Mysuru: A day after the portico of the 121-year-old Fire Brigade at Saraswathipuram collapsed due to intense rainfall, B.Y. Vijayendra, State BJP Yuva Morcha General Secretary, inspected the spot this morning. He was accompanied by MLAs L. Nagendra, S.A. Ramdas and C.S. Niranjan Kumar, State BJP Secretary M. Rajendra, leaders Dr. B.H. Manjunath, Siddaraju, H.V….
Boats sent from Mysuru Fire Brigade to Kodagu
August 10, 2019Kodagu administration seeks relief items; prepares list of 23 items that can be donated to collection centres Mysuru: Kodagu is facing the wrath of rain fury this year also as heavy showers continued to lash the district and there is no respite. Rivers Cauvery, Lakshmanatheertha, Keerepole and many rivulets have breached the danger level and…
CFTRI to send ready-to-eat food for flood victims
August 10, 2019Mysuru: Coming to the rescue of flood-affected people in Kodagu and the rest of Karnataka, city-based Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), a premier Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) laboratory in India, will send ready-to-eat food materials. Teams at the premier institute are working round-the-clock to prepare food for the affected people, said…
MLA seeks status report of all heritage buildings in city
August 10, 2019Mysuru: The continuous rainfall in Mysuru that has created havoc in Mysuru seems to have woken up representatives of people in city who are now going on an inspection spree to assess the misery caused by the recent rains. Chamaraja constituency MLA L. Nagendra, who inspected Sarawathipuram Fire Brigade, a part of which had collapsed…
Fund Crunch: City Central Library building work at People’s Park comes to standstill
August 10, 2019Mysuru: The work on the nearly Rs.5 crore new building of the City Central Library at People’s Park has come to a standstill due to lack of funds. The State Government had sanctioned Rs.4 crore and the Department of Libraries Rs.25 lakh. However, there is shortage of grant for the remaining portion of the work….
Education Department Principal Secretary inspects Library building
August 10, 2019Assures release of balance amount from MCC to complete work Mysuru: Higher Education Department Principal Secretary Umashankar visited the People’s Park on Wednesday to inspect the two-storeyed Library which is in the final stages of completion. He lauded the good quality work that has been undertaken. He directed the Deputy Director to complete the remaining…
KSRTC introduces Volvo buses to Malavalli and Kushalnagar
August 10, 2019Mysuru: The Mysuru City Transport Division (MCTD) of KSRTC has introduced Volvo Bus (AC Bus) services to Malavalli and Kushalnagar, which will operate from KSRTC Sub-Urban Bus Stand in the city. KSRTC MCTD Divisional Controller K.V. Manjunath and DTO Marigowda flagged off the Volvo buses at the Bus Stand yesterday. KSRTC will operate four Volvo…
Rs.5 lakh relief cheque presented to flood victim’s family at Hunsur
August 10, 2019Hunsur: B.Y. Vijayendra, State BJP Yuva Morcha General Secretary, this morning presented a cheque for Rs.5 lakh to the family of the deceased Ganesh, who died in a house collapse at Veeranahosahalli in the taluk yesterday. Vijayendra, who visited the deceased Ganesh’s family at Veeranahosahalli, presented the Rs.5 lakh cheque (Rs. 4 lakh out of…
Five injured as former Hunsur MLA’s car topples
August 10, 2019Hunsur: Five persons were injured when a car belonging to former Hunsur MLA H.P. Manjunath toppled near Mallinathapura on Mysuru-Hunsur Road yesterday. The injured included H.P. Manjunath’s daughter Manasa, his niece Chinmayi, the former MLA’s brother Dr. Srinath, his (Srinath) daughter Shreya and the car driver Pradeep. The five were travelling to Hunsur in a…
Footpath hotels spring back to business as rain relents
August 10, 2019Mysuru: Relentless rain that the city has been experiencing since the past four days has not only brought normal life to a standstill but it has forced footpath hotels and chat shops to close business. However, with the sun peeping out this morning, a few of them started operations from as early as 6.30 am. …















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