Mysore: Heeding to the rules laid down by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), the Forest Department will be shifting the safari and other tourism activities from inside the Bandipur forest to Melukamanahalli Gate and the safari will function from the new location from June 2. Speaking to Star of Mysore, Bandipur Project Tiger Director…
MLA’s protest with cows against MCC
May 15, 2019Mysuru: Accusing the MCC of being apathetic in addressing civic issues, KR BJP MLA S.A. Ramdas, supported by a host of associations and organisations, staged a day-long demonstration in front of the MCC office here today. Ramdas brought nearly a dozen cows to the venue to register his protest. Alleging that the MCC had failed…
Mango and Jackfruit Mela in city from May 24
May 15, 2019Mysore: The Department of Horticulture is organising the annual Mango and Jackfruit Mela from May 24 to 28 at Curzon Park premises in city. Last year, the Mela was held from June 1 and 5 where 70 to 80 tonnes of Mango and 4 to 5 tonnes of Jackfruit were sold and over 10,000 people…
Rs. 130 crore to remove silt from Harangi Dam
May 15, 2019Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Limited prepares DPR to remove 1 tmcft silt accumulated over the years Mysore: Over one tmcft (one thousand million cubic feet) of silt has accumulated at Harangi Dam in Kodagu, the main Cauvery water supply reservoir from the catchment areas to Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam in Mandya, the lifeline of South…
GP Polls: Liquor sales banned till May 31
May 15, 2019Mysuru: With the Model Code of Conduct coming into force in the limits of 13 Gram Panchayats (GPs) in the district for which by-polls are being held at the end of this month, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar, who is also the District Magistrate, has banned sale of liquor in Poll-bound GP limits from May…
Attempt to hack website of Mysore University
May 15, 2019Staff prevents hacking, restores website Mysuru: The staff of Computer Science Department, University of Mysore (UoM), who became alert after receiving an alert call about attempts being made to hack the Varsity website, prevented the hacking and were also successful in preventing information being leaked. Yesterday afternoon, attempts were being made to hack the website…
MCC trims weak, dry branches
May 15, 2019Mysuru: With rain accompanied with gusty winds lashing city, the MCC, in a bid to prevent major mishaps from taking place due to falling of weak and dry tree branches, have begun cutting down such branches in city. Yesterday morning, MCC staff, who were supervised by higher officials, removed weak and dry branches of trees…
Pickpockets steal Rs.1 lakh from devotee at Temple
May 15, 2019Mandya: Pickpockets have made away with Rs.1 lakh of a devotee who was waiting in line to have darshan of Kalabhairava at a Temple in Adichunchanagiri Srikshetra in Nagamangala taluk on Sunday. The devotee, who lost his money is Manjunath, a resident of Tiger Block in H.D. Kote taluk. On Sunday morning, Manjunath, who had…
Fake donation receipts at Periyapatna Temple: Tahsildar to file criminal case against the accused
May 15, 2019Periyapatna: A fake donation receipt scam at the famous Masanikamma Temple in the taluk has been unearthed with the taluk Tahsildar confiscating fake receipt books on Monday. Following the discovering of fake receipt books, Tahsildar Shwetha N. Ravindra convened a meeting of the Temple Renovation Committee at the Taluk Office, during which she ordered to…
JSS STU to start first CSBS 4-year BE course in State
May 15, 2019Mysuru: To address the growing need of engineering talent with skills in digital technology, TCS, in partnership with leading academicians across India, has designed a curriculum for 4-year UG programme on Computer Science (CS) titled ‘Computer Science and Business Systems (CSBS).’ JSS Science & Technology University (formerly SJCE) is the first Varsity in Karnataka to…















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