Chamarajanagar: A 50,000 litre capacity overhead water tank collapsed behind the Taluk Office at Bhagiratha Nagar in Chinnapura Moole here in the wee hours of yesterday. Luckily, no one was injured in the incident. The tank collapsed at about 3 am on to the ground and the water stored in the overhead tank flooded the…
Narrow escape for Minister as boulder explodes near his moving car
June 8, 2020Mandya: Horticulture and Sericulture Minister K.C. Narayanagowda, who is also Mandya District In-charge Minister, had a close shave when a boulder exploded very close to the car he was travelling near Bankapura in Nagamangala taluk of the District on Sunday. Narayanagowda was on way to his Constituency K.R.Pet travelling in his car on Bengaluru-Jalasuru road,…
Like-minded people support side by side installation of Nalwadi and Sir MV statues at KRS
June 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that the people of the State support the Government’s plan to install the statues of Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar and Sir M.Visvesvaraya (MV) side by side in front of KRS Dam, Mysuru District Brahmin Association President D.T. Prakash has urged the Government not to backtrack from the plan for any reason. He was speaking…
‘Swachhata’ campaign to be launched in 20 Gram Panchayats of Mysuru Taluk
June 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Taking cue from Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), the Mysuru Taluk administration has planned to launch ‘Swachhata’ cleanliness campaign in 20 Gram Panchayats (GPs) of the taluk. Mysuru Taluk Panchayat Executive Officer Krishnakumar told ‘Star of Mysore’ that the cleanliness campaign will be launched under the caption ‘Garbage-free Village’ in 20 of the 37 GPs…
Pourakarmika dies after falling into open drain while cleaning
June 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A Pourakarmika, who was engaged in cleaning an open drain at Maragowdanahalli in Bannur Police limits, died after slipping and falling into the drain on Saturday morning. The deceased is Murugan (38), who has been working as a Pourakarmika at Hanumanaalu Gram Panchayat since nine years. It is learnt that the drain was clogged…
Privatisation of Pandavapura Sugar Factory: ‘Our aim is to help cane growers,’ says Co-op. Minister
June 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Replying to reporters on the sidelines of re-opening of Mysuru Zoo on privatisation of Pandavapura Sugar Factory, District Minister S.T. Somashekar said: “Though the Government had invested over Rs.400 crore on the factory, we were not getting expected result due to some or the other drawbacks and hence, the factory remained closed till now….
Environment Day events galore in city
June 8, 2020Regional Transport Officer Yomakeshavappa of RTO (West) planting a sapling at RTO (West) premises in city on Friday as part of World Environment Day celebrations as Superintendent M. Kumar, B.N. Manjunath, Srinivas Mithra and Vajregowda look on. Cauvery Group of Institutions & Cauvery Heart & Multi-Speciality Hospital: The World Environment Day 2020 with the theme…
Youth slips to death from third floor
June 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A 23-year-old youth died after slipping from the third floor of the house at Kuvempunagar in the early hours of Sunday. The deceased is Shashi, a native of Hubballi. He was working as a cook with one Phanikumar, a catering contractor and was staying with two other workers at a room on the third…
Non-functioning street light set right
June 8, 2020Sir, I had recently written about non-functioning of street light in Income Tax Layout, Mysuru, for the past ten days. Today afternoon, this repair work was attended to by the authorities providing much relief to the residents. I take this opportunity to thank the authorities for redressing the grievance and also ‘SOM’ for highlighting the…
An appeal to MCC: Maintain street lights, conserve electricity
June 8, 2020Sir, I wish to appeal to the authorities of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and the Corporators to adopt latest technology to conserve electricity wasted daily through thousands of street lights not being switched off well in time. It is strange to observe several street lights burning well after sunrise. In these summer days, sunrise is…
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