Kollegal: The Directorate of Municipal Administration has suspended Kollegal City Municipal Council (CMC) Commissioner Nagashetty on charges of illegally issuing e-Property (e-Swathu) certificates after splitting a single site into smaller ones by using the Digital Key (password) even after he was transferred from the CMC. Nagashetty, who was posted as Kollegal CMC Commissioner last year,…
Congress wins Nanjangud TAPCMS polls
November 9, 2020Nanjangud: The Congress bagged power in Nanjangud TAPCMS (Taluk Agricultural Produce Co-operative Marketing Society) in the polls held here on Saturday. The Congress won 12 out of the 13 seats in both A and B category, while the BJP managed just one seat and the group led by former Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa drew a…
Ph.D awardees
November 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The University of Mysore (UoM) has awarded Ph.D in Computer Science to Pedakolmi Venkateswarlu for his thesis ‘Spectral Domain Characterisation of Genome Sequences’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. E.G. Rajan. Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belagavi, has awarded Ph.D in Electrical and Electronics Engineering to N. Jagadisha for his thesis ‘Electrical Discharge Plasma Based…
War Room Warriors
November 8, 2020Four-member team streamlining Corona management Recovered patients call warriors to say ‘Dhanyavad’ Details of bed availability at the touch of a button By Shyam Sundar Vattam Mysore/Mysuru: They work silently behind the scenes to defeat an invisible enemy called COVID-19 which has shaken the entire world. Had the Mysuru District Administration not set up the…
Post-Dasara COVID restrictions: Palace illumination suspended
November 8, 2020No Sound and Light Show too Mysore/Mysuru: Are you planning to go to city to enjoy the illumination of Mysore Palace? Then it is better to drop your idea as the authorities of Mysore Palace Board have decided to suspend the Palace illumination on every Sundays and public holidays till further orders in the wake…
CM gives nod for merger of four GPs into MCC fold
November 8, 20202 GPs to be upgraded as City Municipalities Mysore/Mysuru: Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has given his consent for the much-awaited merger of four Gram Panchayats (GPs) — Srirampura, Bogadi, Chamundi Hill and Hinkal — into Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) limits. Besides, permission has been given to upgrade Koorgalli and Kadakola GPs as City Municipalities. A…
Joe elected as US President, Kamala VP
November 8, 2020Washington: Democrat Joe Biden has been chosen as the 46th President of the United States of America, after defeating President and Republican Donald Trump in a closed US Presidential polls. Biden said he was humbled by the trust America had placed in him and reached out to those Americans who did not vote for him….
State Rajyotsava award conferred
November 8, 2020Bengaluru: Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa conferred this year’s Kannada Rajyotsava award, given by the Government of Karnataka, on 65 eminent personalities of the State at a ceremony held at Ravindra Kalakshetra in the State Capital yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, Yediyurappa said that Kannada should be given the first priority in the State and the…
S.T. Ravikumar elected as MDJA President
November 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: S.T. Ravikumar (RK), Chief reporter of Star of Mysore and its sister publication Mysuru Mithra, was newly-elected as the President of Mysuru District Journalists Association (MDJA) in the elections held yesterday for the term 2020-23. RK defeated his only rival C.M. Kirankumar by a huge margin of 110 votes. While RK bagged 220 votes,…
Can’t prosecute Upper Caste person just because complainant is from SC/ST: Apex Court
November 8, 2020New Delhi: The Supreme Court has opined that a person belonging to an upper caste can’t be deprived of exercising their legal rights just because their opponent happens to be a member of the SC/ST community. “Offence under the SC/ST Act is not established merely on the fact that the informant is a member of…















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