Mysore/Mysuru: Udayagiri Police have registered a case against 17 middlemen in the sex (gender) determination and female foeticide cases that shook the State in Mandya. These 17 touts had shared the commission money among themselves. Based on the complaint from Mysuru District Family Welfare Officer, Udayagiri Police have registered a case under IPC Section 1860…
JSS STU students shine at 8th National Techno Exhibition-2024
April 28, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The students of JSS Science and Technology University (JSS STU), Mysuru, have won 2nd place in the 8th National Techno Exhibition-2024 organised recently at Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bengaluru and received a cash prize of Rs. 50,000. Students from Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) Department presented their project ‘Physio Assistive Device’ which works…
Transgenders show little interest in voting
April 28, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: It seems that transgenders have shown little interest in voting, going by the numbers they have voted in the LS polls from Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha constituency held on Friday. There were 184 trangender voters who have been classified as ‘others’ category in Mysuru-Kodagu LS seat. Also these voters were issued voter ID cards. But…
EVMs secure at counting centre
April 27, 2024Officers await EVMs, VVPATs from remote places in Virajpet; CRPF to take over strong rooms security Mysore/Mysuru: Following the conclusion of polling at 6 pm yesterday, the fate of the 18 candidates vying for the Lok Sabha elections in the Mysuru-Kodagu Constituency is sealed in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and VVPAT systems (Voter Verifiable Paper…
Three-tier security for EVMs
April 27, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Security for the strong rooms storing Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and the VVPAT systems (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) will be organised in three tiers. Armed personnel from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), specially deployed for this purpose, will assume control over the counting centre security. It may be mentioned here that the…
More than 2,700 voters exercise franchise even after polling ends at 6 pm
April 27, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Coming to the aid of voters just in time, the District Administration allowed as many as 2,749 such voters in Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha Constituency to exercise their franchise who came rushing to the polling booths, to cast their votes even after the deadline ended at 6 pm yesterday. The Election Commission had set 7…
Mysuru-Kodagu LS Constituency records 71% polling
April 27, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha Constituency has recorded 71 percent poll percentage in the polls held yesterday, with the District Administration revising the figure this afternoon after collation of figures from all polling booths in each of the eight Assembly segments of the Constituency. According to the revised figure, Periyapatna Assembly segment recorded the highest…
Irate villagers ransack polling booth in Hanur, pelt stones
April 27, 2024Hanur: A section of villagers who had boycotted to vote in Chamarajanagar (SC Reserve) Lok Sabha Constituency that went to polling in the first phase of elections held yesterday, went on a rampage, damaging the polling booth at Indiganaththa village in the fringes of Male Mahadeshwara Hills forest in Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar district. The…
Mass copying in exam: KSOU orders probe
April 27, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: With alleged malpractices reported during final year MA (Mass Communication and Journalism) exam conducted by Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) at one of its examination centres at Laggere in Bengaluru, the University has formed an enquiry committee to probe into the matter. Speaking to Star of Mysore, KSOU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Sharanappa V. Halse said…
MP Sreenivasa Prasad’s health is stable: Ex-MLA
April 27, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The health condition of Chamarajanagar MP V. Sreenivasa Prasad is stable and there no need for his supporters to believe rumours being spread about his health, said former Nanjangud MLA B. Harshavardhan. Speaking to reporters after holding a meeting of party workers to discuss on the voting pattern in Nanjangud BJP Office, Harshavardhan said…
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