Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru Hotel Owners Association President C.Narayanagowda was re-elected as the President of the city’s
Cosmopolitan Club in the election held yesterday.
Narayanagowda defeated his only rival K.P. Devaraj by a huge margin of 231 votes, thus retaining the President post for the year 2021-22. While Narayanagowda got 357 votes, Devaraj secured 126 votes.
Narayanagowda, who owns Vishnu Bhavan Group of Hotels, is also the President of Vijayanagar First Stage Residents Welfare Association and a member of Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI).
The other office-bearers of Cosmopolitan Club who were elected unopposed are S. Dwaraki – Vice-President; H.N.Jayapal – Secretary and Veersh – Treasurer.
Mysore/Mysuru: The
e-library facility got a tremendous response during Corona pandemic with over 25 lakh persons taking membership for digital libraries for one year, said Satishkumar, Director, Department of Public Libraries. He was speaking after releasing the Kannada book ‘Chowpadiya Shishira’ by K.S. Simha under the aegis of Vaidyavartha at Institution of Engineers here recently.
Satishkumar said e-library was started on Feb. 26 last year to take library facilities to the doorsteps of people during COVID-19 pandemic. In one year, as many as 25 lakh people have taken membership for digital libraries. Among them, Dakshina Kannada district stands first with 4 lakh membership, followed by Kalaburagi district with 3.97 lakh membership and Hassan district with 2.25 lakh membership. In Mysuru district, 11,000 citizens have availed membership.
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Karnataka MSMEs express dissatisfaction over power tariff hike Mysuru, Feb 18 (KNN) Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) in Karnatka have expressed their dissatisfaction over the Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) appeal of increasing power tariff.
At a public hearing organised by the KERC at the Court Hall of the Deputy Commissioner s (DC) Office on Wednesday morning, along with Mysuru Industries Association (MIA) representatives of various bodies including Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), Mysore Industries Association (MIA), KIADB Industrial Area Manufacturers Association (KIAMA), Hebbal Industrial Estate Manufacturers Association (HIEMA) and domestic consumers sought the dismissal of the CESC petition that seeks a hike of 130.9 paise (Rs. 1.30) per unit across categories.
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Unrelenting COVID contagion, spiralling raw material prices, back-to-back strikes main factors
Mysore/Mysuru: Over 30 percent of
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), which are reeling under the impact of economic slowdown and COVID-19, are on the verge of closure by the end of this year, claim industry bodies at a meeting of industries associations of Mysuru including Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), Hebbal Industrial Estate Manufacturers Association (HIEMA), Mysore District Small Scale Industries Association (MDSSIA). The meeting was held at HIEMA office in Hebbal last evening.
Spiralling raw material cost
HIEMA Honorary Secretary C.M. Subramanian told Star of Mysore that since the last two to three weeks, there has been 35 to 50 percent increase in input and raw material costs.