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Govt. to seek celebrities’ help to push up vaccination drive
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Govt. to seek celebrities’ help to push up vaccination drive

February 20, 2021

“I am confident that more people will get vaccinated in the coming days and weeks.” —Dr. K. Sudhakar, Health and Medical Education Minister  Vaccinating healthcare and frontline workers seems to have become a big headache for the State Government with lukewarm response from the day of launching of vaccination drive by Prime Minister Narendra Modi…

MCC Commissioner transferred
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MCC Commissioner transferred

February 14, 2021

42 IAS Officers transferred Chamarajanagar and Mandya get new DCs Mysore/Mysuru: In a major reshuffle of the State bureaucracy, the Government on Saturday transferred as many as 42 IAS officers. Those transferred include Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde, Chamarajanagar Deputy Commissioner Dr. M.R. Ravi, Mandya Deputy Commissioner Dr. M.V. Venkatesh and Mysuru ZP…

Mayoral posts reservation matrix announced: JD(S) meeting this evening
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Mayoral posts reservation matrix announced: JD(S) meeting this evening

February 12, 2021

Mysuru Mayor post reserved for General Category (Woman); Deputy Mayor for General Category  Mysore/Mysuru: After a delay of about a month, the State Government on Thursday announced the reservation matrix for Mayoral posts in all the ten City Corporations of the State, barring BBMP. As per a gazette notification issued by A. Vijayakumar, Under-Secretary to…

Property Tax to undergo revision every year to raise revenue
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Property Tax to undergo revision every year to raise revenue

February 10, 2021

Bengaluru: In an effort to raise revenues of cash starved City Corporations, the State Government on Monday passed an Act in the Legislative Council that allows yearly upward revision of tax on properties coming under all City Corporations of the State, barring Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). The Act enables yearly enhancement of property tax…

Rs. 15 crore was paid to Veerappan for Dr. Raj Kumar’s release
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Rs. 15 crore was paid to Veerappan for Dr. Raj Kumar’s release

February 9, 2021

Karnataka Govt. paid the brigand in three instalments Book by former ‘Nakkheeran’ journalist reveals startling details about kidnap and ransom Mysore/Mysuru: So much mythology has sprung up around kidnapper, elephant poacher and sandalwood smuggler Koose Muniswamy Veerappan that it is practically impossible to weed out fact from fiction. While his elephant poaching and sandalwood smuggling…

150 Govt. ITIs to be upgraded: Higher Education Minister
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150 Govt. ITIs to be upgraded: Higher Education Minister

January 29, 2021

Visvesvaraya Industrial Training Centre inaugurated Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government has entered into an agreement with Tata Technologies Limited to upgrade and modernise 150 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) and thereby create increased employment opportunities to the youths, said Deputy Chief Minister and Higher Education Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan. He was speaking after inaugurating Visvesvaraya Industrial Training…

Chorus grows for relief package to coffee growers
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Chorus grows for relief package to coffee growers

January 25, 2021

Madikeri: There is an increasing demand from coffee growers for a relief package in the budget to be presented by the State Government this year.  The demands have grown after the Kerala Government increased the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for raw Robusta Coffee at Rs. 90 per kg in Wayanad district. For a 50 kg…

Karnataka notifies draft rules for transportation of cattle
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Karnataka notifies draft rules for transportation of cattle

January 17, 2021

Anti-cow slaughter Ordinance comes into effect tomorrow Bengaluru: The Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Ordinance, 2020, to ban slaughter of cattle, will come into effect from tomorrow (Jan. 18). The State Government issued a notification to this effect on Jan. 16. The Ordinance bans slaughter of cows, bulls and bullocks of all…

1.64 lakh students of Govt. Colleges to get tablet PCs soon
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1.64 lakh students of Govt. Colleges to get tablet PCs soon

January 9, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government has taken a landmark decision to distribute tablet PCs free of cost to 1.64 lakh students studying in Government Degree, Engineering and Polytechnic Colleges in the current academic year, said Deputy Chief Minister and Higher Education Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan. He was speaking after distributing free laptops to one hundred meritorious…

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