Mysuru: To stem the flow of liquor and cash during the Lok Sabha elections, and for effective monitoring of the poll process in the Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha Constituency, the Mysuru District Administration has constituted Flying Squads and Static Surveillance Teams (check-posts). Twelve Static Surveillance Teams have been constituted for assisting the Election Commission in implementing…
New Delhi: The strict protocol of Rashtrapati Bhavan could not curb the motherly instincts of 106-year-old Saalumarada Thimmakka, who was awarded Padmashree for planting thousands of trees in Karnataka, as she touched the forehead of President Ram Nath Kovind to bless him. Thimmakka, who has earned the nickname of ‘Vruksha Mathe (mother of trees)’ for…
Madikeri: Adding one more feather to the cap of Kodagu, Gonikoppal-based soldier H.N. Mahesh who has been serving in Indian Army’s Rashtriya Rifles- 44 Battallion has been honoured with Shourya Chakra award for gunning down two terrorists at Kashmir Valley. President Ram Nath Kovind honoured him with the award at the award distribution ceremony held…
Mysuru: Hundreds of Second Year Pre-University (PU) students, who had written their Biology exam paper on Thursday, have demanded the PU Board to either conduct re-exam or provide grace marks to them as the paper was difficult to answer. Star of Mysore received many phone calls from parents and students of various PU Colleges in…
Mysuru: The District-level Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) Committee has initiated a lot of steps to ensure maximum voter turnout for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls by initiating a series of voter awareness drives. While political parties have been making hectic preparations to field their candidates for the elections scheduled on Apr.18, the…
Mysuru: With user fee for all the treatments being imposed on patients at K.R. Hospital from Mar.1, the patients are obviously shocked at the sudden financial burden imposed by the Government. Medical professionals and others too have voiced their reactions on the order of the Government. When Star of Mysore contacted District in-Charge Minister G.T….
Mysuru: A large crowd including the family members and relatives of a murder victim and Police officials had gathered at the Jodi Tenginamara Burial Grounds this morning as the Cops were waiting for the permission to exhume the body for post-mortem. Details: The victim, identified as Raghavendra (24), a resident of Kumbarakoppal had gone missing…
Mysuru: As Government vehicles will be used for poll duty during the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar, who is also the District Electoral Officer and Returning Officer, has asked the Heads of all Government Departments to keep the official vehicles under their control in good running condition. Also, the Department Heads…
Chamarajanagar: The Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha seat (SC) seems to be set for a battleground between senior BJP leader V. Sreenivasa Prasad and sitting Congress MP R. Dhruvanarayan, who were close friends and mutual well-wishers earlier. Both Sreenivasa Prasad and Dhruvanarayan, though not contemporaries, started their political career with the Congress and worked closely in the…
99th convocation of University of Mysore Mysuru: Chairman of All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, Prof. Anil D. Sahasrabudhe wanted policy makers to give thrust for Industry-Academic collaboration as such initiatives is a must for overall development of the country. Delivering the 99th Convocation Address of University of Mysore (UoM) at Crawford…
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