Mysore/Mysuru: The University of Mysore (UoM), which is the nodal agency to conduct K-SET (Karnataka – State Eligibility Test) for appointment of Assistant Professors in First Grade Colleges, is likely to postpone the exam for the third time, as COVID-19 pandemic is spreading fast across the State. K-SET Co-ordinator Prof. K. Rajashekar told Star…
Fifteen retired MLCs accorded farewell
July 11, 2020Bengaluru: Fifteen members of Karnataka Legislative Council (MLC), who retired last month, were given a warm farewell at a programme organised at the Council Secretariat here on Friday. The retired MLCs — M.C. Venugopal, T.A. Sharavana, Dr. Jayamala, Jayamma, H.M. Revanna, Sharanappa Mattur, N.S. Bosaraju, D.U. Mallikarjun, Tippanna Kamakanoor, R. Chowdareddy Toopalli, K. Abdul Jabbar,…
Scooter rider killed in collision with car
July 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A 35-year-old two-wheeler rider was killed when the scooter he was riding, collided head on with a car near a poultry farm at Daripura on Mysuru-Manandavadi Road on Friday. Ravichandra (35), a resident of Sunnadakeri, is the deceased. Ravichandra was riding on his Honda Dio scooter from H.D. Kote side towards Mysuru, when a…
Unidentified body found
July 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The body of an unidentified elderly man aged about 65 years, was found on the Railway track between Ashokapuram and Kadakola Stations of Mysuru-Nanjangud section on July 9. The man is learnt to have been run over by a Coupled Light Railway Engine. The man is 5.3 ft. in height, medium built and wore…
Sandalwood tree stolen
July 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: After a brief lull, sandalwood thieves have struck again in the city, stealing a Sandalwood tree grown in the front-yard of a house in Jayalakshmipuram Police limits late on Thursday night. The thieves, who entered the front-yard of the house of one Chirag Mehta on 14th Cross, V.V. Mohalla, managed to cut down Sandalwood…
Retired Pesh Imams and Moujins to get Pension
July 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The District Wakf Consultative Committee has invited applications from retired Pesh Imams and Moujins, for availing monthly pension (Rs.2,000 for Pesh Imams and Rs.1,500 for Moujins). Pesh Imams and Moujins, aged over 65 years and who retired after serving at least for ten years in any of the Karnataka Wakf Board registered Masjids in…
Quick Gun Justice
July 11, 2020Vikas Dubey, the “Kanpur wala” gangster, who killed eight Policemen during a raid and escaped, was caught on a Thursday and shot dead on a Friday. Justice was served ‘Dabangg’ style. Has reel Police become real Police now? “Encounters” or “extra judicial killings” which were widely practiced by the Punjab Police against violent supporters of…
KSOU can follow Natl. Institute of Open Schooling model
July 11, 2020Sir, Now that the Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) has been made the sole University to conduct Distance Education throughout Karnataka, it has assumed as a Central University with higher responsibility to educate those persons who are not able to attend classes in regular colleges due to their other obligations. The KSOU can now plan…
B.S. Shivalingegowda
July 11, 2020B.S. Shivalingegowda (86), a retd. Agricultural Officer and a resident of Srirampura here, passed away on Thursday (July 9) following a brief illness. He is survived by his sons B.S. Ashok (retd. Senior Manager, KGB), B.S. Ravish (retd. Superintendent, BSNL) and B.S. Sree Harsha (Assistant Executive Engineer, KERS), daughters B.S. Prabha and B.S. Bharathi, his…
Maridandaiah Buddha
July 11, 2020Maridandaiah Budda (57), a resident of Gangothri Layout here, passed away last night. A bachelor, he leaves behind his mother, three brothers, three sisters and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were performed at the burial ground in Vidyaranyapuram this afternoon.
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