Many houses have slant, hollow and cracked walls, roots protrude from foundations 463 houses built at Jamboor and Madenadu to be handed over on May 29 by CM Yediyurappa Mysore/Mysuru: This monsoon, the 2018 flood and landslide victims of Kodagu whose houses were washed away leaving hundreds of them homeless were hoping to start a…
‘Develop Lakes before Monsoon’
May 21, 2020RDPR Minister inspects Lakes, holds meeting at ZP Hall in city Out of 136 Lakes in Mysuru taluk, only 49 Lakes developed Mysore/Mysuru: “Give more importance to Lakes. Identify Lakes without water in the district and take steps to develop them before the onset monsoon,” said Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Minister K.S. Eshwarappa….
K.S. Eshwarappa slams Opposition for calling PM’s relief package bogus
May 21, 2020Meets Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji Mysore/Mysuru: Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister K.S. Eshwarappa slammed the Opposition for calling PM Modi’s relief package as bogus. He was addressing the media after seeking the blessings of Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji at Suttur Mutt here. The Minister arrived in city as part of…
City Engineering grad’s tryst with Snakes
May 21, 2020Rescues mother Russell’s viper along with 50 snake lets at Ranganakoppal near Bilikere Mysore/Mysuru: Be it a Spectacled Cobra, Rat Snake, Krait, Viper etc., the tryst with birds and snakes of a Mechanical Engineering graduate from city, rushes him to the spot to rescue them with the recent rescue of a mother Russell’s Viper along…
Rs.5,000 one-time financial incentive: Auto drivers demand relaxation in conditions
May 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A fortnight after Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa announced a Rs.1,610 crore relief package for the distressed working class during COVID-19 lockdown, auto drivers of the city have demanded relaxation in conditions set by the Government for getting Rs.5,000 one-time compensation under the package. Speaking to ‘Star of Mysore’, Mysuru Autorickshaw Drivers Association President M….
Migrants to get work under Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
May 21, 2020Bengaluru: Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has directed officials to provide jobs to migrant workers who have returned to their native villages from different parts of the State and country following COVID-19 lockdown, under the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. He was speaking at the progress review meeting of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Department at…
State allows sports activities to resume barring swimming, kabaddi and boxing
May 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government has now allowed sports activities barring swimming, kabaddi and boxing to resume in the State without spectators. Sports Minister C.T. Ravi said that the Government will take a decision on opening gyms and swimming pools after June 1. Sports Clubs are required to follow the safety guidelines including thermal screening, use…
220 migrant workers leave for Jharkhand, Uttarakhand from Mysuru
May 21, 2020KSRTC charges Rs. 300 per passenger to Bengaluru Mysore/Mysuru: After facing hardships for nearly two months following lockdown, 220 migrant workers left for their native Jharkhand and Uttarakhand from the city yesterday. District Administration and Labour Department had arranged seven Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) buses to ferry 220 migrant workers to Bengaluru, who…
Singer Nancy Nandita no more
May 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Well-known singer Nancy Nandita (38), daughter of singer late Renukumar, passed away on Tuesday following heart attack at Bengaluru. A resident of Gandhinagar’s Lurdnagar-Karunapura in Mysuru, she had been to Bengaluru to attend a relative’s marriage. She leaves behind her husband Samuel Dev Nesan, daughters Angel Maria, Ann Maria and Ansila Maria and a…
Tirumala Temple to sell laddus at 50% discount
May 21, 2020Rs.1.97 crore e-Hundi collection in April 2020 Tirupati: With uncertainty continuing as to when the darshan will resume, Sri Venkateswara Temple authorities yesterday decided to sell ‘Tirupati laddu Prasadam’ or the sacred offering among devotees at 50 percent discount across Andhra Pradesh and in the State capitals of neighbouring States. The laddu, weighing 175 gm,…















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