Cash counters at 9 MCC Zonal Offices kept open from May People can pay taxes by following social distancing norms Cash-strapped Karnataka Government to introduce Akrama-Sakrama Scheme in Mysuru too Mysore/Mysuru: Providing relief to the tax-payers of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), Urban Development Minister B.A. Basavaraj (Byrathi Basavaraj) yesterday said that the State Government has…
SWR converts 320 Railway Coaches into COVID Care Centres
May 8, 2020Transformed coaches to be placed at 14 Stations including Mysuru Hubballi: Engineers, technicians, workers and supervisors of South Western Railway (SWR) have successfully converted 320 air-conditioned train coaches into Isolation Wards, providing a clean, sanitised and hygienic surroundings for COVID-19 patients to comfortably recover. The target set by the Railway Ministry to SWR was 314…
Resident Doctors hold silent candle light protest
May 8, 2020“Instead of showering flower petals on us, it would be helpful if we are supported in our studies by a hike in the stipend” Mysore/Mysuru: In continuation of their protest seeking hike in stipend, Resident Doctors (MD/ MS students), working at K.R., Cheluvamba and PKTB Hospitals, attached to Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI)…
MUDA to form six new layouts shortly: Minister
May 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Urban Development Minister B.A. Basavaraj on Thursday said that a decision on forming six new layouts in the city will be taken soon. The proposed layouts are Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar Nagar (36 acres), Swarna Jayanti Nagar (75 acres), Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar Second Stage (264 acres), Lalitadrinagar Third Stage (108 acres), Shantaveri Gopalagowda Nagar…
Global Investors Meet in Mysuru later this year to promote industries in Tier-2 cities
May 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Industries Department has sent a proposal to the State and Central Governments for announcing a special package for the MSME Sector in the State, said Minister for Large and Medium Scale Industries Jagadish Shettar. Speaking at a meeting of various Industrial bodies and Industrialists at ZP Hall here this morning, the Minister said…
Minister inaugurates COVID-19 PCR Laboratory at Chamarajanagar
May 8, 2020Chamarajanagar: Chamarajanagar District in-charge Minister S. Suresh Kumar inaugurated COVID-19 PCR Laboratory at the Microbiology Department of Chamarajanagar Institute of Medical Sciences (CHIMS) here on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, Suresh Kumar said that the Microbiology Department of the Medical College had sent a proposal to the Government seeking a PCR Lab for COVID-19 testing…
Amid COVID scare, Anganwadi workers come in aid of beneficiaries
May 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Following the outbreak of Coronavirus, amongst the most hit are the Anganwadi children, pregnant and lactating women, who used to get their nutritional diet from the Government. Now Anganwadi activists have taken up the job of home-delivering the nutritional food (grocery) released by the Government to the beneficiaries during the lockdown period. Groceries are…
Two dead; four land up in jail; all of them in their twenties
May 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a case of revenge murder after a 23-year-old youth was stabbed to death in a drunken brawl over petty reasons by two of his friends, the victim’s friends avenged the killing of their friend by committing another murder. This incident was reported at Kyathamaranahalli in city last evening after two youths Irfan Khan…
21 Kodagu Jawahar Navodaya students brought from Indore
May 8, 2020Madikeri: Parents of over 21 students studying at the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya at Galibeedu near Madikeri heaved a sigh of relief yesterday, as their children returned safely from Indore in Madhya Pradesh. They had been to Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya at Manpur in Indore on a student exchange programme before the lockdown was enforced in the…
Cops chase chain-snatchers, pin them down in cinema style
May 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With lockdown and movement restrictions till May 3, there was a long break in Mysuru city’s crime scene especially in the chain-snatching front. With the movement of men and women gradually increasing with the easing of restrictions and with women venturing out of their houses wearing jewellery, chain-snatchers too have become suddenly active. Despite…















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