Mysore/Mysuru: B. Rohini, a Doctoral research scholar of Food Engineering Department at the Mysuru-based CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR-CFTRI), has won third prize under Ph.D category in the ‘Augmenting writing skills for articulating research (AWSAR)’ award. AWSAR is a National level competition for Popular Science story writing organised at the National level by the…
Child sale racket thrives unabated in Mysuru
March 7, 2023Poverty-stricken woman sells three-month-old girl child to a couple in Tamil Nadu; case booked Nanjangud: Less than a year after the Mysuru Police busted a child sale racket in Nanjangud, H.D. Kote and Holenarasipur where babies were rescued from the illegal adoptive parents, the gang still thrives. Though arrests are made, there have been repeated…
Transport Corporations staff to launch indefinite stir from Mar. 24
March 7, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Seeking fulfillment of their long standing and just demands, workers and staff of all the four State-run Road Transport Corporations (KSTRC, NWKRTC, KKRTC, BMTC) will launch an indefinite stir from Mar. 24. Speaking to Star of Mysore, KSRTC Staff and Workers Union Mysuru District Convenor C.D. Vishwanath said that thousands of KSRTC workers staged…
Man befriends woman on FB, swindles Rs. 25 lakh
March 7, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A man allegedly befriended a 36-year-old divorcee woman on Facebook (FB), later blackmailed and swindled Rs. 25 lakh from her, besides carrying out a murder attempt on the woman’s son recently. Following a complaint from the woman, Kuvempunagar Police have booked a case against the accused, identified as Sumanth, his girlfriend (name not known)…
Sale of duplicate cigarettes: Case registered against 4 shop ownersworking
March 7, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Devaraja and Mandi Police have registered separate cases against shop owners on charges of selling fake cigarettes of ITC company. On Mar. 3, M.K. Shivakumaraswamy, Manager of ITC company in Bengaluru, arrived in city along with others and went to a store in Shivarampet in the guise of customers and found duplicate cigarettes of…
Student submits fake marks card for cash prize
March 7, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A girl student created a fake marks card and submitted the same along with an application for the special cash prize given by the Social Welfare Department. The Department gives Rs. 25,000 cash prize to SC/ST students for scoring high marks and the girl student, studying in Yuvaraja’s College, had submitted a copy of…
Shab-e-Barath in city this evening
March 7, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Muslim brethren will be celebrating Shab-e-Barath (Night of Forgiveness) in city this evening. Special prayers will be offered at various Mosques by men the whole night while women will pray at home for their welfare and for the departed souls. Muslim brethern will visit graveyards at midnight and offer floral tribute. NamazIsha prayers have…
Suyog Women’s Health Club inauguration tomorrow
March 7, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Chairman of Suyog Hospital Dr. S.P. Yoganna has said that ‘Suyog Women’s Health Club will be inaugurated at the hospital, as part of International Women’s Day on Mar. 8.’ Addressing media persons at PatrakartharaBhavana in the city yesterday, he said ‘a group of like-minded women held a meeting and have constituted the Club at…
Registration mandatory for dog breeding
March 7, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The Member-Secretary of Karnataka Animal Welfare Board in a press release has informed that those individuals, institutions, local bodies engaged in dog breeding, selling or pet shop activities must compulsorily register under Karnataka Animal Welfare Board’s Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act — Dog Breeding and Cattle Market Rules 2017 and Prevention of Cruelty…
RTO among three booked for helping to sell luxury car hypothecated to Bank
March 7, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Cases have been registered against three persons including the Bengaluru West Regional Transport Officer (RTO) for helping to sell a luxury car which was hypothecated to a Bank. T. Madhumohan, a resident of J.P. Nagar in Bengaluru, had obtained a loan of Rs. 41.25 lakh from Bank of Baroda in Mysuru on Mar. 15,…
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