Hanagodu/Mysuru: The efforts of Forest Department officials and staff in taking measures to prevent forest fires at Nagarahole Tiger Reserve has paid with rich dividends. As there were no forest fire incidents, the National Park has earned a ‘zero fire spot’ tag. Since 10 years, there have been incidents of forest fires at various zones…
Mysore/Mysuru: Safaris at Bandipur Tiger Reserve and Nagarahole National Park have resumed today after a gap of 75 days. While there were no safaris early in the morning due to lack of visitors, officials were seen preparing for noon, afternoon and evening slots. Before the wildlife enthusiasts were allowed inside the safari jeeps, they were…
Chamarajanagar: A 50,000 litre capacity overhead water tank collapsed behind the Taluk Office at Bhagiratha Nagar in Chinnapura Moole here in the wee hours of yesterday. Luckily, no one was injured in the incident. The tank collapsed at about 3 am on to the ground and the water stored in the overhead tank flooded the…
Mandya: Horticulture and Sericulture Minister K.C. Narayanagowda, who is also Mandya District In-charge Minister, had a close shave when a boulder exploded very close to the car he was travelling near Bankapura in Nagamangala taluk of the District on Sunday. Narayanagowda was on way to his Constituency K.R.Pet travelling in his car on Bengaluru-Jalasuru road,…
Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that the people of the State support the Government’s plan to install the statues of Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar and Sir M.Visvesvaraya (MV) side by side in front of KRS Dam, Mysuru District Brahmin Association President D.T. Prakash has urged the Government not to backtrack from the plan for any reason. He was speaking…
Mysore/Mysuru: Taking cue from Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), the Mysuru Taluk administration has planned to launch ‘Swachhata’ cleanliness campaign in 20 Gram Panchayats (GPs) of the taluk. Mysuru Taluk Panchayat Executive Officer Krishnakumar told ‘Star of Mysore’ that the cleanliness campaign will be launched under the caption ‘Garbage-free Village’ in 20 of the 37 GPs…
Mysore/Mysuru: A Pourakarmika, who was engaged in cleaning an open drain at Maragowdanahalli in Bannur Police limits, died after slipping and falling into the drain on Saturday morning. The deceased is Murugan (38), who has been working as a Pourakarmika at Hanumanaalu Gram Panchayat since nine years. It is learnt that the drain was clogged…
Mysore/Mysuru: Replying to reporters on the sidelines of re-opening of Mysuru Zoo on privatisation of Pandavapura Sugar Factory, District Minister S.T. Somashekar said: “Though the Government had invested over Rs.400 crore on the factory, we were not getting expected result due to some or the other drawbacks and hence, the factory remained closed till now….
Mysore/Mysuru: A 23-year-old youth died after slipping from the third floor of the house at Kuvempunagar in the early hours of Sunday. The deceased is Shashi, a native of Hubballi. He was working as a cook with one Phanikumar, a catering contractor and was staying with two other workers at a room on the third…
Regional Transport Officer Yomakeshavappa of RTO (West) planting a sapling at RTO (West) premises in city on Friday as part of World Environment Day celebrations as Superintendent M. Kumar, B.N. Manjunath, Srinivas Mithra and Vajregowda look on. Cauvery Group of Institutions & Cauvery Heart & Multi-Speciality Hospital: The World Environment Day 2020 with the theme…
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