Mysore/Mysuru: In a sudden move, the State Government on Wednesday appointed senior IAS Officer Dr. G. C. Prakash as the new Regional Commissioner (RC) of Mysuru Revenue Division. He will also function as the Special Officer monitoring COVID-19 tackling measures in all the eight districts of Mysuru Division —- Mysuru, Mandya, Hassan, Chamarajanagar, Kodagu, Dakshina…
Mysore/Mysuru: Citing lack of boarding and lodging facilities for lecturers from other districts at the State capital Bengaluru, where evaluation of Science stream papers will commence from tomorrow (June 5), Science lecturers have decided to boycott evaluation work. Speaking to ‘Star of Mysore’ this morning, Karnataka State PU College Lecturers Association, Mysuru District President Yogananda…
Chamarajanagar: Ten labourers, who had entered Chamarajanagar from Tamil Nadu (TN) without permission, have been put under quarantine. They were working at a granite factory near Badanaguppe village in the taluk and have been quarantined at a hostel from Tuesday night. These labourers had entered Chamarajanagar by hoodwinking the officials and without obtaining permission from…
Mysore/Mysuru: A Land Surveyor of the taluk was trapped by ACB (Anti-Corruption Bureau) Police when he was accepting bribe from a person at his office yesterday. Surveyor Harish, serving at Mysuru Taluk Office, had demanded a bribe of Rs.5,000 for issuing 11(A) land map to one Siddaraju of Talur in Jayapura Hobli, following which Siddaraju…
Mysore/Mysuru: Cracking the whip on Government servants who display official apathy, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar on Wednesday suspended two Labour Inspectors of the city on charges of dereliction of duty. Senior Labour Inspectors R. Ravi (Circle No.1) and Nikhil Chandra (Circle No.2) are the ones who are suspended. The two, who were appointed as…
Pregnant woman, her mother test positive in Bengaluru; now shifted to Hospital Ramakrishnanagar G-Block and surrounding areas sealed, disinfectants sprayed Mysore/Mysuru: Several districts of Karnataka have a common tale of woe: They are unable to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic due to migration of people from Maharashtra — those coming from Mumbai and Pune….
25-member NDRF team lands in hilly district; to conduct mock drills in vulnerable areas Madikeri: With only a few hours left for the onset of monsoon as per the forecast by Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the Kodagu District Administration, which battled two devastating floods and landslips in the last two years, is leaving little to…
How can Rajarishi Nalwadi’s and Sir M. Visvesvaraya’s statues be treated equally, questions Historian Mysore/Mysuru: The ongoing project of constructing life-size statues of Rajarishi Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar, the patron and the financier of Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam and Sir M. Visvesvaraya (Sir MV), Wadiyar’s Dewan and the Chief Engineer who built the Dam at…
Seized bananas fed to Palace elephants Mysore/Mysuru: Following complaints to the Deputy Commissioner and Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner by the residents that the vehicles of illegal banana traders were causing traffic snarls on Ane Sarot Street near Boti Bazaar, the MCC authorities yesterday evicted them from the road. As there were problems in maintaining…
Mysore/Mysuru: After a long delay due to COVID-19 induced lockdown, the SSLC exams are now scheduled to be held from June 25 to July 4. With the State Government mooting to start revision classes online for the SSLC students, many educational institutions have already begun online classes to their wards. In Mysuru too, exam-oriented online…
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