Mysore/Mysuru: With a heavy rain forecast, accompanied by thunder, lightning and gusty winds until May 19, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has initiated rain relief efforts across the city on an urgent basis. This includes clearing blocked drains, trimming dangerously dangling tree branches, removing dried branches, and addressing trees that have fallen due to previous…
New Delhi: The alumni of Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) in Pilani, Rajasthan, Anuradha and Prashanth Palakurthi (1978 batch), Sid Mookerji (Batch 1989) and Chaitanya Kalipatnapu (Batch 1998), have pledged one million dollars each to the BITS Endowment Fund, as announced in a press release from the institute. The Mookerji Foundation, established by…
Mysore/Mysuru: The repair works of cold storages at the mortuary of Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) that had gone defunct have finally begun. Following a report published in Star of Mysore dated May 9, 2024 under the headline “Dead Cold Chambers at Mortuary Raise A Stink,” Dean and Director of MMC&RI Dr. K.R….
Pandavapura: Two more accused have been arrested in the case of female foeticide racket that was busted at the staff quarters of Health and Family Welfare Department in Pandavapura, taking the total number of arrests made in the case to eight. In a swift operation, Pandavapura Police led by Circle Police Inspector Kumar and Sub-Inspector…
Mysore/Mysuru: B. Sudarshan has been appointed as Executive Director (Refinery) of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. (MRPL). He previously held the Group General Manager – Marketing Projects office and was head of MRPL’s Bengaluru Office. A native of Mysuru, Sudarshan is an alumnus of Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE). He has three decades of…
Mysore/Mysuru: M.S. Harshitha, a National Cadet Corps (NCC) cadet belonging to Land Army-1, Karnataka Battalion, has secured Gold Medal in the cultural competition organised on account of 75th Republic Day celebrations at New Delhi. A 2nd year BA student at SBRR Mahajana First Grade College, Harshitha is the daughter of N. Hemalatha, a computer operator…
Mysore/Mysuru: Chandrabhushan of the city has secured 123rd rank in Indian Forest Service (IFS) exam-2023 by UPSC. A BE (Civil) graduate with MBA (HR), Chandrabhushan, currently serving as Assistant Engineer at Karnataka Water Resources Department, is the son of H.S. Nagabhushana and Dr. M.S. Yashodha couple of Vijayanagar II Stage in Mysuru. Nagabhushana is a…
Mysore/Mysuru: A 15-day Special Drive of Revenue Services will be conducted to provide various services of Revenue Department in a speedy manner and to dispose off the pending cases under the purview of Village Administrative Officers (VAOs) in all the taluks of the district. This follows the directions of Deputy Commissioner (DC) on May 9…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD These days we find that almost all our cities have changed a lot from what they were until just a generation ago, with more and more people taking to congregating and eating late into the nights. But the restrictions and restraints that used to operate on the activities of…
Sir, I am writing to bring your attention to the Google Green Light Project, currently being implemented in Bengaluru and to request its introduction in Mysuru. The Google Green Light Project is a ground-breaking initiative by Google Research that leverages Artificial Intelligence (AI) to optimise traffic light timing at intersections. By reducing stop-and-go traffic, this…
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