The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment has invited applications from individuals and organisations who have strived for the welfare of the specially-abled to present the National Award for the year 2020. Applications can be downloaded from www.disabilityaffairs.gov.in and submitted to the District Officer, Dept. for the Empowerment of Differently Abled and Senior Citizens, Tilak…
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ATI to celebrate Librarians’ Day
August 11, 2020On the occasion of Librarians’ Day, commemorating the birth anniversary of Dr. S.R. Ranganathan, who is considered as the father of Library Science, Data Analytics and e-Governance division of Administrative Training Institute (ATI), Mysuru, in association with Department of Public Libraries and District Training Institute, has organised a programme for children tomorrow (Aug. 12). Arivu…
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City gets one more COVID Testing Lab
August 10, 2020DC opens Lab set up by CSIR-CFTRI at Govt. Ayurveda Hi-tech Panchakarma Hospital on KRS Road Mysore/Mysuru: The new CSIR-CFTRI COVID Testing Laboratory, which has been set up at the Government Ayurveda Hi-tech Panchakarma Hospital at Brindavan Extension on KRS Road was inaugurated by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abhiram G. Sankar this morning. Speaking after inaugurating…
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Kodagu receives 272 percent more rainfall in just 7 days
August 10, 2020Kushalnagar: Kodagu received 579 mm rainfall in seven days between Aug. 3 and Aug. 9 as against a normal rainfall of 156 mm. According to Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC), this is the highest rainfall in Karnataka. With 579 mm rains, the district has received 272 percent more rainfall in just seven days,…
Coronavirus Update
Mysuru COVID-19 Update: August 10, 2020
August 10, 2020Mysuru reports 374 new COVID-19 positive cases, 258 discharges and 5 deaths today.
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Daughters of Talacauvery chief priest reach Kodagu
August 10, 2020Madikeri: As rains have abated in Kodagu, rescue operations have been initiated in full swing and over 150 personnel from National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and Madras Engineering Group (MEG) are carrying out search for the priest family that was washed away at Talacauvery on Wednesday midnight. Five persons of…
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Mysuru-Nanjangud Road re-opens for traffic
August 10, 2020Mysuru/Nanjangud: With flood water receding at the stretch near Mallanamoole Mutt following reduction in discharge from Kabini Dam, the ever busy Mysuru-Nanjangud Road was re-opened for traffic at about 5 pm yesterday after a two-day blockade due to heavy water logging. As Kabini River, which flows along Mysuru-Nanjangud Road near Mallanamoole Mutt, was in spate…
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KRS Dam near full: Heavy rush of tourists
August 10, 2020Mandya: With the KRS Dam almost full, thanks to copious rainfall in Kodagu, the birth place of River Cauvery and other catchment areas, tourists have started visiting the famous tourist spot in large numbers for the past couple of days to have a glimpse of the splenderous sight of water gushing out from the crest…
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Nanjangud flood victims refuse to move to new location
August 10, 2020Nanjangud: Even as the authorities are making efforts to move people in low-lying areas of Nanjangud town to safer locations in the wake of Kapila River floods, it has now come to light that 68 families living in Topina Beedi, Halladakeri, Rajaji Colony and Saraswathi Colony had refused to move to safer locations identified by…
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Heavy water release from KRS Dam: Movement on historic Wellesley Bridge Banned
August 10, 2020Srirangapatna: With thousands of cusecs of water being released from upstream Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam, traffic and movement of people has been banned on the historic British-era Wellesley Bridge in Srirangapatna. As a sort of a permanent measure, the Panchayat has erected a 5-feet wall at both the ends of the bridge — near…
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