Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to clarify on the inconsistency in the issuance of death certificates during COVID-19. The Bench quoted provisions under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, and directed the Government not to mention COVID-19 unnecessarily in the death certificates, when the cause of death is…
Temporary relief to Saraswathipuram 6th Main Road residents
August 7, 2020Corporator gets excavated mud removed from front of houses, assures of completing UGD works soon Mysore/Mysuru: Unscientific Underground Drainage (UGD) works, which had forcibly ‘quarantined’ the residents of Saraswathipuram 6th Main Road as they were unable to come out of their houses or even take out their vehicles for work or during emergencies, can now…
MUDA reclaims encroached land
August 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In an early morning operation on Wednesday, MUDA (Mysuru Urban Development Authority)officials reclaimed an encroached land worth about Rs. 40 lakh at Gokulam second stage in city. One Basavanna had illegally built a shed on a site (No.294) measuring 6.40 mts x 9.40 mts in Gokulam second stage and stayed in it for years….
Croc tension at Kushalnagar
August 7, 2020Kushalnagar: Three juvenile crocodiles were sighted on the banks of Cauvery River at Vivekananda Layout here causing some anxious moments. As River Cauvery is full due to rains, crocodiles are now being spotted on the river banks. Villagers said that there is a huge female crocodile in the river which had laid eggs on the…
MLA writes letter to CM seeking immediate medical care for critically ill COVID-19 patients
August 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Claiming that many critical COVID-19 patients have died due to lack of appropriate medical care, Congress MLA from N.R. Constituency Tanveer Sait has urged the State Government to take necessary measures for providing immediate medical care for COVID-19 patients. In a letter written to the Chief Minister on Aug.5, Sait said that the number…
Ek Bharat Shrest Bharat webinar for NCC cadets from Aug. 10 to 15
August 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Traditionally, 3 Karnataka Girls Bn NCC, under the aegis of NCC Group Mysuru, used to conduct the Ek Bharat Shrest Bharat (EBSB) Camp every year in Mysuru. However this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event is being organised as a webinar called ‘EK Bharat Shrest Bharat Saptah.’ The webinar will be held…
State Wakf Board Chief passes away
August 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Dr. Mohammed Yousuf (63), Chairman of Karnataka State Wakf Board passed away in the wee hours of today morning in Bengaluru. He leaves behind his wife, one daughter, one son and a host of relatives and friends. Namaz-e-Janaza was held at Masjid Muzzamil in Bengaluru this morning followed by the burial at the Muslim…
Five missing in midnight landslide at Talacauvery in Kodagu
August 6, 2020Madikeri: In a major midnight landslide at the holy place of Talacauvery in Kodagu District, five persons including the Chief Priest of Sri Cauvery Temple are missing. Due to incessant rains, a portion of the Brahmagiri Hill collapsed on two houses where the priests lived. The missing persons are T.S. Narayanachar (70), Talacauvery Temple Chief…
CFTRI to set up COVID Testing Laboratory
August 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: To support the Mysuru District Administration in its fight against Coronavirus, city-based Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) will set up an advanced COVID Testing Laboratory to scale up testing process. Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar told Star of Mysore that up to 300 samples per day can be tested in this lab….
August rain in Kodagu due to global warming: IISc. Scientist
August 6, 2020Kushalnagar: The earlier May-June-July monsoon in Kodagu has been delayed and rains are occurring only in the month of August-September since the last two years — and continuing this year — due to global warming and where changes to climate are happening, said Dr. T.V. Ramachandra, Coordinator, Energy and Wetlands Research Group (Centre for Ecological…















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