The Department of Social Welfare has invited online applications from Scheduled Caste (SC) students to avail cash incentives for scoring high marks in SSLC exam held during academic year 2024-25. The Department gives a cash incentive of Rs.7,000 to students who score 60 to 74.99% marks and Rs.15,000 marks for those who score 75% or…
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Painting and essay contests
June 2, 2025As part of World Environment Day on June 5, the Mysuru Regional Office of Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), in association with District Administration and Madilu Shikshana Mattu Grameenabhirvruddhi Samsthe, will be conducting painting and essay competitions for school children tomorrow. The competitions will take place at Kalamandira premises at 10 am on June…
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Ph.D awardees
June 2, 2025M. Mahadevaswamy has been awarded Ph.D in Kannada by the Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), Mysuru, for his thesis ‘Chamarajanagara Jilleya Tatvapadagala Bahumuki Nelegalu’ submitted under the guidance of Prof. D. Naganna. P. Pramod Kumar has been awarded Ph.D in Biochemistry by the University of Mysore (UoM), Mysuru, for his thesis ‘Dietary Intervention Studies of…
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Pratibha Puraskar
June 2, 2025The Mysuru City Gandhinagar Adi Karnataka Abhivruddhi Sangha, Mysuru, has invited applications from SC students from Gandhinagar (Ward 28), who have secured above 60% marks in SSLC and PUC Exams 2024-25 to present Pratibha Puraskar. Last date to apply is June 14. For details, contact Mob: 70196-12341 or 81050-82555.
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Weather monitoring network in disrepair: Most rain gauges in key districts defunct
June 1, 2025158 of 280 rain gauges not working in Mysuru; 56 of 104 in Kodagu; 109 of 243 in Mandya Kushalnagar: The South West Monsoon has arrived early in Karnataka, bringing heavy to very heavy rainfall across most regions. Yet, the State Government appears woefully unprepared, with over 3,533 of the 6,533 (54 percent) Telemetric Rain…
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Govt. promises repairs, but monsoon will pass before action
June 1, 2025Kushalnagar: Reacting to the widespread failure of Telemetric Rain Gauges (TRGs) across Gram Panchayats, Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) Director S. Honnamba told Star of Mysore that Revenue Minister Krishna Byregowda and the Principal Secretary of the Revenue Department recently conducted a comprehensive review of all TRGs and weather stations. The operational status…
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Echo of deaths in Mandya, Davangere : Police barred from random vehicle checks on roads
June 1, 2025Bengaluru: Karnataka Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG&IGP) Dr. M.A. Saleem has issued strict new guidelines directing Police personnel across the State to refrain from conducting random vehicle checks without valid reasons. In a circular dated Saturday, May 31, Dr. Saleem cited two recent incidents: On May 26 in Mandya, a toddler was…
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Hike in entry fee for Brindavan Garden from today
June 1, 2025Vehicle parking fee, toll charges also increased, as per State Govt. notification, says CNNL AEE Mysuru: The entry fee for Brindavan Garden attached to Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) dam in neighbouring Mandya district, has been revised effective from today (June 1). Assistant Executive Engineer of Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Limited (CNNL) Farooq Ahmed Abu told Star…
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Active Covid cases touch 238; schools told to buckle up
June 1, 2025Bengaluru: Following the spurt in active Covid-19 cases in the State, the schools have been hereby instructed by the State Government to grant leave for those students suffering from fever, cold and cough. Till yesterday (May 31), the active Covid cases in the State had touched 238, with the capital city Bengaluru alone reporting over…
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Man who climbed Nalwadi statue says it resembled his grandfather
June 1, 2025Mysuru: The man who climbed the iconic statue of Rajarishi Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar at Krishna Raja (K.R.) Circle told the Police that he believed the statue resembled his grandfather, prompting him to climb onto its shoulders. “He looked like my grandfather, so I sat on his shoulders,” said 36-year-old Shivamurthy, a resident of Doora in…
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