Kumar Jain. In a press release, Jain has urged those running MSMEs such as printing press, laundry shops, tailoring business etc.,…
Outsourced Hostel workers seek wages for lockdown period
June 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Seeking payment of wages for lockdown period, outsourced workers serving in Hostels, Residential Schools and Ashram Schools run by Government Departments, staged a demonstration under the banner of AITUC affiliated Karnataka Rajya Samyukta Vasathinilaya Karmikara Sangha, in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s Office here on Tuesday. Claiming that the Government has issued a circular…
Falcon Tyres ex-employee among two killed in road accidents
June 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A former Falcon Tyres employee and a senior citizen were killed in separate road accidents in city. In the first case, M. Kumar (Mangu Kumar), former Assistant Secretary of Falcon Tyres Employees Union, who was proceeding to his native place Manuganahalli village from Mysuru, was killed when he rammed his bike into a tractor…
Girl riding pillion killed as car rams into bike
June 11, 2020She may have saved her life had she worn a helmet: Traffic ACP Sandesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: A girl, who was riding pillion on a bike was killed when a car rammed into the bike on Bogadi Main Road here on Monday morning. The deceased is Mary Jennifer (23), a resident of Gayathripuram in city. Jennifer…
Two missing from city
June 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A 66-year-old woman, who left her house on June 7 after a quarrel for petty reasons, has since gone missing. The missing woman is Ganga, wife of Parameshwarappa and a resident of J.P. Nagar in city. Those having any information about the missing woman may contact Vidyaranyapuram Police Station on Ph: 0821-2418122. In another…
When the Vedas Reached South
June 11, 2020By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist The mention of Southern States is conspicuously absent in Vedic literature. Hymns of the Rig Veda date back to 1500 BCE. They refer to the Saptasindhu or Indus Valley region. Shatapatha Brahmana, dated to 800 BCE refers to a movement towards what is now Bihar. In…
Install automatic street light controllers to save energy and money
June 11, 2020Sir, Apropos to the letter ‘Maintain street lights: Conserve electricity’ by Prof. B.S. Shankara (‘SOM’ dated June 8). Similar to the street lights in the city limits, the street lights on Outer Ring Road (ORR) are being switched on early wasting the electricity. The pathetic condition was non-payment of dues that resulted in darkness on…
YouTube live session on II PUC English Exam this evening
June 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: MICA Mysuru PU College is hosting a live session for the II PUC students appearing for the English final exam on June 18. The live session would be hosted by M.N. Ponnamma, Mentor, MICA Mysuru PU College and M.V. Dechamma, Lecturer in English at MICA Mysuru PU College. The session would be commencing at…
City business limping back to normalcy
June 10, 2020Malls, hotels report thin attendance; depleted workforce, few buyers at shops Both Government and Private Hospital Out-Patient Departments fully functional Mysore/Mysuru: It has been three days since the Government allowed malls, temples, hotels and dine-in joints in city to re-open as the country entered the lockdown 5.0 or unlock phase. Except for gyms, swimming pools,…
‘Hybrid’, virtual Parliament Session on cards
June 10, 2020New Delhi: The prospects of a routine Session of Parliament have come under question with existing Government buildings found inadequate to accommodate all members of Parliament if COVID-19 physical distancing norms are to be followed, according to highly-placed sources. With neither the Central Hall of Parliament nor the Vigyan Bhawan Plenary Hall large enough to…















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