Mysore/Mysuru: Continuing their drive against COVID lockdown offenders, Mysuru City Police, who conducted checking drives on May 30 and 31, June 1 and 2, have seized a total of 916 vehicles which were found flouting the guidelines to initiate legal action. Among the seized vehicles are 780 two-wheelers, 121 cars, 11 auto-rickshaws and four other…
Excise Department takes measures to curb illicit liquor
June 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Excise Department has taken measures to curb storage, transportation and sale of illicit liquor in the district. In a press release, the Deputy Commissioner of Excise said that despite lockdown and semi-lockdown in force in several States, the illicit liquor tragedy in a Uttar Pradesh village, which claimed the lives of at least…
Unidentified man dies in road accident
June 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: An unidentified man, who was crossing the Irwin Road, was killed on the spot when an unidentified vehicle rammed into him and sped away. The incident took place between 1.30 pm and 12 midnight on June 2. The man was crossing Irwin Road near K.R. Hospital bus shelter when a speeding vehicle coming from…
Can COVID be detected through sound? Yes, say IISc scientists
June 3, 2021New Delhi: A team of Scientists from the Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), Bengaluru, have claimed that it was possible to detect COVID that too with 93 percent accuracy by using acoustics and symptoms. The team was in the process to submit the results of research to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for…
KASSIA thanks for resuming supply of oxygen for MSME industries
June 3, 2021Bengaluru: Karnataka Small Scale Industries Association (KASSIA) has thanked the Home Ministry for acceding to its request to resume supply of oxygen for MSMEs and continuous process industries such as furnaces, refineries, steel, aluminium, copper processing plants, exporters in manufacturing sector requiring oxygen for production and food processing units. In a statement here on Wednesday,…
Takes charge as NHRC Chairman
June 3, 2021New Delhi: Retired Supreme Court Judge Justice Arun Kumar Mishra on Wednesday took over as the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). He had retired from the Apex Court in September last year. Justice Mishra enrolled as a lawyer in 1978. He was elected youngest Chairperson of Bar Council of India in 1998-99….
Mysuru District COVID-19 War Room Report: June 2, 2021
June 2, 2021COVID-19 Positive Cases Analysis of Mysuru District as on 02/06/2021 | 8:00 PM.
High Court annuls election of Mayor Rukmini Madegowda as Corporator: Election for new Mayor on June 11
June 2, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A week after the Karnataka High Court annulled the election of Mysuru Mayor Rukmini Madegowda as an MCC Corporator, the city is going for a fresh Mayoral polls on June 11. Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, MCC Commissioner Shilpa Nag said that the MCC received a copy of the Karnataka High Court…
Be Warned – Lose licence if you break COVID guidelines: Police Commissioner
June 2, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With reports of non-essential commodities shops too opened on Monday last in violation of strict COVID guidelines, City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta has warned that the Trade Licence of such shops will be suspended for a month if they are found open tomorrow (Thursday) in violation of guidelines. Due to rising COVID caseload in…
Oxygen buses breathe life into COVID patients
June 2, 2021After meeting city’s requirements, oxygen-on-wheels to move to Taluks Mysore/Mysuru: Oxygen on wheels is the new reality and the six oxygen-on-wheels (buses converted into vehicles carrying Liquid Medical Oxygen) are doing yeomen service to the city by ensuring that the life-saving gas reaches the patient on time and at any hour of the day. Now,…















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