Jockey Quarters Policemen demand mass COVID tests to ward off fear All 58 Policemen in contact with Nanjangud positive case test negative Mysore/Mysuru: In view of 22 positive cases reported yesterday and the total number of positive cases reaching 220, the Mysuru District Administration has declared 16 Containment Zones across the district. They are Paparam…
Rs. 4 crore water tax collected after lockdown
June 26, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: After lockdown, the Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW), the water supply arm of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has collected water tax worth Rs. 4 crore from March 2020. The tax collection process has been speeded up to generate revenues, said VVWW Executive Engineer P. Nagaraja Murthy. Speaking to ‘Star of Mysore,’ he said…
Water Theme Park to come up on KRS Road near Vani Vilas Water Works
June 26, 2020A tribute to Rajamate Kempananjammanni Vani Vilasa Sannidhana Mysore/Mysuru: A Water Theme Park with a statue of Mysuru’s First Rajamate Kempananjammanni Vani Vilasa Sannidhana will come up on KRS Road near Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW) opposite CFTRI compound. The Theme Park will be established by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and tenders have been…
NITI Aayog lauds city lecturer for feeding stray dogs during lockdown
June 26, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As a countrywide lockdown was imposed to contain the spread of Coronavirus, many noble people stepped forward to help and feed the distressed public. But a city-based lecturer displayed her Good Samaritan spirit by feeding stray dogs and not let them starve at the time when these speechless creatures are left with no source…
Plant fruit and flower saplings in Parks, Highways: MP
June 26, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Stating that nurturing is more important than the number in the planting of saplings, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha said that the Forest Department officials should concentrate more on saving our ecology and environment by planting of fruit-bearing and flowering plants in Parks and also along the Highways and other roads. He was presiding over…
Include Kodavas in ST list of Constitution: CNC
June 26, 2020Delegation meets Justice H.N. Nagamohan Das One-man Commission Madikeri: Members of Codava National Council (CNC) led by its President Nandineravanda U. Nachappa recently met Scheduled Caste Welfare Department and Justice H.N. Nagamohan Das Commission in Bengaluru urging him to include Kodava tribe in the ST list of the Constitution. The meeting took place at Yavanika,…
Voluntary lockdown in Hunsur from 3 pm to 7 am; Sundays fully closed
June 26, 2020Kodagu too fixes trade timings from 6 am till 2 pm every day; Sunday shut Hunsur/ Madikeri: As the dreaded Coronavirus is rapidly spreading its tentacles in both city and rural areas, people are coming forward to voluntarily shut shop or a voluntary lockdown without depending on the Government to officially declare a lockdown. The…
A Comprehensive Plan on the anvil for Development of Fisheries: Minister
June 26, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Minister for Muzrai, Fisheries and Inland Water Transport Kota Srinivas Poojari said that the Government was working on a Comprehensive Plan for the development of Fisheries, both in the Coastal region and Inland areas. Speaking to presspersons after holding a progress review meeting of the Departments coming under his Ministry at the Regional Commissioner’s…
Amendments to Land Reforms Act is shocking: Former Minister
June 26, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: “The State Government’s decision to amend the Karnataka Land Reforms Act is a shocking development,” said former Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa. Addressing a press meet at Congress Bhavan near City Railway Station yesterday, Dr. Mahadevappa said that the people, who are recovering from the flood damage, were now living in a state of fear…
CBSE’s 10th, 12th exam cancellation welcomed
June 26, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The decision by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to cancel the remaining Class 10 and Class 12 exams has been welcomed by CBSE, ICSE & State Board Private School Managements Association (CISPMAM), Mysuru President Sudhakar Shetty. The CBSE Board told the Supreme Court yesterday that the scheme has been set up where…















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