By S.T. Ravikumar Mysore/Mysuru: With the second wave of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic causing untold havoc across the globe, with lakhs of people losing their lives and Mysuru being no exception to the deadly pandemic, dark clouds seems to be hovering around the conduct of the world famous Dasara in Mysuru this year too. Last…
Curriculum Expert Committees for UG & PG formed to implement NEP from current academic year
June 20, 2021Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar, Prof. Nagesh V. Bettakote and Prof. Y.S. Siddegowda among Committee Chairmen Bengaluru: Karnataka Government has constituted Committees of subject experts in different faculties to prepare academic curriculum along the lines of National Educational Policy (NEP) for Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate courses. Speaking to newsmen here on Saturday, Deputy Chief Minister and Higher…
Physical Education teachers get promotion
June 19, 2021Bengaluru: In some good news for the teaching fraternity, the Government on Friday said that 148 Physical Education (PE) teachers serving in Government High Schools across the State will be promoted. In a press release issued here yesterday, Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar said that an order on promoting 148 PE teachers (Grade-1) serving…
BJP Government’s corruption and shady deals
June 18, 2021Congress to submit documents to probe agencies Mysore/Mysuru: Charging the State BJP Government of rampant corruption and abuse of power, the Congress will submit vital documents that it has gathered on Government’s corruption and shady deals, to investigation agencies such as ED (Enforcement Directorate), CBI and also to the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court…
High Court directs State Govt. not to declare II PU results till decision on promotion policy
June 18, 2021Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the State Government not to declare the results of II PU fresher candidates till the expert committee decides on the promotion policy. A Division Bench comprising Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice Hanchate Sanjeevkumar handed the interim order on a PIL filed by S.V. Singre Gowda, Managing Trustee…
COVID crisis: Government defers local body polls by 6 months
June 18, 2021Anwar Baig to continue as Acting Mysuru Mayor Bengaluru: In a significant decision amid COVID-19 crisis, the State Government has deferred all local body and municipal polls by atleast six months. Under Secretary of Urban Development Department K.L. Prasad has issued an order to this effect, according to which the election of heads of City…
‘Find out mistakes of Govt; place it before public through media conference’
June 17, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: KPCC Mysuru Division Media in-Charge Raju has urged his party leaders to find out mistakes in the State Government and bring it before people by holding media conferences and protests. Addressing a special meeting at District Congress Bhavan in city on Monday, after being appointed as Media in-Charge of KPCC Mysuru Division, he said…
Government announces Rs. 1 lakh relief for BPL families losing bread-winner to COVID
June 15, 2021Bengaluru: Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa has announced a compensation of Rs. 1 lakh each to the families of Below Poverty Line (BPL) which loses its bread-winner to Covid-19 pandemic. This scheme is aimed at helping hundreds of families that have lost its bread-earners to the contagion. This is an extension of two economic relief…
City unlocked ? Roads full of vehicles
June 14, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Sending a signal to the State Government that they are least bothered about the pandemic, people poured onto the streets with their vehicles this morning, clogging the roads at many places and on arterial roads. In a way, the effect of unlocking Bengaluru was felt in Mysuru. The lockdown orders issued by the Government…
‘Bring back Rohini Sindhuri’ campaign gathers over 1.28 lakh signatures
June 13, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The online signature campaign “Bring back Rohini Sindhuri” has evoked overwhelming response from netizens and this morning, more than 1.28 lakh people have signed the petition launched on change.org till 2.15 pm today. The campaign was launched by Concerned Citizens of India last Friday on the online signature platform and is being circulated widely…
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