Mysore/Mysuru: More than 30 tourist bus owners, drivers and owners-cum-drivers, under the banner of Mysuru District Tourist Bus Owners’ Association, staged a protest near Deputy Commissioner’s Office this morning urging for fulfilment of their various demands. They said that COVID-19 pandemic had caused severe financial crisis due to lack of business causing a lot of…
No regular trains till Sept. 30
August 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Barring the operation of Special trains, the Railways has extend the ban on the running of regular trains till Sept. 30 in the wake of rapid spread of COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier, the Railways had said that the ban will be in force till Aug.12. But with no signs of the pandemic abating and also…
Guest Lecturers continue weekly protest
August 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Continuing their weekly protest (every Tuesday) seeking fulfilment of their various demands, which chiefly included payment of wages for lockdown period and job security, Guest Lecturers, under the banner of Government First Grade Colleges Guest Lecturers State Co-ordination Committee, staged a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office here yesterday. Stating that more…
Brindavan Gardens may open for tourists from Sept. 1
August 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The world famous Brindavan Gardens at KRS Dam in Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district, which was shut due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in March this year, is all set to re-open for tourists from Sept. 1. Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Limited (CNNL) officials, in a letter written to Mandya Deputy Commissioner on Aug. 8, …
Sr. Advocate Sajan Poovayya donates Rs. 1 crore to help Jr. Advocates
August 10, 2020Bengaluru: Senior Advocate M. Sajan Poovayya and his wife advocate Sanjanthi Poovayya have donated Rs. 1 crore for an initiative to “assist a junior” advocate financially in these days of no income to them due to Coronavirus crisis. While Sajan Poovayya is a Supreme Court Advocate, his wife in an Advocate in the Karnataka High…
Mixed response for first lockdown-free Sunday
August 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the District Administration cancelled the Sunday total lockdown from today (Aug. 2), the city witnessed a mixed response to the first lockdown-free Sunday, with traders at most of the commercial streets seemed to be reluctant to open shops in the city. After the Union Government announced unlock measures in third phase further…
Gym, Yoga classes opening in Mysuru from Aug. 5
July 30, 2020Will wait for State guidelines, say DC, Police Commissioner Mysore/Mysuru: With the Centre bringing cheer for gym owners, fitness enthusiasts and Yoga Schools by allowing them to operate from Aug. 5 as part of its Unlock 3.0 guidelines issued yesterday, the Mysuru District Administration and the Police have decided to wait for the guidelines from…
Grocery kits to rural folk artistes
July 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: City-based NGO Credit-I in association with multinational software firm Cognizant distributed grocery kits to over 70 rural folk artistes at Kiru Rangamandira premises in city this morning. Grocery kits containing 5 kg of rice, 500 grams of turdal, 1 kg sugar, 1 kg wheat floor, 1 kg salt, 250 gm sambar powder, 1 litre…
Film theatres in the State likely to open from Aug. 1
July 28, 2020State awaiting Centre’s green signal Bengaluru: The Karnataka entertainment industry (theatres and multiplexes) is hoping to return to business from Aug. 1 and the State is waiting for the green signal by the Centre. The Government is set to frame fresh guidelines for Unlock 3.0 which will come into force from Aug. 1 as the…
RTOs resume DL tests under COVID shadow
July 26, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: After three months of COVID-induced lockdown and a phased unlock process, the two Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) in city have resumed Learner’s (LLR) and permanent Driving Licence (DL) tests. But as the RTO East and West have restricted the number of candidates taking the daily tests, there is a shortfall in revenue. Karnataka Regional…
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