284 people under home isolation, observation across State for symptoms Bengaluru: Seeking to allay fear among the citizens in the wake of Coronavirus scare, Karnataka Health Minister B. Sriramulu and Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar have made an appeal to the people not to pay heed to rumours spreading on social media. Addressing media…
Awareness gone awry? They wore masks but removed it soon after
March 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The good intention of the heads of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to create awareness on the precautions to be taken to arrest Novel Coronavirus spread went awry this morning. During the launch of online building plan approval, Mayor Tasneem, Deputy Mayor C. Sridhar and Leader of Opposition in the MCC Council M.U. Subbaiah and…
Free masks to foreign tourists at Palace
March 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Following COVID-19 scare, the Mysore Palace Board has decided to give free masks to foreign tourists and to visitors on request. The Board has also decided to open a healthcare centre to help tourists complaining of fever or any other illness to undergo free check-up. Over 8,000 tourists including 100-150 foreigners visit the Palace…
Chain-link finance fraud busted; three arrested
March 4, 2020Investors deposited Rs. 3,000 and referred more and more people Statewide, the accused managed to pocket Rs. 15 crore to Rs. 20 crore Madikeri: The Kodagu Police have busted an online scam — a chain-link networking fraud — and have arrested three people, all residents of Kushalnagar. A search is on to trace four other…
National AWSAR Prize for CSIR-CFTRI Researcher
March 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: M.L. Bhavya, a Ph.D Scholar in the Mysuru-based Council of Scientific and Industrial Research – Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR-CFTRI), has bagged the third prize in the AWSAR competition held by the Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi. ‘Augmenting Writing Skills for Articulating Research (AWSAR)’ is being held from the past two…
Leopard cubs found in sugarcane field
March 4, 2020T. Narasipur: Leopard cubs, said to be born about eight days ago were found while harvesting sugarcane in the field of one Nanjundegowda at Tumbala village in T. Narasipur taluk, creating panic among the villagers about the presence of adult leopards in the vicinity. Forest Department officials, who rushed to the spot, have rescued the…
CM to present Budget tomorrow
March 4, 2020Bengaluru: Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, who holds the Finance portfolio, will present the State Budget on March 5 (tomorrow). The CM is expected to give top priority to irrigation, agriculture and welfare schemes when he presents his seventh Budget across four terms. The irrigation sector is expected to land the lion’s share with an allocation…
Rashtriya Poshan Abhiyaan: Training held for Anganwadi workers
March 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Child Development Project, Mysuru, under the aegis of Women and Child Welfare Department, Mysuru, as part of Central Government’s ‘Rashtriya Poshan Abhiyaan’ (National Nutrition Mission), organised a one-day training programme for Anganwadi workers at Bal Bhavan, Bannimantap in city this morning, in which Anganwadi workers working in the city and at different taluk levels…
City student selected for Global Summit in New York
March 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: S. Anish, a 11th grade student of Excel Public School, Mysuru, has been selected by the Junior Academy, an initiative of New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS) Global STEM Alliance (GSA) into its fifth cohort. He has also been invited to attend the Global Summit scheduled to be held from July 20 to 22…
Music teacher sentenced to five years jail under POCSO Act
March 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The City’s Special POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Court has sentenced a music teacher to five years imprisonment besides imposing a fine of Rs. 10,000, after he was found guilty of sexually harassing girl students. The sentenced music teacher is Siddaraju, who was working as a music teacher at the Government School…















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