Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has quashed the 25 percent horizontal domicile reservation introduced by the State Government in National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru, through the NLSIU Amendment Act, 2020. A Division Bench, comprising Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice B.V. Hosmani, held that only the Executive Council of the Law School can…
Conmen held for cheating people with fake rice-pulling equipment
September 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Devaraja Police have arrested four persons on charges of cheating people through fake rice-pulling equipment and have seized the fake rice-puller from them. The Police, who raided two rooms of a hotel on Dhanvantri Road on Sept. 26, arrested 57-year-old M.G. Chandramohan of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, 50-year-old T.V. Ibrahim of Thennala village at…
K.R. Nagar man gets RI in harassment case
September 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Sixth Additional District and Sessions Court of Mangaluru has sentenced a person to Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) for molesting a medical student at a hostel in Mangaluru and robbing her of money and ATM card. The accused, Nagesh aka Naagu (30), a resident of K.R. Nagar in Mysuru district, had gained entry into a hostel…
PU Colleges faculty oppose merger of Board
September 30, 2020Bengaluru: The Principals, Teaching and Non-teaching faculty of Pre-University Colleges of the State have strongly opposed the Government’s reported move to merge Pre-University Exam Board with Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board. The PU College Teaching and Non-teaching fraternity have formed a Joint Action Committee to oppose the Government’s proposed Board merger plan and the Committee…
Legislative Council polls for 4 seats on Oct.28
September 30, 2020Bengaluru: The biennial election to the Karnataka Legislative Council from two Graduates’ and Teachers’ Constituencies will be held on Oct. 28 from 8 am to 5 pm. The election was necessitated due to retirement of four members — R. Chowda Reddy Thoopalli from South-East Graduates’ Constituency, S.V. Sankanur from West Graduates’ Constituency, Sharanappa Mattur from…
Teaching community in shock DDPI, 25 teachers test Corona Positive
September 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Teaching community in the district is in a state of shock after 25 teachers, Deputy Director of Public Instruction (DDPI) and four staff members in his office have tested Corona positive. This came to light after a free COVID test was conducted for teachers belonging to Mysuru City North, South and Taluk, said T.A….
Beggar found dead
September 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: An unidentified beggar has been found murdered with injuries on his head at the bus shelter near Metropole Hotel Circle in city this morning. It is suspected that the murder may have taken place late last night and came to light this morning. The victim has been hit on the head with a weapon….
Man allegedly murdered over petty reason
September 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: An incident of a man allegedly murdering his friend by hitting him on the head with a liquor bottle over petty reason, has taken place at Udayagiri on Monday evening. The deceased is Srinivas (35), a resident of CITB Colony, near Sri Shaneshwaraswamy Temple at Udayagiri. The accused has been identified as Gangaraj alias…
Promoted as KUWS&DB SE
September 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board (KUWS&DB) Executive Engineer Prasanna Murthy has been promoted as Superintending Engineer (SE). He had been recently transferred to Dharwad from Mysuru and will be retiring today (Sept. 30, 2020).
International Sign Language Day celebrated
September 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Yi Mysuru Chapter, celebrated World Sign Language Day recently. Kanchan S. Sharma, an expert trainer in sign languages, demonstrated basic sign language communication to school children from Capitol Public School, Mysuru, virtually. More than 65 school children learnt basic signs to communicate such as Weekdays, Numbers & Alphabets…
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