Nanjangud Rasabale, Kodagu Coffee, Mandya Jaggery in the list of products to be promoted Mysore/Mysuru: To tackle the economic slump resulting from COVID-19 pandemic, the State Government is pushing for the ‘One District One Product’ (ODOP) scheme with an intention to promote micro food processing industry. The scheme has been launched by the Union Government…
Shops with 10 plus workers can open 24×7 but with riders
January 4, 2021Maximum safety ensured for women employees Bengaluru: With a view to accelerate economic growth that had been hit by COVID-19 since March 2020, the State Government has permitted all shops and commercial establishments across the State employing ten or more people to be open on 24×7 basis on all days for a period of three…
Govt. spikes MCC’s proposal on waiver of interest on water dues
January 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government has spiked the Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) proposal seeking permission to waive off interest on pending water bills of consumers which runs into crores of rupees. This has come as a shocker to Mysureans who were expecting the Government to okay this proposal in view of prevailing COVID-19 pandemic. Since the…
Classes 10, 12 reopen on a cautious note in Mysuru
January 1, 2021Institutions report 20 percent attendance; 50 percent expected from Jan. 4 A few children wear body protection gowns, gloves and goggles Mysore/Mysuru: Classes 10 and 12 reopened this morning for offline classes and institutions — both Government and private — reported 20 percent attendance. While Education Department officers say that there will be 100 percent…
Revamping of PHCs on the anvil: Health Minister
December 25, 2020Bengaluru: The State Government is working on an ambitious project to upgrade the Primary Health Centres (PHCs) to ensure quality healthcare to every citizen in the State, said Health and Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar. He was speaking to the media after a meeting with Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa where he briefed CM about…
Private Schools to hold direct talks with Government on addressing issues
December 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Even as confusion still prevails regarding the procedures to be followed for school re-opening, the city-based CBSE, ICSE and State Board Private School Managements Association (CISPMAM) has resolved to hold direct talks with the Government in a bid to clear all confusions. The CISPMAM (covering schools in Mysuru, Mandya, Hassan, Kodagu and Chamarajanagar districts)…
New Coronavirus strain effect: Night Curfew
December 23, 2020From Dec. 24, 2020 till Jan. 1, 2021 between 11 pm and 5 am across Karnataka Bengaluru: The State Government has decided to impose night curfew across Karnataka from 11 pm tomorrow (Dec. 24, 2020) upto 5 am on Jan. 2, 2021 in the wake of emergence of a new strain of Coronavirus in United…
State Govt. revises special allowance of Doctors, Dentists: Minister
December 23, 2020Bengaluru: The State Government has met the long-pending demand of doctors and dentists by revising the special allowance for them with retrospective effect from Sept. 1, 2020, said Medical Education and Health Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar. The special allowance was revised last time in 2015. The State Government has revised it after a gap of…
Reinstate B. Sharat as Mysuru DC: CAT orders
December 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a setback to the State Government, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) at Bengaluru on Tuesday directed the State Government to reinstate IAS Officer B. Sharat as Mysuru Deputy Commissioner (DC). B.Sharat who was appointed as Mysuru DC on Aug. 29 following the transfer of Abhiram G. Sankar, was transferred out of Mysuru just…
KSRTC bus service resumes
December 15, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: KSRTC bus service to sub-urban and city resumed this morning after four days of indefinite strike by a section of employees urging the State Government to consider them as the Government employees. The strike was called off on Monday evening after the Government fulfilled 9 of the total ten demands put forth by the…
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