Mysuru: A 78-year-old man, identified as Chinnaswamy of Jayalakshmipuram, who was riding a scooter, was killed, when a car rammed into his scooter and sped away near the CFTRI East Gate on KRS Road here yesterday morning. Chinnaswamy was proceeding towards Dasappa Circle from Akashavani Circle, when a car knocked him down from behind at…
Mysuru: “Measurements are so much a part of our daily lives that we often taken them for granted. Hence, as consumers we are not aware of the banning of many measuring instruments like old type weighing scales, the beaker scales (called the seru, pavu, chataku in Kannada) and the hand-held weighing scale,” said State Legal…
Mysuru: In what is said to be an incident of chain-snatching, Poorvaj Vishwanath, son of former MP A.H. Vishwanath, reportedly lost his 140 gm gold chain to unidentified bike-borne miscreants in the wee hours of today. It is said, Poorvaj, after dropping his friends at Vivekananda Circle, was parking his car at his residence on…
Mysuru: A demonic accident involving two private buses and a car has claimed the lives of four persons including a mother and a son besides leaving 46 persons injured near the Big Banyan Tree on Mysuru-T. Narsipur Road on the outskirts of city last evening. While Prabha (60) and her son Vishwanath (35), residents of…
Mysuru: The 113-year-old Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion, a heritage structure located in the sprawling Manasagangothri campus, housing some of the finest priceless artefacts, is lying in a state of neglect and disrepair. The Mansion, now under University of Mysore (UoM) and converted into a Museum, is in the tourist itinerary and part of the heritage walk…
Mysuru: Senior IPS officer Soumendu Mukherjee took charge as the new Inspector General of Police (IGP), Southern Range, in the city yesterday. Mukherjee, who was serving as Belagavi City Police Commissioner, was recently transferred and posted as IGP. He took charge from City Police Commissioner Dr. A.S. Rao, who held additional charge as In-charge IGP,…
Mysuru: SSLC examination will commence from Mar. 23 with 36,600 students appearing at 135 centres in the district. The preparations for holding the examination is almost complete. Speaking to Star of Mysore DDPI S. Mamatha said that for the first time CCTV cameras would be installed at all examination centres to closely monitor the proceedings…
Govt. yet to name new Zoo Director Mysuru: In a major surgery to the Forest Department ahead of polls, the State Government on Wednesday transferred eight Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers, including Mysuru Zoo Executive Director C. Ravishankar. Following his transfer, Ravishankar, who had taken charge as Zoo Executive Director only eight months ago, has…
Mysuru: Two documentaries made by Educational Multi-Media Research Centre (EMMRC), Mysuru, received national recognition as they won the National Awards at the 22nd All India Children’s Educational Audio-Video Festival and ICT Mela 2018. The two documentaries concentrate on health benefits as well as ease of growing millets and depletion of water resources respectively. ‘Millets for…
The documentary ‘Rejuvenating Waterholes- The Solar Way’ is directed by S.M. Keerthi Kumar, Cameraperson, EMMRC and K. Gopinath, Technician, EMMRC. It received the ‘Best Film Award’ at the All India Children’s Audio and Video Festival-2018, organised by NCERT. The script and the research for the documentary were done by D.H. Tanuja. . Speaking to SOM,…
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