Mysore/Mysuru: The Department of Nutrition & Dietetics, Faculty of Life Sciences, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, is organising a two-day National webinar and Infographic Competition on June 28 and 29 on the theme ‘Food Safety: Everyone’s Business’ from 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm to commemorate World Food Safety Day-2021. The…
BJP State Vice-President M. Rajendra bereaved
June 27, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: R. Padmavathi (55), wife of BJP State Vice-President, former Mysuru Hotel Owners Association President and Karnataka Pradesh Hotel and Restaurants Association M. Rajendra, passed away at a private hospital in Bengaluru this morning. A resident of Kuvempunagar in city, she leaves behind her husband, one daughter, son-in-law, grandchildren and a host of relatives and…
UK Health Secretary quits for flouting COVID norms
June 27, 2021London: British Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Saturday tendered resignation after admitting that he broke COVID social distancing guidelines during an alleged affair with his colleague. “We owe it to people who have sacrificed so much in this pandemic to be honest when we have let them down as I have done by breaching the…
Lockdown Relaxed
June 26, 2021Mysuru moved to Category II —District with Case Positivity Rate between 5 and 10 % Essential purchase allowed on all days till 2 pm KSRTC to operate with 50% capacity from June 28 Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru, which for long was a Category III district with the Case Positivity Rate (CPR) of more than 10 percent, has…
Aadhaar to be mandatory for booking train tickets online
June 26, 2021New Delhi: In an attempt to fend off touts and illegal ticket booking agents who use software to make bulk or block reservations, Indian Railways is working to make passport and Aadhaar card details mandatory at the time of online booking through the Indian Railway Catering Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) website. Instead of simply logging in…
Mysuru-Chamarajanagar passenger train service resumes
June 26, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The passenger train service between Mysuru and Chamarajanagar, which was suspended following the enforcement of COVID lockdown a couple of months ago, has resumed. On Friday, the first day of the resumption, just about 45 passengers travelled from Mysuru to Chamarajanagar in the train that left the city at 12.30 pm. The train on…
MCC nets Rs. 47.31 cr. through online property tax collection
June 26, 20215 percent rebate extended till July 31 Mysore/Mysuru: Amidst the COVID-19 crisis, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has so far collected Rs. 47.31 crore property tax this financial year, with 54,091 property owners making the payment online. MCC Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) Dr. Nagaraj told Star of Mysore that as per the MCC records, there are…
Release June, July quantum of water to Tamil Nadu
June 26, 2021Cauvery Water Management Authority directs Karnataka Chennai: A meeting of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) yesterday directed the Karnataka Government to release the June and July monthly stipulated quantum of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu for Kuruvai paddy cultivation. At a virtual meeting, State PWD Additional Chief Secretary Dr. Sandeep Saxena urged the CWMA…
‘Release water to VC Canal’
June 26, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha President Badagalapura Nagendra urged the Government to release water from Krishanaraja Sagar (KRS) Dam to VC Canal in Mandya district. Addressing reporters here, he said that water was released into the Canal for agricultural activities even when the water level was 74 feet. Now, the water level in the dam…
Congress launches Statewide Outreach Campaign to gather data of Covid-affected people
June 26, 2021Bengaluru: Karnataka Congress on Thursday launched a Statewide ‘Outreach Campaign’ with an objective to provide relief to the people affected by COVID-19 and to collect data regarding the same. KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar said, “Through this campaign, the party aims at providing relief especially to those who have kept essential services running but are not…
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