Cabinet decides to privatise their management through tenders in each taluk Bengaluru: The State Cabinet has decided to outsource the management of water dispensing ATMs to private agencies to ensure 24×7 availability of safe drinking water to people. It is also decided to have a smart card-based system for drinking water ATMs. Speaking to…
Huchayyanakatte bursts into glory, people flock to feel the cascading chill
June 9, 2019Temporary waterfall caused in Chamarajanagar as Government releases water to fill Lakes Chamarajanagar: A waterfall arising out of an overflowing tank in Chamarajanagar is drawing people in hordes. Searing heat in the region has made people rush into the waterfall and immerse themselves in cool cascading waters. And they love every moment of it. As…
English Sound & Light Show at Mysore Palace receives overwhelming response
June 9, 2019Mysuru: The Sound and Light Show (Son et lumiere) in English organised by Mysore Palace Board for the first time at the Palace for the benefit of visitors and tourists received an overwhelming response on the first day (June 6). Speaking to Star of Mysore, Deputy Director of Mysore Palace Board T.S. Subramanya said as…
MCC to survey mass wet waste generation points
June 9, 2019Mysuru: With timely and appropriate disposal of all sorts of wet waste and garbage posing a daunting challenge to the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), the Civic Body will embark on conducting a survey of hotels, lodges, hostels, marriage halls, industries etc., on the generation of wet waste at those points. Mysuru, which a few years…
Annual St. Antony’s Feast at Dornahalli on June 13
June 9, 2019K.R. Nagar: The Annual Feast of St. Antony, popularly known as Dornahalli Jathra, will be celebrated at St. Antony’s Shrine in Dornahalli here on June 13. Lakhs of devotees descend on Dornahalli every year to participate in this Feast. Display of fire-crackers and dance performances have been organised as part of the celebrations. People not…
‘Bail out public sector BSNL from deep financial crisis’
June 9, 2019Extended National Executive Committee meeting held in city Mysuru: General Secretary of National Federation of Telecom Employees (NFTE- BSNL) and Trade Union leader Chandeshwara Singh has urged the Union Government to bail out public sector telecom entity Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) from its financial and management crisis. He was speaking at the Extended National…
Minister assures to address problems of small-scale electrical contractors
June 9, 2019Mysuru: Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh has assured to look into the problems of small-scale electrical contractors. He was speaking after receiving a memorandum from the contractors at the District-level convention of them organised by Karnataka State Licensed Electrical Contractors Association at MMC&RI Platinum Jubilee Hall here yesterday. The contractors alleged that the government was opting…
Leopard trapped near Srirangapatna
June 9, 2019Mysuru: A leopard was trapped in Kodiyala village of Srirangapatna taluk in Mandya district this morning. The feline, a 4-year-old male, was repeatedly spotted in the outskirts of Kodiyala village, following which the Forest officials placed a cage at a farmland in the village neighbourhood. The leopard is said to have walked into the trap…
KPSC exam: 13,000 candidates appear, 5,000 absent
June 9, 2019Mysuru: Over thirteen thousand candidates appeared today for the written test conducted by Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) for appointment to FDA (First Division Assistant) posts in Judicial Departments, at 37 centres across the city. A total of 18,906 candidates had registered at Mysuru City Centres, out of which 13,611 appeared for the exam, while…
Hit-and-Run case: Gonikoppal Gram Panchayat Member succumbs to injuries
June 9, 2019Gonikoppal: A Gonikoppal Gram Panchayat Member, who had suffered serious injuries in a hit-and-run incident at Harishchandrapur in Gonikoppal in Kodagu last night and admitted to a hospital in Mysuru, has succumbed to injuries this morning. The deceased is A.S. Khaleemulla (44), proprietor of Sahara Engineering Works at Harishchandrapur. He was also a Congress leader…
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