Mysore/Mysuru: “Let us fight the dreaded Coronavirus unitedly,” urged Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Dr. A.N. Prakash Gowda to Muslim brethren. Addressing the gathering of Muslim religious leaders of Udayagiri, Shanthinagar, Rajivnagar and other areas during the Coronavirus awareness and peace meets at Meelad Park on Tuesday and Wednesday, the DCP said that the virus…
EPFO issues revised instructions to facilitate PF members rectify their birth records
April 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a move to extend the availability and reach of online services in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has issued revised instructions to its field offices to facilitate PF members to rectify their date of birth in EPFO records, thus ensuring that their Universal Account Number (UAN) is…
Credit-I takes responsibility of feeding shelterless
April 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Lending a helping hand to the MCC’s initiative of providing food to the poor and the needy, city based NGO Credit-I has taken up the responsibility of providing food and articles of daily use to all the shelterless people housed at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry. Speaking to SOM, Credit-I Managing Trustee Dr. M.P. Varsha said…
Unidentified body found
April 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Narasimharaja (NR) Police have found a body of an unidentified man on the road leading to Varuna Canal and have registered a case in this regard. The unidentified man, aged about 75 years, is 5 ft. tall, fair complexioned, oval faced, normal built and was wearing a white dhoti and shirt. The kith and…
House burgled at Siddalingapura
April 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Miscreants, who gained entry into a house, have decamped with gold jewellery worth Rs. 30,000 and Rs. 20,000 cash from the house at Siddalingapura in Metagalli Police limits on Apr. 5. The burglary took place at the house of Raghavendra. He (Raghavendra), along with his wife, had gone to Bharathipura near K.R. Pet to…
Bylakuppe Sera Je School contributes towards PM and CM Relief Funds
April 9, 2020Bylakuppe: As a gesture of their goodwill and support in solidarity with the Government and the people of the nation in the fight against the Coronavirus and in line with the deep concern and solidarity expressed by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama towards those suffering due to this pandemic, the Sera Je School administration…
DRM urges all members of Railway family to install ‘Arogya Setu’ Mobile App
April 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Aparna Garg, Divisional Railway Manager (SRM), South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru, has exhorted all members of the Railway family, including pensioners, to download ‘Arogya Setu,’ the Mobile App launched by the Union Health Ministry recently. This App helps users identify whether they are at a risk of COVID-19 infection. Garg stated that Mysuru Division…
Remembering Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj — 12
April 9, 2020Life as a prisoner… and the great escape! [Continued from April 6] Shivaji in turn sent a message to the Prime Minister Umdat-ul-Mulk reminding him of the safe conduct granted to him. The message was to be conveyed to Aurangzeb. Unfortunately for Shivaji, the official to whom he gave the message happened to be the…
Forewarned is forearmed
April 9, 2020The term virus, understood so far by an infinitesimal fraction of humanity across the world has witnessed universal familiarity during the past few months, thanks to the notorious organism identified as COVID-19. Even the unlettered masses in the country may have begun to know what it means by asking questions and learning about the factors…
More on availing Jan Dhan benefits
April 9, 2020Sir, This refers to the news item “Women throng banks to avail Jan Dhan benefits” in Star of Mysore dated Apr. 8. I wish to clarify as follows for information of the public and the beneficiaries. The benefits of such payments initiated by the Government are transferred through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). The amount will…
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