Mandya: “During the UPA regime at the Centre, Dr. Manmohan Singh was just a name sake Prime Minister with administrative control by Rahul Gandhi,” recalled former Chief Minister and BJP leader S.M. Krishna (SMK). He was speaking at a meeting of BJP activists held at BGS Bhavan here yesterday. After joining BJP, Krishna had kept…
Rs.1.40 crore alleged scam in MCC: Mayor forms Fact-Finding Committee; To hold meeting tomorrow
February 10, 2019Mysuru: With MCC Corporators M.U. Subbaiah and B.V. Manjunath alleging a Rs.1.40 crore scam in the M.G. Road development works, Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath has constituted a Fact-Finding Committee to probe and submit a report in this regard. The Committee, headed by Pushpalatha Jagannath herself, has MCC Council Secretary R. Rangaswamy as the its Member-Secretary. The…
Gang-rape accused arrested in Bengaluru
February 10, 2019Mysuru: Nazarbad Police, who had registered a case on four persons on charges of allegedly raping a call centre employee on last Sunday night, have arrested the prime accused in the case at Bengaluru yesterday. The arrested is 26-year-old Chirag, a resident of Madhugiri taluk in Tumakuru district. He was arrested at Bengaluru Airport and…
Kurubarahalli Survey No.4 & Alanahalli Survey No.41: Only two cases pending in High Court, clarifies MLA Ramdas
February 10, 2019Mysuru: Krishnaraja MLA S.A. Ramdas has clarified that the State Advocate General has already informed the High Court in two cases on the issue of deleting ‘B-Kharab’ classification of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) Layouts in Kurubarahalli Survey No.4 and Alanahalli Survey No.41. “Only two cases are pending in the Karnataka High Court and the…
Razing of heritage buildings: Mayor to discuss with Yaduveer soon
February 10, 2019Mysuru: In the context of Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar expressing his displeasure over the decision of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to raze Devaraja Market and Lansdowne Building, Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath has decided to meet Yaduveer soon and discuss on the matter. Speaking to the press, Pushpalatha said that experts had clearly opined that the two…
New BJP Office inaugurated in Chamarajapuram
February 10, 2019Mysuru: The new BJP Office at Chamarajapuram in city was inaugurated this morning. Activities of District and City BJP units and other party related activities will take place in this office here onwards. State BJP Secretary and hotelier M. Rajendra has constructed this office building in the name of his son Sachin Rajendra, in his…
Education Fair in city: Amazing response
February 10, 2019Sir, The optimistic and sincere effort put forth by Star of Mysore in organising the Education Fair has received a never-before-seen response in the city of Mysuru. Needless to say an Education Fair like this was very necessary. Parents and children were found eagerly collecting crucial information from the stalls. As I was going around…
Officials told to gear up for Kumbha Mela at T. Narasipur
February 10, 2019District Minister GTD chairs preliminary meeting T. Narasipur: District Minister G.T. Devegowda (GTD) has directed the district-level and taluk- level officials to make all necessary preparations for the smooth conduct of Kumbha Mela as just seven days is left to hold this mega event at the Triveni Sangama in T. Narasipur. The 11th edition of…
PM Modi to serve 3 billionth ‘Akshaya Patra’ meal in Vrindavan tomorrow
February 10, 2019New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will serve food to school children from underprivileged background in Vrindavan in Mathura tomorrow (Feb.11), marking the “three billionth meal” offered by an NGO that works with the Government on mid-day meal schemes. Akshaya Patra, which is a Bengaluru-based not-for-profit organisation, said that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath…
Hoteliers limit online agent commission to 15 percent
February 10, 2019Mysuru: In continuance to hoteliers protest in Ahmedabad, more than 400 hoteliers in Mysuru have decided to regulate their terms of operation with Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) and aggregators, putting an end to what they have termed ‘exorbitant commissioning’ and ‘deep discounting’ tactics. At a meeting held in city yesterday, President of Hotel Owners Association,…
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