Bengaluru: The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is investigating the murder of Journalist Gauri Lankesh, who was shot dead in front of her house at Rajarajeshwari Nagar in Bengaluru on Sept.5, is said to have got some clue of the killers. The murderers are said to be professional killers, who are involved in over 25 killings,…
Bengaluru: The State Government this afternoon appointed Senior IPS Officer Neelamani N. Raju as the Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG&IGP). She is the first woman IPS officer to occupy the top Police post in Karnataka. A 1983-batch officer, Neelamani has served in Central Intelligence agencies. The officer was on Central deputation for…
Mysuru: Additional Chief Secretary M. Lakshminarayana has directed the officials of all departments to achieve physical and financial targets set to complete work by December-end as the election code of conduct could be imposed early next year. He directed the officials to see to it that all those pending works that are at present moving…
Mysuru: Trin Trin, country’s first Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) initiative started in Mysuru, has won a special award under the ‘Best Non-Motorised Transport Project’ by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, New Delhi. The award will be given by the Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India and the…
Mysuru: The revision of voters’ list of Krishnaraja, Chamaraja and Narasimharaja, the three Assembly constituencies in city, has begun from Oct. 25 and will continue till Nov. 24. The revision will also be done on Sundays on Nov. 5 and Nov. 19 in a special drive. Applicants can visit the MCC election branch in the…
Dharmasthala: A specially erected huge pandal was installed for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Ujire near here on Oct. 29, using German Technology. The pandal was provided by Bengaluru’s Udupa Enterprises, clarified its Managing Partner Vasudeva Udupa. Reacting to a report published in Star of Mysore dated Oct. 28 under the title “German technology…
Mysuru: In a move to curb tobacco menace in public places, officials of the District Health and Family Welfare Department, District Tobacco Control Cell and Ashokapuram Police carried out a special drive in city yesterday. During the drive, the officials booked 14 cases against shopkeepers for not displaying instruction boards in their shops under Cigarettes…
Mysuru: Over 150 petty shop owners, under the banner of Mysuru District Small Scale Retailers Association, took out a rally in city this morning, in protest against the State Government’s order banning the sale of loose cigarettes, beedis and chewing tobacco products. The rally, which commenced from Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple at the North Gate of…
Mysuru: Marking the 142nd birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, several programmes were held in city this morning. Run for Unity: The City BJP wing had organised a ‘Run for Unity’ in which about 200 BJP activists participated. The run was flagged off by City BJP President Dr. B.H. Manjunath in front of Kote Anjaneyaswamy…
Mysuru: The health of H.D. Kote JD(S) MLA Chikkamadu, who is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Kuvempunagar for critical illness, is said to have improved a little this morning, according to hospital sources. Chikkamadu, who is said to be on a ventilator, is being treated at the hospital’s ICU, it is leant. Karnataka Pradesh…
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