106 candidates take automated test so far Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru Regional Transport Office (RTO) East at Rajivnagar in city has begun operations to issue Driving Licences (DL) after candidates are tested at the Automated Driving Test Tracks. The new system has been implemented from Feb. 24 and till yesterday, 106 candidates have taken the test. Over…
Colourful start for Kannada Meet at Nanjangud
February 29, 2020Nanjangud: The temple town of Nanjangud, popularly called as ‘Dakshina Kashi’, wore a festive look as the 17th two-day Mysuru District Kannada Sahitya Sammelana got off to a colourful start this morning. The event began with the Sammelana (meet) Chairman T.S. Rajappa, a folk scholar, being brought in a grand procession from Ganesha temple on…
Payment of Rs. 5.40 cr. breakfast allowance for Pourakarmikas approved
February 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) decided to cancel the tender of the breakfast scheme for over 2,000 Pourakarmikas attached to the Corporation in the last Council meeting held on Jan. 30, the MCC in its second Council meeting of the year held at its Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar Hall on Feb. 27, approved…
Two Bangladeshi men arrested for illegal stay
February 29, 2020Nanjangud: In a crackdown on illegal immigrants, the Nanjangud Police arrested two Bangladeshi illegal immigrants from Immavu village in the taluk late last night. The arrested have been identified as Mohammad Abdullah, 27 and Mohammad Habibullah, 25. Acting on a tip off, the Police picked up the two from Immavu village where they were staying…
It will rain funds on Mysuru
February 29, 2020District Minister promises Rs. 100 crore grant, Rs. 25 crore each for eight Taluks, Rs. 15 crore for Kukkarahalli Lake Mysore/Mysuru: It might be raining funds on Mysuru if the words of District Minister V. Somanna comes true and if his boss, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, agrees. Chairing the District Planning Committee meeting at Zilla…
Travel in sleeper Volvo to Belagavi and Secunderabad
February 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Considering the sizable population from North Karnataka and Hyderabad region travelling to and fro Mysuru for business, family and other reasons, the KSRTC Rural Division, for the first time, has launched four Sleeper Volvo buses to Belagavi and Secunderabad. The luxurious buses under ‘Ambari Dream Class’ were flagged off by Mysuru District Minister V….
Rs. 65 crore project to fill 23 Lakes
February 29, 2020Water will be drawn from KRS Dam backwaters Mysore/Mysuru: Foundation stone for a major project worth Rs. 50 crore to fill 16 lakes and a project worth Rs. 15 crore to fill seven lakes through lift irrigation was laid last evening at College of Horticulture, Yelachenahalli in Yelwal. Inaugurating the event, Law Minister J.C. Madhuswamy…
German national gets new lease of life at Narayana Hospital
February 29, 2020Undergoes bypass surgery after suffering heart attack, Celebrates birthday at CCU Mysore/Mysuru: The doctors at Narayana Multispeciality Hospital performed a bypass surgery on a 34-year-old German resident after he was diagnosed with severe triple vessel blocks and weak heart due to heart attack. Mandanna, a banker by profession from Frankfurt in Germany, suffered a heart…
Bomb hoax call creates panic at Paper Mill
February 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Panic prevailed at Thandya Industrial Area in Nanjangud this morning following a hoax bomb threat call received by the owner of a Paper Mill. Employees of the factory were immediately vacated and the Police and the Bomb Squad are still searching for the bomb. According to reports, the owner of Rajshil Paper Private Limited…
Illegal electric fence kills two wild elephants in border village
February 29, 2020Chamarajanagar: Two wild elephants were electrocuted in a sugarcane field at Karalavadi village near Talavadi in Chamarajanagar yesterday. According to Forest Department officials, the two elephants came in contact with live wires at an illegal electric fence around a sugarcane field at Talavadi, a village located at Karnataka and Tamil Nadu border. The place comes…
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