Mysore/Mysuru: As movement of goods vehicles were banned following lockdown, lorry owners have urged District Minister S.T. Somashekar to waive six months taxes and insurance amount. The office-bearers of Mysuru District Lorry Owners Federation led by Federation President B. Kodandaramu, who met the District Minister during a press meet at Patrakarthara Bhavan here recently, apprised…
Mysuru Zoo gets Rs. 25.14 lakh donation
May 30, 2020So far District Minister has handed over Rs. 2.85 crore collected from people of his Constituency and others Govt. decision on Zoo opening for visitors in a day or two Mysore/Mysuru: Continuing his help for the maintenance of Mysuru Zoo, District Minister S.T. Somashekar handed over a cheque for Rs. 25,14,500 to the Zoo authorities…
Co-op. Minister directs review of financial standing of DCC Banks
May 28, 2020Bengaluru: With irregularities and misappropriation of funds in several DCC (District Central Co-operative) Banks coming to the fore, Co-operation Minister S.T. Somashekar on Tuesday directed officials to undertake grading of the banks by independent private agencies or NABARD. He was speaking at a progress review meeting with top officials of the Department during which the…
MUDA takes up Vijayanagar Double Road development works
May 24, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a significant step towards improving the condition and capacity of roads in the city, District Minister S.T. Somashekar on Friday launched the works for the development and widening of 3.15-km-long Double Road that connects Vijayanagar I Stage with the Ring Road at Hebbal. The construction is taken up by MUDA at a cost…
District Minister asks officials to prepare for monsoon
May 23, 2020Forest, MCC and CESC must work in co-ordination Mysore/Mysuru: Urging all Departments concerned, especially Forest, MCC and CESC, to work with a perfect co-ordination for bracing up to the forthcoming monsoon, District Minister S.T. Somashekar said that it was important for officials to take timely action for solving public issues. He was addressing officials from…
Mysuru should become a model for green cover: Minister tells officials
May 23, 2020Environment Day invite to Saalumarada Thimmakka and Yaduveer Mysore/Mysuru: District Minister S.T. Somashekar called upon the Forest Department officials to make Mysuru a model in the spread of green cover and asked them to concentrate on increasing greenery on Chamundi Hill. He was addressing officials at a preparatory meeting ahead of World Environment Day (June…
Calibrated flights to Mysuru likely from May 25
May 21, 2020MP Pratap Simha seeks public opinion on re-starting flight operations Partial resumption of intra-State train services from tomorrow Rail bookings through IRCTC portal only and tickets will not be sold at Railway Station Mysore/Mysuru: With the Government of India announcing that domestic flights and civil aviation operations will resume from May 25 in a calibrated…
Somashekar seeks Nanjundeshwara’s blessings
May 17, 2020Nanjangud: District Minister S.T. Somashekar, who visited Nanjangud this morning, offered special puja at the famous Srikanteshwara Temple in the town that is dedicated to the Hindu supreme deity Shiva, also called Sri Nanjundeshwara (The Lord who drank poison to save the earth) and prayed for the well-being of the State and make it Corona-free…
Need funds to raze and re-build Devaraja Market, Lansdowne Building: MLA
May 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Call it inordinate delay or procrastination, the decision to restore or demolish the nearly 120-year-old heritage structures — Devaraja Market and Lansdowne building — in the heart of the city is back in focus again and this time it is before S.T. Somashekar, who assumed charge as the new Mysuru District Minister over a…
Student donates Rs.5,000 cash prize won in Pratibha Puraskar towards Relief Fund
May 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: It is commendable that many students are coming forward to donate whatever they have saved towards COVID-19 Relief Funds. Similarly, M. Sahana, a student of JSS Speech and Hearing Institute and a resident of Kuvempunagar, has donated Rs.5,000, the cash prize she had won in Pratibha Puraskar previous year. Daughter of BJP Mahila Morcha…
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