Mysuru: Dr. Navin Kumar Rastogi, Chief Scientist & Head, Department of Food Engineering at CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru, has been conferred with the Fellowship of prestigious National Academy of Agriculture Science (NAAS). He received the Fellowship from Prof. Punjab Singh, President of the Academy, at the 25th Annual General Body Meeting held…
Mysuru: In the latest addition to the list of persons going missing from city and district, two youths have reportedly gone missing in June. In the first case, 22-year-old H. Kailas of K.R. Mohalla in city has gone missing since June 6. He is 5.2 ft. in height, wheatish in complexion, medium built and speaks…
Mysuru: In a tragic incident, a 30-year-old woman died of electrocution in the city yesterday. Geetha (30), a resident of Kyatamaranahalli, is the deceased. Geetha was reconnecting disconnected wires of the water sump motor in her house on Friday morning, when she suffered an electric shock. She was immediately rushed to K.R. Hospital where she…
Mysuru: The new team of office-bearers of Lions Club of Mysore South for 2018-19 will be installed on July 1 at Hotel Kalyani in city. Ln. V. Nagaraj Bairy, First Vice-District Governor, Lions Clubs International, District 3I7 A will administer the oath of office to Ln. K.K. Mohan as President, Ln. G.S. Santosh as Secretary,…
Mysuru: The National Institute of Engineering (NIE) is organising a one-day assessment workshop on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) on July 2 from 10 am to 1 pm at its Sarvepalli Radhakrishna Seminar Hall, Mysuru. The main objectives of the workshop are to collate the WASH issues in an urban milieu by involving all stakeholders…
Mysuru: Alleging total neglect of Kannada in the UGC’s Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) degree curriculum, the Kannada Professors Association will stage a demonstration in front of Crawford Hall here on July 2. Announcing this at a press meet here recently, Association Convenor Dr. M. Ramakrishna said that the UGC (University Grants Commission) has failed…
Mysuru: Udayagiri Police have arrested a 20-year-old youth on charges of attempting to rape a minor girl. The arrested youth has been identified as Hemanth Kumar, a resident of Gayatripuram in city. Hemanth Kumar is accused of luring the minor girl, who had gone missing for a couple of days and attempting to rape her….
Mysuru: Despite severe opposition from residents of Kodagu and Mysuru, elected representatives and environmentalists, the Government of Kerala is getting ready to prepare a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the Thalassery-Mysuru Railway line that will pass through lush green forests in South Kodagu. The line is among the ‘prioritised’ projects of Kerala. Certain reputed firms,…
Mysuru: Reacting on the preparation of the DPR and the opening of technical bids, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha said that the Kerala government’s move was unconstitutional and anti-democratic. Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning from BJP office at Malleswaram in Bengaluru where the party is holding the State Executive Committee meeting, Simha said an…
Mysuru: As a Varamahalakshmi festival gift to women, State-owned Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation Ltd. (KSIC) will sell Mysore Silk sarees worth Rs. 6,500 at a discount price of Rs. 4,500 per saree. This move is to make sarees affordable to the poor and middle class families, announced Tourism and Sericulture Minister S.R. Mahesh. He also…
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