The six-day Annual Jathra Mahotsava of Adi Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara Shivayogi Mahaswamiji will be held from Feb.1 to 6 at Suttur Srikshetra in Nanjangud taluk. The Jathra Mahotsava is celebrated every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of the Founder of the institution. Around eight to ten lakh devotees from across the State are expected…
Two Open Heart surgeries a day at new Jayadeva Hospital
January 31, 2019No shortage of doctors, staff, says Hospital Chief Dr. K.S. Sadananda Institute Director Dr. C.N. Manjunath to demonstrate facilities soon Mysuru: The state-of-the-art new 400-bed Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research on KRS Road here has proved a boon to Mysuru region as it has begun operations in full swing and is performing…
MCC move to demolish Lansdowne Building, Devaraja Market
January 31, 2019We will lose Heritage City tag, warns expert Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) move to recommend the pulling down of the iconic Lansdowne Building and Devaraja Market has met with severe opposition from various quarters. The MCC has resolved to reconstruct commercial complexes after demolition and has decided to write to the State Government…
Budget session begins: PM Modi urges Opposition to co-operate
January 31, 2019New Delh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today morning urged the Opposition party members to co-operate as he addressed the media ahead of the Budget Session of Parliament. “The nation is well aware of the hardships we are facing. We will work towards the development of the nation. I hope all parties will contribute towards the…
A Police transfer mired in controversy
January 31, 2019Inspector C.V. Ravi transferred to Mysuru Rural Station, Udupi Coastal Police and now asked to report to DGP’s Office for next posting Mysuru: In a twist to the transfer of C.V. Ravi, Inspector of V.V. Puram Traffic Police Station in Mysuru, like it happens in some of the Government transfers, he has now been asked…
Decks cleared for mega silk cluster in Mysuru
January 31, 2019Bengaluru: The State Cabinet yesterday approved a proposal to establish a mega silk cluster near Yelwal. In a communication, released by District in-Charge and Higher Education Minister G.T. Devegowda, the cluster will be developed by the State as well as the Union Government at a cost of Rs.49 crore. The new cluster will be a…
NIE to get Deemed University status
January 31, 2019Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet yesterday approved a draft Bill proposing to grant Deemed University status to the National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysuru. The Bill has to be passed in the Legislature for NIE to get the Deemed University status. It may be recalled here that Infosys Founder N.R. Narayana Murthy, the alumnus of NIE,…
SC/ST Promotions Bill gets Cabinet nod
January 31, 2019Bengaluru: The State Cabinet yesterday gave its nod to implement the Consequential Seniority Bill extending reservation in promotions to the SC/ST Government employees. The implementation of the Bill, however, will be subjected to the final verdict of the Supreme Court in the matter. Until that time, SC/ST staffers, whose promotions were reversed in 2017, will…
Hale Unduwadi Project: GTD alleges official delay
January 31, 2019Bengaluru: The Hale Unduwadi Drinking Water Project, a pet project of Mysuru District Minister G.T. Devegowda (GTD), figured in the Cabinet meeting yesterday where the Minister alleged that the much-needed project was being delayed by the officials. Officers are deliberately delaying the project that will supply drinking water to Mysuru though Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy…
‘Badavara Bandhu’ launched: 4,000 street vendors can avail interest-free loans
January 31, 2019Mysuru: Marking the birthday celebrations of MCDCC Bank (Mysuru-Chamarajanagar District Co-operative Central Bank) President and JD(S) leader G.D. Harish Gowda, the State Government’s ambitious ‘Badavara Bandhu’ Scheme was launched in city at a programme organised at the Bank premises on Ashoka Road here this morning. This Scheme is aimed at extending interest-free loans up to…
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