Mysuru: Prakruthi Adivasi Foundation Trust has clarified that the Trust has not taken any clothes from Keshavlal Textiles in Upparpet, Bengaluru, to give them to tribals in the name of social service. Reacting to a report published in Star of Mysore on Dec.17, 2017, titled ‘Cloth merchant alleges cheating by Adivasi Trust,’ the President of…
Nanjangud: A staff of the famous Srikanteshwara Temple in the town, who is accused of misappropriating lakhs of rupees belonging to the Temple, reportedly attempted suicide by consuming excessive sleeping tablets yesterday. The Temple authorities, who commenced an audit of Temple funds on Sunday, were said to be close to unearthing misappropriation to the tune…
The ongoing Tiger Census at Bandipur Tiger Reserve and Nagarahole National Parks entered the second day this morning and according to Forest Department officials, the census has picked up pace. At the Bandipur Tiger Reserve, census was in progress at all the 12 zones including the core areas. Over 60 volunteers and 250 personnel from…
Mysuru: The city’s Seventh Additional District and Sessions Court yesterday granted anticipatory bail to actor Sadhu Kokila in a sexual harassment case. It may be recalled that a woman, who was rescued by the Police from a Beauty Parlour and Spa in Bogadi here recently, had accused actors Sadhu Kokila and Mandya Ramesh of sexually…
Mysuru: Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Tanveer Sait said that the Education Department is prepared to conduct SSLC and PUC exams. Speaking to press persons here yesterday, Sait said that this time the Department has adopted the Karnataka Secure Examination System (KSES) in order to prevent malpractices and other lapses and added that the…
Bengaluru: With the State Assembly polls likely to take place in the first week of May, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has begun preparations in right earnest, with an ECI team arriving in the State capital yesterday. The ECI team, headed by senior official Umesh Sinha, comprises of other officials namely — Sandeep Saxena,…
Hunsur: An incident of a youth assaulting two auto drivers with a machete and injuring them seriously has been reported from Mururamma Layout here last night. While the injured have been identified as Chandrashekar and Suresh, the youth who assaulted them has been identified as Avinash, who is absconding. The injured are undergoing treatment at…
Mysuru: A week after the Government announced the reservation matrix for Mayoral polls, the in-Charge Mysuru Regional Commission M.V. Jayanti yesterday announced that the Mysuru Mayor and Deputy Mayor election will take place on Jan.24. As per the special gazette notification issued by the Urban Development Secretarial on Jan.1, the Mayor’s post is reserved for…
Mysuru: With the BJP’s State-wide ‘Parivartana Yatra’ scheduled to arrive in city on Jan.25, city BJP leaders held a meeting at the party office in Nazarbad yesterday to review the preparations for the Jan.25 rally in city. Addressing the meeting, senior BJP leader M.V. Ravishankar said that the ‘Parivartana Yatra’ will take place at Maharaja’s…
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