Officials red-faced as trees axed under their very nose Mysuru: The Forest Department, tasked to protect forest resources, is in an embarrassing situation, as thieves axed and made away with three sandalwood trees at Aranya Bhavan in Ashokapuram here right under the noses of Forest staff. The thieves, who entered the tightly guarded Aranya Bhavan,…
Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar, who is also the District Electoral Officer, has suspended a Polling Booth Officer assigned to a Polling Booth in Hunsur Assembly segment for showing negligence in the distribution of voter slips. Dhanraj, a teacher at Government Higher Primary School at Chilkunda in Hunsur taluk, is the one who has…
Mysuru: The Mysuru Election Officers have returned Rs.2 crore cash that was seized on Nov.28 at Manuganahalli Check-Post between Yelwal and Bilikere. Duty-bound Election Officers had intercepted a Bolero at the Check-Post on the way to Hunsur that is going to polls on Dec.5. On inspection, the officials found two huge bags. When they opened…
MCC to pay Rs. 25,200 to each of the 2,300 civic workers Mysuru: Even as the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) re-launched its breakfast scheme for Pourakarmikas on Nov.15, much to their joy, another action by the MCC has brought more cheer to the civic workers who toil hard for keeping the city clean. Soon the…
Mysuru: The distraught family of Abhishek Sudhesh Bhat from Kuvempunagar in city is set to leave for California in the US on Wednesday or Thursday. MP Pratap Simha took the initiative of getting the Passport and Visa to Abhishresti, the younger brother of deceased Abhishek. Speaking to Star of Mysore, Ramnath, a relative of Abhishek’s…
Mysuru: Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar, who is also the District Electoral Officer, said that all preparations have been made for the Hunsur by-poll on Dec.5. Addressing a press meet here yesterday, Abhiram G. Sankar said that the public campaign ends at 6pm on Tuesday (Dec.3) and the voting will take place from 7am…
Bengaluru: With public campaigning for the Dec.5 by-polls to 15 Assembly segments in the State coming to an end today, candidates from all the three major parties — BJP, Congress and JD(S), are making a last minute bid to woo the voters. Hunsur, K.R.Pet, Chikkaballapur, Hoskote, Mahalakshmi Layout, Yeshwanthpur, K.R.Puram, Shivajinagar, Vijayanagar-Hospet, Ranebennur, Hirekerur, Yellapur,…
Mysuru: Condemning the rape and murder of a veterinarian at Hyderabad, members of Karnataka Veterinarians Association, Mysuru District Unit and Gandhada Gudi Foundation staged a protest in front of Deputy Commissioner’s Office here this morning and demanded rigorous punishment for the four accused. Yesterday, Members of various organisations such as SC-ST Hitharakshana Vedike, Azad Hindu…
Chamarajanagar: The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed the bail plea of Immadi Mahadevaswamy, the prime accused in Sulwadi Maramma Temple food poisoning case in which at least 17 people died and over a hundred fell ill, after consuming poison laced ‘prasadam’ on Dec.14, 2018. As the High Court had rejected the bail plea of Mahadevaswamy, he…
Kushalnagar: Kushalnagar Police have arrested four fake ‘Sadhus’ who had duped a finance company owner and had made away with a mobile phone and cash from him. The arrested fake ‘Sadhus,’ said to be natives of Rajasthan, are Naganath, Mujurnath, Surabhnath and Umeshnath. The Police have seized a car besides confiscating various powders, which have…
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