Mysore University conducts exams for Chinese students
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Mysore University conducts exams for Chinese students

June 4, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Following the Chinese Embassy’s decision to evacuate Chinese students from India, the University of Mysore (UoM) is conducting exams for Chinese students who are pursuing higher education in the University. UoM Vice-Chancellor Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar said that the Chinese Embassy in India had appealed to complete the exams as early as possible, as…

MLC appeals Minister to provide facilities for PU evaluators
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MLC appeals Minister to provide facilities for PU evaluators

June 4, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: MLC Marithibbegowda has appealed Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar to provide adequate facilities for II PUC Lecturers from other districts who have been assigned answer paper evaluation work at Bengaluru. In a letter to the Minister, Marithibbegowda, who represents South Teachers Constituency in the Legislative Council, urged the Government to compulsorily…

Dr. G. C. Prakash is new Mysuru Regional Commissioner
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Dr. G. C. Prakash is new Mysuru Regional Commissioner

June 4, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: In a sudden move, the State Government on Wednesday appointed senior IAS Officer Dr. G. C. Prakash as the new Regional Commissioner (RC) of Mysuru Revenue Division. He will also function as the Special Officer monitoring COVID-19 tackling measures in all the eight districts of Mysuru Division —- Mysuru, Mandya, Hassan, Chamarajanagar, Kodagu, Dakshina…

Science lecturers to boycott evaluation work at Bengaluru
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Science lecturers to boycott evaluation work at Bengaluru

June 4, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Citing lack of boarding and lodging facilities for lecturers from other districts at the State capital Bengaluru, where evaluation of Science stream papers will commence from tomorrow (June 5), Science lecturers have decided to boycott evaluation work. Speaking to ‘Star of Mysore’ this morning, Karnataka State PU College Lecturers Association, Mysuru District President Yogananda…

Ten TN labourers who entered Chamarajanagar without permission sent to quarantine
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Ten TN labourers who entered Chamarajanagar without permission sent to quarantine

June 4, 2020

Chamarajanagar: Ten labourers, who had entered Chamarajanagar from Tamil Nadu (TN) without permission, have been put under quarantine. They were working at a granite factory near Badanaguppe village in the taluk and have been quarantined at a hostel from Tuesday night. These labourers had entered Chamarajanagar by hoodwinking the officials and without obtaining permission from…

Surveyor trapped while accepting bribe
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Surveyor trapped while accepting bribe

June 4, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: A Land Surveyor of the taluk was trapped by ACB (Anti-Corruption Bureau) Police when he was accepting bribe from a person at his office yesterday. Surveyor Harish, serving at Mysuru Taluk Office, had demanded a bribe of Rs.5,000 for issuing 11(A) land map to one Siddaraju of Talur in Jayapura Hobli, following which Siddaraju…

Two Labour Inspectors suspended
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Two Labour Inspectors suspended

June 4, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Cracking the whip on Government servants who display official apathy, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar on Wednesday suspended two Labour Inspectors of the city on charges of dereliction of duty. Senior Labour Inspectors R. Ravi (Circle No.1) and Nikhil Chandra (Circle No.2) are the ones who are suspended. The two, who were appointed as…

Lion King of Sri Lanka
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Lion King of Sri Lanka

June 4, 2020

By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Once upon a time, there was a Princess of Kalinga, who was abducted by a lion who forced her to bear him a child. The child, Sinhabahu, killed his own father and, for this crime, was told to leave the country on a ship. He travelled…

Nanda Nanaiah
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Nanda Nanaiah

June 4, 2020

Veteran Havildar Paravanda S. Nanda Nanaiah (55), a native of Kopatti in Kodagu and a resident of Raghavendranagar, Mysuru, passed away today morning at 4.30 am due to cardiac arrest.  After his combatant service in the Indian Army, he was re-employed as Police Constable and posted at  Nazarbad Police Station in city. He leaves behind…

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