As a measure to contain the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the State Government has announced a five-day week for all Government offices, with effect from July 11. Accordingly, the offices of all Government Departments, including Education Department, will remain closed on Saturdays and Sundays starting from today (July 11). The five-day week will be…
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Online Japanese language course
July 11, 2020Bhavan’s Priyamvada Birla Institute of Management (BPBIM), Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB), Vijayanagar, is starting online Japanese language course from today (July 11) at 4.30 pm. For details, contact Vani Prasad, Adjunct Professor, on Mob: 94803-82550, according to a press release from BPBIM.
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Power disruption today
July 11, 2020As the Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) has taken up the emergency maintenance works, power supply was disrupted in the following areas today (July 11) from 10 am to 5 pm: Gandhi Nagar, Hyder Ali Road, Mohammed Sait Block, J.P. Palace, Akshaya Mahal, Telecom Colony and surrounding areas, according to a press release from the…
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Third Ashada Friday: VIPs, devotees throng Hill Temple
July 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Despite a ban on devotees to Sri Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamundi Hill on all Ashada Fridays, VIPs and a few devotees were present inside the Hill Temple this morning for darshan on the third Ashada Friday which was celebrated in a simple manner. Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister K.S. Eshwarappa led the netas…
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Arrested Yesterday, Dead Today
July 10, 2020Gangster Vikas Dubey shot dead while escaping PIL filed in SC fearing Dubey’s killing hours before encounter Kanpur: Gangster Vikas Dubey was killed in an encounter after a road accident this morning while being taken to Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh from Madhya Pradesh where he was arrested yesterday. Vikas Dubey snatched the gun of a…
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Has COVID given a quiet burial for KRS Disneyland Project?
July 10, 2020By S.T. Ravikumar Mysore/Mysuru: The ambitious project of converting the Krishna Raja Sagar Dam and Brindavan Gardens into a Disneyland-like tourist destination is more or less junked as the State Government has put its entire machinery and resources to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The Government is silent on the issue mainly as one, the project…
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City Pharmacists told to get ready with COVID-care kits
July 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With a surge in COVID-19 cases in cities like Mumbai and New Delhi, many private hospitals have begun care packages for Coronavirus patients who are in home isolation, offering remote monitoring by nurses and doctors and medical care kits that will help detect if their condition deteriorates. Such medical care kits, prepared by local…
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COVID-19 sample test centres in all Primary Health Centres: DHO
July 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Administration is exploring the option of opening COVID-19 sample test centres in all Primary Health Centres (PHCs) in city as the infection rate is showing a northward trend. District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. R. Venkatesh told reporters during an event at his office in Nazarbad yesterday that throat swab samples will…
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Rangayana to adapt Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa’s ‘Parva’ as a play; details worked out
July 10, 2020Theatre personality Prakash Belawadi to direct the play based on acclaimed author’s popular novel Mysore/Mysuru: Saraswathi Samman recipient and acclaimed Kannada novelist Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa will soon catch the imagination of theatre lovers as his novels will be adapted into plays at theatre repertoire Rangayana. Though the novelist’s works have been translated into English and…
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SWR Mysuru constitutes Business Development Unit to boost freight traffic
July 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: To give a push to freight traffic and enable ease of doing business, South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division, has set up a Business Development Unit (BDU). This was set up on 2.7.2020 subsequent to the directives from Ministry of Railways (Railway Board). The focus of this multi- disciplinary unit will be to double…
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