DC opens new facility at K.R. Hospital Lab Rs. 1 crore automated ‘Liquid Handling System’ can conduct 1,200 tests per day Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government has supplied the much-needed ‘Liquid Handling System’ medical equipment to Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) that will help in giving early results for RT-PCR COVID-19 test. Deputy Commissioner…
All District Hospitals to get Post-covid care and Rehab Centres: Dr. Sudhakar
November 7, 2020Recovered patients under scanner Bengaluru: Health and Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar has said that the State Government has decided to open Post-COVID Care and Rehabilitation Centres in all District Hospitals soon. Talking to media after chairing a meeting with members of Technical Advisory Committee and experts here recently, he said there is a…
Electrical contractors stage protest in front of CESC office
November 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Urging CESC (Chamundeshwari Electrical Supply Corporation) to cancel the multi-crore tender process and to allot works on piece-work contract to local contractors after splitting the tender, electrical contractors, under the banner of Karnataka State Licenced Electrical Contractors Association, staged a demonstration in front of the CESC Head office in Vijayanagar Second Stage here yesterday….
MDJA elections held: Results this evening
November 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The polling to elect the new office-bearers and Executive Committee of Mysuru District Journalists Association (MDJA) for a three-year term (2020-23) ended at 2 pm today. The polling took place at Pathrakartara Bhavan near Akkana Balaga School on Thyagaraja Road in city. A total of 343 members of the Association, including 216 from the…
Road cuttings, huge craters endanger lives of motorists
November 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Which Department of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) must repair roads cut to lay water, underground telephone or power lines? An enquiry done by Star of Mysore with various Departments of the Corporation revealed that it was none of their job but simply indulged in blame game. Any individual or Government agency has to take…
Power disruption tomorrow
November 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Owing to emergency maintenance works at Power Receiving Centre and Power Distribution Centre, power supply will be disrupted tomorrow between 10 am and 5 pm in the following areas: Hootagalli Power Receiving Centre: Surrounding areas of Automotive Axle, Rane Madras Road, Hootagalli Industrial area, Old Lunars, Theorem, Spectra Pipes, Varsha Cable, L&T, Sriram Engineers,…
Srirangapatna Police arrest six for murder of rowdy-sheeter
November 7, 2020Srirangapatna: A fortnight after a rowdy-sheeter was brutally hacked to death by a group of miscreants near Ranganathittu Cross on Srirangapatna-Belagola Road, the Police have cracked the murder with the arrest of six culprits on Friday. The arrested have been identified as Sathyanarayana alias RX, a resident of Gosegowda Street in Srirangapatna town, Bharath Kumar…
Land grabbing and encroachments: MUDA to form Task Force
November 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In an attempt to stop illegal acts such as land grabbing and encroachments, the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), at its Council Meeting held yesterday, decided to constitute a Task Force to safeguard all its properties and land holdings. MUDA Chairman H.V. Rajeev said that it has been found that MUDA lands have been…
Home Minister moots formation of exclusive SDRF Unit for Mysuru-Kodagu districts
November 7, 2020Madikeri: Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that as Mysuru and Kodagu districts are repeatedly facing natural calamities over the past few years, it has been decided to form a SDRF (State Disaster Response Force) unit that is specific to the two districts. He was speaking to press persons after holding a meeting at Kodagu SP…
Senior Journalist ends life at Chamarajanagar
November 7, 2020Chamarajanagar: Reportedly depressed over his failing health, a 52-year-old senior journalist ended his life by consuming pesticide here yesterday. Suresh (52), who was working for a private TV Channel as Chamarajanagar district reporter and was residing at Doddarayapete in the taluk, is the deceased. Suresh was said to be suffering from chronic lung ailments and…
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