Mysore/Mysuru: Formed in 1997 by the South Western Railway Employees House Building Co-operative Society on a 44 acre land with 640 sites distributed and about 70 percent houses built, basic facilities such as good roads, parks etc. is a mirage even to this day for the residents of Sharada Nagar Railway Layout. Apart from just…
Mysore/Mysuru: About 600 people were distributed grocery kits by MCC Ward No. 22 Corporator Namratha Ramesh, who celebrated her 44th birthday this morning. Namratha, along with her husband Ramesh, a JD(S) leader and daughters Akshatha, Harshitha and Arpitha, distributed grocery kits to nearly 600 people including labourers, house maids, daily wagers and poor people of…
Bengaluru: Following a Supreme Court direction, the State has made changes in the discharge criteria for COVID patients. Patients now have to undergo seven days of home isolation with self-monitoring after discharge, while it was 14 days earlier. The clause for 14-day home quarantine for severely ill patients after discharge has been removed. COVID patients…
Mysore/Mysuru: Senior Police Officer P.V. Sneha took charge as Lokayukta SP at Mysuru on Tuesday. The post was lying vacant for the past one year following the transfer of Mahadev. Sneha had earlier served as Mysuru Additional SP and as DySP of Sakleshpur, Chamarajanagar and Kollegal Sub-divisions. She had also served as an Assistant Director…
Lock Gram Panchayat officials in office Mysore/Mysuru: Alleging that illegal Underground Drainage (UGD) works were taken up at Survey No. 280 in Bogadi village by digging a trench on the Ningarajaiah Lake bund and demanding stern action against those involved in it, the villagers staged a protest besides locking up the Panchayat Development Officer (PDO),…
Mysore/Mysuru: Owing to emergency maintenance works, power supply will be disrupted tomorrow between 10 am and 5 pm in the following areas and villages: Ramanuja Road, Hosabandikeri, JSS Hospital, Agrahara, Basaveshwara Road, surroundings of Chamundipuram, Sub-urban Bus Stand, Nazarbad, Ittigegud, surroundings of Zoo, Government Guest House and surroundings areas, Taluk Office, D. Devaraja Urs Road,…
Mysore/Mysuru: The District Administration has asked all the officials and staff of Government Departments to attend the Independence Day function, which will held at Torchlight Parade Grounds in Bannimantap on Aug. 15 without fail. All Government Offices in the district have been asked to hoist the National Flag that day at 8 am and then…
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC An interesting discourse by Sri Radheswami: Imagine you plant a seed and water it everyday for the whole year. Nothing happens. How would one react? With disgust and anger? In China there is a type of bamboo tree which needs watering everyday for 5 years. Yes, you heard…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist In ancient India, the village fields did not belong to any single person. There was no concept of individual land holdings. The entire land of the village belonged to the village community. Therefore, the village was dedicated to a Goddess. She was said to be the…
Sir, This refers to the news item titled “Heavy water release from KRS Dam: Movement on historic Wellesley Bridge banned” in Star of Mysore dated Aug.10. Now this is what I call a heritage structure. I understand that we have a Committee which decides what is and what is not a heritage building or structure….
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