‘Hasiru Kankana’ scheme to distribute 16 lakh saplings Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government is seriously thinking of waiving loan of borrowers from the Karnataka State Co-operative Apex Bank who died of COVID-19 pandemic, said Co-Operation and District in-Charge Minister S.T. Somashekar. He was speaking after inaugurating ‘Raitha Spandana’, a programme jointly organised by Mysuru and Chamarajanagar…
45:45:10 ratio to promote II PU students
July 6, 2021Bengaluru: Clearing the air on the yardstick that will be followed for promoting II PU students, the State Government on Monday told the Karnataka High Court that it will promote regular or fresher students of PU second year by giving 45 percent weightage for their marks in SSLC or equivalent board exams, 45 percent for…
Beggars back on streets…
July 6, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Thanks to lockdown relaxation, beggars are back on the streets to seek alms from the public by keeping the children in front. They had disappeared from the streets after the State Government clamped strict lockdown to check spreading of the Coronavirus. Now, with relaxation extended up to 9 pm, these beggars have comeback with…
SC refuses to intervene in National Law School’s decision to reserve 25% seats for Karnataka students
July 4, 2021New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the National Law School of India University’s (NLSIU), Bengaluru, revised admission notification of reserving 25 percent seats for Karnataka students. A Special Leave Petition was filed by the State of Karnataka challenging the October 2020 judgment of the High Court which had struck down the…
No RT-PCR report needed for vaccinated travellers from Kerala
July 3, 2021Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government has said that passengers from Kerala with at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine certificates will be exempted from producing negative RT-PCR reports, as the State has taken special surveillance measures for people coming from Kerala. According to the order regarding special surveillance measures for persons arriving from Kerala, vaccination certificates…
‘Hasirotsava’ marks Revenue Day
July 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The officials and staff of the Revenue Department celebrated Revenue Day under the theme ‘Hasirotsava’ by planting saplings in various Government Office premises here on July 1. At an event organised by the Revenue Department Employees Association and Village Accountants Association at the new Deputy Commissioner’s Office at Siddarthanagar, Deputy Commissioner Dr. Bagadi Gautham…
Teaching, non-teaching staff of unaided schools to get Rs.5,000 each soon
July 3, 2021Bengaluru: The State Government has released Rs.103.47 crore towards payment of a special package of Rs. 5,000 each for teachers and non-teaching staff of all the unaided Primary and High Schools who are facing crisis in the current lockdown due to Corona. An order to this effect has been issued by S.R.S. Nathan, Government Under…
Strict surveillance at all Kodagu borders
June 30, 2021Despite stringent measures tourists come unabated, proving a headache to the Police, health staff Kushalnagar/Madikeri: In an effort to contain the number of COVID-19 cases, the Kodagu District Administration, in accordance with the State Government guidelines, has begun stringent checking at borders and all the tourists, general public and other travellers towards Mangaluru from Mysuru…
7 IAS officers transferred
June 30, 2021Bengaluru: In a minor reshuffle of the State bureaucracy, the State Government on Tuesday transferred 7 IAS officers, including Bengaluru’s BMTC MD C. Shikha, who had earlier served as Mysuru Deputy Commissioner. As per the transfer orders, Dr. M.N. Ajay Nagabhushan has been posted as Secretary, Urban Development Department (Urban Development and Municipalities), while Shikha…
Congress urges Govt. to set up exclusive COVID Hospital for Children in every district
June 29, 2021Holds postcard protest Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City (District) Congress Publicity Committee held a postcard protest here yesterday urging the State Government to set up a separate hospital for children in the wake of reports of third wave of COVID pandemic and waive two months electricity bill of domestic consumers. This protest was held inside the premises…
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