Bengaluru: The stage is set for a mini poll battle in Karnataka with State Election Commission yesterday announcing the schedule for elections to 105 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs). These include 29 City Municipal Councils, 53 Town Municipal Councils and 23 Town Panchayats. Polling will be held on Aug. 29 and counting of votes will be…
Madikeri: Ichettira B. Uthaiah from Kodagu District has been appointed as Rear Admiral of the Indian Navy. This is for the first time in the history of the district such an appointment has been made in the Indian Navy. In the Army, however, Kodandera M. Cariappa has risen to the rank of Field Marshal (Commander-in-Chief)…
Mysuru: The Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has set into motion the formation of five new layouts — Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar Layout, Swarna Jayanti Nagar Layout, Shanthaveri Gopalagowda Layout, R.T. Nagar Second Stage and Ballahalli Layout. At the Ballahalli Layout near Koorgalli that has been cleared by the State Government, MUDA plans to distribute 4,000…
Mysuru: The Chamundeshwari Vardhanti Mahotsava atop Chamundi Hill on third Ashada Friday (Ashada Shukravara) saw an unusually high number of devotees queuing up in front of the temple since the small hours of this morning. The special rituals, marking the Vardhanti mahotsava, began as early at 3.30 am, with priests performing Mahanyasa Poorvaka Rudrabhisheka, Panchamrutha…
Madikeri: A 26-year-old girl, who was riding pillion on a bike, was killed after she fell from the moving bike on Abbey Falls Road here yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Bhavya, a resident of Harangi Heruru village in Kushalnagar. The incident: Yesterday, one Naveen Kumar, a resident of Bajjegundi in Somwarpet taluk, had…
Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has seized seven vehicles which were found dumping garbage in different parts of city thus spoiling the beauty of city since the past 15 days. The MCC officials apart from seizing the vehicles have imposed a total of Rs. 15,000 as fine from them. The waste, including building debris, meat…
Bengaluru/ Mysuru: Saraswathi alias Padma, the woman from Makanahalli Palya at Periyapatna, who was lodged in a Shimla mental hospital for the past two years, returned to Karnataka last evening. On landing in Bengaluru, she was taken straight to Vidhana Soudha where she found an audience with Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy. Padma, who went…
Mysuru: Driven to the extreme by the unprofessional behaviour of his colleague, a Professor in the Hindi Department, Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) Vice-Chancellor Prof. D. Shivalingaiah, was forced to lodge a Police complaint against him. According to the complaint with the Jayalakshmipuram Police (a copy of which is available with Star of Mysore), Hindi…
Mysuru: Following several complaints from students about lack of toilets at Maharani’s Science College during Higher Education Minister G.T. Devegowda’s visit to the college recently and the Minister subsequently issuing instructions to MCC Commissioner to look into the issue, the MCC has installed an e-toilet and has also installed a sanitary napkin vending machine and…
Bengaluru: Hunsur MLA and senior leader of the party A.H. Vishwanath is most likely to become State JD(S) President with the JD(S) top brass, almost finalising Vishwanath’s name for the top post, an official announcement on his appointment is likely to be made tomorrow (Aug 4), according to sources. JD(S) Supremo and former PM H.D….
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