Farmer ends life in Hunsur

TNN

March 1, 2019

Mysuru, Mar 1: A 49-year-old farmer ended his life in Uyigowdanahalli, Hunsur talukcommitted suicide by hanging on Tuesday. Inability to settle his debts, which amounted to nearly Rs 2 lakh, has been cited as the reason for pushing Jayaramegowda to take the extreme step.

The victim’s wife Poornima said that her husband was engaged in the cultivation of banana, cotton and tobacco in Kudineer Muddanahalli, where he had two acres. “He had borrowed Rs 80,000 from a cooperative bank, and an additional Rs 1 lakh from a private moneylender. He was unable to reap a good harvest owing to drought, and was unable to clear his loans, “ she said.

Hunsur rural police have registered a case in connection with Jayaramegowda’s death.

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Journalist tests covid positive; Press Club sealed

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July 6,2020

Mandya, Jul 6: With a journalist from Srirangapatna testing positive for Covid-19, the Mandya District Journalists Association was sealed as a precautionary measure.

Association President K C Manjunath said on Monday that as the reporter has tested positive for Covid-19, it was voluntarily decided to seal down the premises for another month.

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Barakah International School & College reduces fees to lessen parents’ burden

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June 14,2020

Mangaluru, June 14: The management of Barakah International School and College has announced to waive off 33% of tuition fee in order to lessen the burden on parents who are undergoing financial crisis due to covid lockdown.

This decision was taken after a series of virtual meetings with the Managing Director, Academic Director, Principal, Manager and PRO.

“While the school needs to continue to meet all the commitments and responsibilities towards the staff salaries, software, networking, etc, we fully understand that in the prevailing circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, job loss, reduction in salaries, general hardships of the self-employed businesses and the slowdown in the economy,” sated a release issued by the school.

“We would support our parent fraternity pro-actively and at the same time continue to meet the high-quality standards of our teaching- learning process and infrastructure so it has been decided that 1/3 of the tuition fee to be waived off for 2020-21,” the release said.

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