Mysore/Mysuru: It is rare to see persons pursuing education after reaching highest echelons in fields of either politics or academics. However, here is a rare personality who is an academician-cum- politician-cum-home-maker of ‘Namma Mysuru.’ G. Roopa, a BJP Corporator from Ward No. 53 (Siddarthanagar), has made the city proud after being conferred Ph.D in Pharmaceutics…
MCC Standing Committees get Chairpersons
March 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Weeks after the Mayoral polls, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) got heads to the four Standing Committees today. All the four Chairpersons were declared elected unopposed in the election slated for today at the MCC Council Hall. The positions were equally shared by Congress-JD(S) combine, which is ruling the MCC. The Chairpersons are: Ward…
Stink will Stop?
March 15, 2021MCC invites tenders to remove mounds of garbage at Sewage Farm Tenders worth Rs. 10.13 crore for biomining, transportation and disposal Mysore/Mysuru: In a big relief to nearly a lakh residents living around the Solid Waste Management Unit (Excel Plant) at Sewage Farm premises in Vidyaranyapuram, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has finally called for…
MCC Commissioner feted
March 14, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner Shilpa Nag was felicitated as part of International Women’s Day at JSS Hospital in city recently. Also, Dr. Deepthi Thanda-veshwar, Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics, JSS Medical College and Hospital, Dr. M. Renuka Devi, Vice-Principal, JSS College of Physiotheraphy, Dr. Divya Rao, Assistant Professor, Department of Health System Management…
COVID test intensified
March 13, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The District Health Department has intensified RT-PCR testing at various locations in city since this morning following directions from the State Government in the wake of spike in Corona positive cases. Accordingly, two mobile testing teams are deployed at ‘Forum Centre City Mall’ and ‘Mall of Mysore’ to examine visitors as well as the…
Tree fall: Close shave for car driver
March 12, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A 32-year-old man had a providential escape and survived even after a giant tree fell on his car while he was inside the vehicle. He was readying to get off his car to have breakfast and was rolling up the windshields when the tree came crashing. Fortunately he came out unscathed. The incident occurred…
At Women’s Day celebrations, MCC Commissioner calls upon empowered women to empower others
March 9, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Stating that one of the main objectives of International Women’s Day celebration is to fete achiever women and thus motivate young women to attain their goals in life, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner Shilpa Nag called upon the already empowered women to empower others in the society. She was speaking as the guest of…
Pourakarmika’s family gets Rs. 5 lakh solatium cheque
March 7, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka State Safai Karmachari Commission Chairman M. Shivanna and Mayor Rukmini Madegowda yesterday handed over Rs. 5 lakh cheque to the family of Pourakarmika who died during Corona crisis. Vasantha, wife of Suresh, a deceased Pourakarmika, received the cheque. Shivanna said he came to know about non-payment of compensation to the family of Suresh,…
City’s 24×7 water supply project gets traction
March 6, 2021MP holds meeting with offiacials; directs them to restart pending projects Mysore/Mysuru: The ambitious projects to supply water 24×7 across Mysuru has reached only a fraction of the city’s 10 lakh residents. While the first phase of the project was handed over to Jamshedpur Utilities & Services Company Limited (JUSCO) in 2008, the second phase…
Mayoral Poll row: MLA Tanveer Sait gets notice
March 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Disciplinary Committee of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) has served a notice on Narasimharaja (NR) MLA Tanveer Sait over the controversy shrouding the Mysuru Mayoral elections last week. Following instructions from the Party High Command, Disciplinary Committee President K. Rahman Khan has served a notice to Sait seeking detailed explanation on what transpired…
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