Mysore/Mysuru: Amidst COVID-19, a mega e-adalat will be held across the State on Sept. 19, according to Justice Arvind Kumar, Executive Chairman, Karnataka State Legal Services Authority. Talking to reporters through video conference on Friday, he said that Karnataka is the first State to do it at a time when the country was gripped by…
Covishield clinical trial begins at JSS Hospital
August 29, 2020Mysuru District Hospital begins to issue COVID Death Certificates Mysore/Mysuru: The much-awaited clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccine – Covishield – developed by the University of Oxford began at JSS Hospital in city this morning. Pune-based Serum Institute of India partnered with AstraZeneca to manufacture the COVID-19 vaccine candidate. The volunteers received their first doses intramuscularly…
Rajnath Singh heaps praises on Suttur Mutt
August 29, 2020Defence Minister Rajnath Singh virtually inaugurates 105th Jayanti Mahotsava of Dr. Sri Shivarathri Rajendra Swamiji from New Delhi Mysuru/Mysore: Virtually inaugurating the Jagadguru Sri Veerasimhasana Mahasamsthana Mutt’s 23rd Peethadhipati Dr. Sri Shivarathri Rajendra Swamiji’s 105th Jayanti Mahotsava, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh praised the Suttur Mutt for offering food, education and social service. “The Mutt’s commitment…
Roadside sheds demolished at Manjunathapura
August 29, 2020Mysuru: In an early morning joint operation, officials of Karnataka Slum Development Board and Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) demolished unauthorised sheds that had come up along the main road passing through Manjunathapura, which is part of Gokulam Third stage. The officials are said to have demolished nearly a dozen sheds. Speaking to Star of Mysore,…
SSLC-PUC Examination Boards to be merged
August 29, 2020New Board to be known as ‘Prarthamika Shikshana Parishat’, says Minister Suresh Kumar Bengaluru: After a wait of over three years, a major rejig in the Examination Board of Secondary Education is in the offing. The proposed single examination board for Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) and Pre-University examinations (II PU) will finally be formed. …
B. Sharat is new Mysuru DC
August 29, 2020Abhiram G. Sankar transferred as ATI Joint Director Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government on Friday transferred Mysuru Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abhiram G. Sankar and appointed B. Sharat, who was serving as Kalaburagi Deputy Commissioner, in his place. Abhiram Sankar has been posted as the Joint Director of Administrative Training Institute (ATI) in Mysuru. An IAS Officer…
Takes charge as MUDA Chairman
August 29, 2020H.V. Rajeev plans to give a push for affordable Housing Schemes Mysore/Mysuru: Just hours after he was appointed by the Government as Chairman of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA)on Friday, senior BJP leader H.V. Rajeev took charge of the post at the MUDA Office on JLB road here last evening in the presence of District…
Dy.SP Ganapathy suicide: Special Court orders fresh case against Cong. MLA K.J. George
August 29, 2020Bengaluru: In a major setback for former Congress Minister and current MLA K.J. George, the Special Court for Legislators and Parliamentarians in Bengaluru yesterday ordered that a case be registered against him for his alleged role in the death of Dy.SP M.K. Ganapathy. The Court also ordered cases to be registered against two IPS officers…
District Hospital begins to issue COVID Death Certificates
August 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The process of issuing automated and printed death certificates for people who die of Coronavirus infection at the designated COVID-19 Hospital — District Hospital on KRS Road — has begun since yesterday and the relatives of the deceased can approach the Hospital for the death certificates. Till now the certificates were being issued manually…
Rs. 50 lakh compensation cheque given to Nanjangud THO’s family
August 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: District in-Charge Minister S.T. Somashekar handed over a cheque for Rs. 50 lakh to the family of Nanjangud Taluk Health Officer (THO) Dr. S.R. Nagendra, who had committed suicide on Aug. 20 allegedly due to work pressure. The Minister, accompanied by MLA S.A. Ramdas, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar (now transferred), MCC Commissioner Gurudatta…















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