Wife remanded to 14 days’ judicial custody; daughter in NIMHANS for mental evaluation Bengaluru: The high-profile murder case of retired Karnataka Director General of Police (DGP) Om Prakash has been transferred to the Central Crime Branch (CCB), which will formally take over the investigation from Tuesday. Bengaluru Police Commissioner B. Dayananda has directed that the…
Mysuru: Chamaraja MLA K. Harishgowda yesterday undertook a padayatra in Tilaknagar, coming under his Constituency and received grievances from the residents. Most of the residents complained about disruption in water supply severely inconveniencing the consumers, with no alternative measures taken to supply drinking water in tanker. The Underground Drainage (UGD) line is also damaged often…
Mysuru: In a bid to improve the quality of food served under the mid-day meal scheme, the Department of School Education and Literacy has issued strict guidelines to ensure cleanliness and hygiene in school kitchens. Headmasters, headmistresses and School Development and Monitoring Committee (SDMC) members have been directed to personally verify food quality before serving…
Mysuru: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) officials raided the shops selling paneer (panneer) in the city and collected the samples for test, following the complaints of selling spurious and sub-standard food ingredient. Union Minister for Consumer Affairs Pralhad Joshi, had recently flagged concerns about the selling of paneer that are of…
Mysuru: Renowned agri-scientist Dr. Vasanth Kumar Thimakapura of Mysuru has been granted a patent for his revolutionary plant-based product ‘POWER PLUS’ — a major milestone in the fight against viral diseases in crops, especially the devastating Papaya Ring Spot Virus (PRSV). This announcement comes six years after Star of Mysore first reported on the pioneering…
Mysuru: Residents of Yaraganahalli, Raghavendranagar, Kalyangiri, Shakthinagar, Siddarthanagar and surrounding areas have raised serious concerns over a hazardous 200-metre stretch of Dr. Rajkumar Road — from Yaraganahalli Circle to Cauvery Circle — which remains un-asphalted and riddled with potholes. The damaged stretch is causing immense inconvenience to both motorists and pedestrians. The road, which connects…
Mysuru: Vaccination and training camp for Haj pilgrims was held at R.K. Palace near P&T Quarters at Udayagiri in city yesterday. The pilgrims from Mysuru, Mandya, Chamarajanagar and Kodagu districts were selected by Karnataka State Haj Committee through lottery system. The camp was inaugurated by Chairman of Karnataka State Haj Committee Zulfikhar Ahmed. District Health…
Mysuru: In a series of coordinated operations, Mysuru City Police have arrested six individuals involved in illegal cricket betting at various locations across the city. Mobile phones used for placing bets have been seized from the accused. In the first case, the City Crime Branch (CCB) arrested a youth who was allegedly engaged in online…
Mysuru: Raising alarm over the rapid depletion of water resources due to unchecked urbanisation, former Irrigation Department Engineer H. Ramesh cautioned that Mysuru could face a severe water crisis within the next 15 years if immediate measures are not taken to use water judiciously. He was speaking at a workshop on ‘Rainwater Harvesting and Plumbing…
kodavasamajamysuru.com Mysuru: The Mysuru Kodava Samaja officially launched its new website, https://kodavasamajamysuru.com/ at a programme held at the Samaja premises in Vijayanagar First Stage, Mysuru, recently. The new website, a first for the Samaja, was the brainchild of President Ponjanda A. Ganapathy. His son, Ponjanda Gyan Ponnappa, conceptualised, designed, developed and hosted the website entirely…
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