Mysore/Mysuru: Even as Karnataka reported its first COVID-19 case in Bengaluru yesterday and with the State Government announcing a week-long holiday (Mar.10 to 17) for classes from Pre-Nursery to 5th standard in BBMP and Bengaluru Rural District limits, the Education authorities in Mysuru said there will be no such holiday in the district. Speaking to…
Convention, Walkathon marks Intl. Women’s Day
March 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The spacious Senate Bhavan in Manasagangothri was jam packed this morning by scores of anganawadi workers, members of women self-help groups and other womenfolk who thronged the venue for Sthree Shakti Samavesha, a district convention of women, organised by the District Administration in association with Zilla Panchayat (ZP), Women and Child Welfare Department,University of…
Saptapadi: Publicity vehicle launched
February 23, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With two months to go for the Government’s ambitious ‘Saptapadi’ mass marriage programme (Apr. 26), Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) B.R. Poornima launched the publicity vehicle in front of Trineshwara Swamy Temple in Mysore Palace premises here on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion, she said that the mass-marriage programme will take place atop Chamundi Hill…
Follow footsteps of Shivaji Maharaj: Scholar
February 22, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Scholar Shivaji Jois has said that today’s youth should follow the ideals of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, who is the pride of India and fought valiantly to build a Hindu Samrajya. He was speaking at a programme organised by the District Administration in association with Department of Kannada and Culture and Shivaji Maharaj Jayantotsava Samithi…
Tri-monthly district-level meeting held
February 11, 2020DC instructs officials to make use of 15-Point grants for development of minorities Mysore/Mysuru: “The grants sanctioned by the Government for development programmes of minorities should not be sent back. Make use of the funds,” instructed DC Abhiram G. Sankar. He was addressing officials of various departments at the district-level third tri-monthly progress review meeting…
Cake Utsav begins in Mysuru
December 28, 2019Mysuru: Three-day ‘Cake Utsav,’ organised by the District Administration in association with Hoteliers and Bakers Association, was inaugurated by MLA L. Nagendra at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry in city yesterday. A giant cake model of Infant Jesus Cathedral of Hinkal weighing 110 kg prepared by Loyal World Aroma Bakery, 290 and 260 kg Mickey Mouse and…
‘Shraddhanjali’ hearse Rests in Peace
December 19, 2019Mysuru: ‘Shraddhanjali,’ a hearse provided by the District Administration, now rests in peace for the last one year at the premises of the office of the District Health Officer (DHO) in Nazarbad here. A 108 Ambulance was modified to a hearse and provided by the District Administration to help poor people in rural areas to…
Mysuru Bird Fest on Dec.28, 29
December 7, 2019Mysuru: Mysuru Bird Fest-2019 will be held as part of the Winter Festival in Mysuru, on Dec.28 and 29. This is the second edition of the event and is being continued after a good response received last year. It is jointly organised by the District Administration, Tourism Department, Forest Department, Mysuru Zoo and Mysore Nature…
Siddu at Kanaka Jayanti
November 15, 2019Mysuru: Colourful procession marked Kanakadasa Jayanti celebrations in city this morning, which was organised by the District Administration, Kanakadasa Jayanthotsava Samithi and other organisations. Hundreds of Kuruba community members took out a procession, carrying a statue of Saint Kanakadasa in a chariot, that began from Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple at the North Gate of Mysore Palace….
66,400 seek relief under Debt Relief Act
November 9, 2019Applications stockpiled at Assistant Commissioner’s Office in city Mysuru: The Mysuru District Administration has received a whopping 66,400 applications from people seeking relief under the Debt Relief Act that was passed by the previous Coalition Government headed by H.D. Kumaraswamy. The applications have been stockpiled at the Assistant Commissioner’s (AC) Office in the premises of…
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