Mysuru: A labourer, who was sleeping in a shed, was killed on the spot when the stationary lorry moved in the reverse direction on a slope and plunged into the shed at the construction site on Chamundi Hill on Friday. The deceased labourer has been identified as Prakash Sarkar (34), a native of West Bengal,…
Pillion rider killed in motorcycle-car collision
June 10, 2018Mysuru: In a tragic incident, a woman pillion rider was killed on the spot while her husband escaped with minor injuries, when the motorcycle they were riding was knocked down by a car near Mysore Airport in Mandakalli on Mysuru-Nanjangud Road this morning. Maramma (48), wife of Mallaiah of Dhanagalli in the taluk, is the…
VTPC to host Export Management Training Programme from June 25
June 10, 2018Mysuru: Visvesvaraya Trade Promotion Centre (VTPC), a Government of Karnataka organisation coming under Department of Industries and Commerce, will be conducting six days Export Management Training Programme for the benefit of Industrialist, Traders and prospect Exporters from June 25 to 30 at the Institution of Engineers-India (IEI), JLB Road, in association with District Industries Centre…
Unhappy with Portfolios: GTD and CSP go missing as fans protest in front of their houses
June 9, 2018Mysuru: While Congress, the main partner in the coalition government in Karnataka, is heading towards a virtual split as at least a dozen senior leaders failed to make it to the State Cabinet, the other coalition partner JD(S) is facing the wrath of supporters of Ministers – G.T. Devegowda (GTD) and C.S. Puttaraju (CSP) —…
Portfolio allocation sealed, Governor’s assent awaited: CM
June 9, 2018Bengaluru: Finally, after about 48 hours of swearing-in of 25 Ministers and hectic lobbying among the Congress and JD(S) Ministers for preferred portfolios, the JD(S)-Congress coalition government in Karnataka has been finalised and Governor’s approval is awaited. CM H.D. Kumaraswamy told reporters yesterday that he had sent the allocation of portfolios of his Cabinet to…
South Teachers Constituency records 79.91% voter turnout
June 9, 2018Mysuru: The election to the Legislative Council seat from South Teachers Constituency, comprising the districts of Mysuru, Mandya, Hassan and Chamarajanagar, on Friday, recorded a total voter turnout of 79.91 percent. The counting of votes will be taken up on June 12 at Maharani’s Women’s Commerce and Management College in city. While Chamarajanagar, which has…
Thalassery-Mysuru Railway Line via South Kodagu: Survey by Konkan Railway irks villagers
June 9, 2018Ponnampet: Even as the Central Government has been repeatedly saying that the controversial and environmentally destructive Thalassery-Mysuru Railway Line project via South Kodagu has been shelved, officials of Konkan Railway Corporation have been silently conducting a survey in South Kodagu and its green belt for Railway line to pass. Yesterday, a few officials of Konkan…
Brigade Homes Carnival begins
June 9, 2018Mysuru: This is the right time to invest in homes as the real estate market is picking up after a sluggish year,” said B.R. Suchendra, Head, Brigade Enterprises Limited, Mysuru Branch. Speaking to Star of Mysore at the two-day Brigade Easy Homes Carnival exhibition organised by the Brigade Group at Hotel Grand Mercure, here this…
Mysuru bags Best Award for waste segregation
June 9, 2018Mysuru: Mysuru city has been conferred with the ‘Four Leaves Award’ at the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) convention on Urban Solid Waste Management held in New Delhi on June 7. While Mysuru has performed well as the city with the best processes to remain clean, Bengaluru scores low in the assessment of the…
One crore seed ball production begins in State tomorrow
June 9, 2018Mysuru: Karnataka Navodaya Schools and Navodaya Old Students Association, in association with the Forest Department, is launching one crore seed balls project tomorrow (June 10), said Mandya Navodaya old student H.N. Bharath Kumar, Convenor of the Seed Ball Project 2018. He was addressing a press conference at Pathrakartara Bhavan here yesterday and said that this…
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