Month: March, 2019

Raintree Seedpods, water turn road stretch into biker’s nightmare
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Raintree Seedpods, water turn road stretch into biker’s nightmare

March 31, 2019

Mysuru:  Many two-wheelers are regularly skidding on the Valmiki Road-Hunsur Road junction near a petrol pump on the Mysuru-Hunsur Road. The culprit is a tree — Raintree Seedpod or Ablizia Saman (locally called Chatri Mara or Bage Kai Mara) — whose seeds, when crushed under vehicles and mixed with water, makes the road slippery. This…

Tipu Sultan’s silver-mounted gun fetches £60,000 at UK auction
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Tipu Sultan’s silver-mounted gun fetches £60,000 at UK auction

March 31, 2019

London:  A collection of rare artefacts discovered by a couple after years of lying wrapped up in their attic in the English county of Berkshire and evaluated as items from Tipu Sultan’s armoury was auctioned for around 107,000 Pounds. The highlight lot, a silver-mounted 20-bore flintlock gun and bayonet from the personal armoury of the…

Exemption from Poll Duty on medical grounds: Committee set-up to inspect
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Exemption from Poll Duty on medical grounds: Committee set-up to inspect

March 31, 2019

Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abhiram G. Sankar, who is also the District Election Officer, has ordered to set-up a District Medical Scrutinising Committee to inspect Government employees requesting exemption from Poll Duty on medical grounds. This Committee will have Dr. Basavaraju, District Health and Family Welfare Department, as its President, Dr. Pashupathi, Mysuru District Surgeon,…

Three Lakes to be rejuvenated in Mysuru District
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Three Lakes to be rejuvenated in Mysuru District

March 31, 2019

Mysuru:  The work on the desilting of 160 Lakes in the State taken up by Sri Dharmasthala Rural Development Project  under the ‘Namma Ooru Namma Kere’ has been launched and three Lakes in Mysuru District will be rejuvenated, said Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade. He gave this information to the media after…

MCC collects Rs.20 lakh revenue by renewing hotelier Trade Licences
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MCC collects Rs.20 lakh revenue by renewing hotelier Trade Licences

March 31, 2019

Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has collected a revenue of Rs.20,81,600 from renewing the Trade Licences of 239 hotel owners at the Trade Licences Renewal Mela organised by Mysore Hotel Owners’ Association at its premises in Krishnamurthypuram here on Wednesday. MCC officials of all the nine Zones conducted the process of renewal and renewed the…

‘Be independent through hardwork, effort’
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‘Be independent through hardwork, effort’

March 31, 2019

Mysuru: Every citizen in the country should become independent through dint of hard work and sincere effort, said Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade. He was speaking after inaugurating pure drinking water unit set up jointly under Sri Dharmasthala Rural Development Project  and Anandur Grama at Chikkanahalli in Mysuru taluk’s Yelwal Hobli, here…

Focus on improving skills among workforce: President of Volvo Group
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Focus on improving skills among workforce: President of Volvo Group

March 31, 2019

Degrees conferred on 140 students of SDM-IMD Mysuru:  “India’s employment generation will be based on skilled labour by 2022, therefore the enhancement of skills among the existing labour force is a must for the growth of economy and development of the nation,” said  Managing Director of Volvo Group Kamal Bali. Delivering his speech at the…

Couple running roadside shop assaulted
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Couple running roadside shop assaulted

March 31, 2019

Shop destroyed, Rs.2 lakh robbed Hunsur: A row over construction of a road side drain resulted in the family members of a political leader allegedly assaulting the couple and their family members at Yashodhapura in the taluk on Friday evening. Those who were assaulted are Gurappa’s son Srinivas, his (Srinivas) wife Vasantha and their family…

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