Mysuru: A person, who was assaulted brutally by two youths for making them pay fine for running over a hen on July 7, breathed his last at a private hospital in city yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Manjunath (40), son of Marigowda and a resident of Bore Anandooru at Yelwal in the taluk….
Cabinet okays recruitment of 11,000 Pourakarmikas
July 13, 2017Bengaluru: The State Cabinet yesterday gave its approval for rules framed for recruitment-cum-regularisation of 11,000 Pourakarmikas (civic workers) in Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and other Urban Local Bodies across the State. Speaking to press persons after the Cabinet meeting, Law Minister T.B. Jayachandra said it was also decided that the State Government will make…
Police Helpline celebrates 17th anniversary
July 13, 2017Mysuru: The Mysuru Police Helpline celebrated its 17th anniversary yesterday. Started on July 12, 2000 when C. Chandrashekar was the City Police Commissioner, it has been helping scores of women facing domestic problems, elders, people with depression and students with problems. Police Commissioner Dr. A. Subrahmanyeswara Rao, Helpline volunteers and Police staff celebrated the anniversary…
Rohini Sindhuri is new Hassan DC
July 13, 2017Hassan: The State Government yesterday named Rohini Sindhuri as the new Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Hassan. V. Chaitra, who was serving as Hassan DC, has been transferred as the Managing Director of Karnataka Residential Educational Institution’s Society. Rohini Sindhuri, previously worked as Mandya ZP CEO, Managing Director of Karnataka Food and Civil Supply Corporation, Bengaluru…
ABVP stages protest Seeks free bus pass for poor students
July 13, 2017Mysuru: Demanding extension of bus pass facility to poor students from all sections of the society, the activists of Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) staged a demonstration in front of the Taluk Office here yesterday. Claiming that education has become a costly affair these days, the protestors maintained that talented poor students were being deprived…
Mass marriage on Aug. 10
July 13, 2017Mysuru: Kranthikari Veerashaiva Balaga and Guru Namana Samithi will conduct mass marriage programme for 110 couples on the occasion of Siddaganga Mutt Seer Sri Shivakumara Swamiji’s 110th birthday celebrations on Aug. 10 at Nanjangud said City Municipal Council former President Mahadevaswamy. He said that the bride and bridegroom will be given saree, mangalasutra, toe rings…
Man sentenced to life for killing wife
July 13, 2017Mysuru: A City Court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment besides imposing a penalty of Rs. 5,000, for killing his wife. Vishwamurthy, 42, of Hirikati village in Gundlupet taluk is the one who has been sentenced. Vishwamurthy, who had married one Saraswathi of Nanjangud about 12 years ago, stayed at his wife’s house after…
Youth consumes poison, dies
July 13, 2017Relatives allege delay in ambulance’s arrival resulted in death Mysuru: The relatives of Shivarudrappa (26), who died this morning after consuming poison yesterday at Shagya village in Kollegal taluk, alleged that the delay in arrival of ambulance resulted in death. Speaking to Star of Mysore, N. Pradeep Kumar, Shivarudrappa’s relative, alleged that Shivarudrappa was shifted in…
Two-wheeler lifter arrested
July 13, 2017Three bikes worth about Rs. 65,000 recovered Mysuru: Metagalli Police, on July 12, found a person standing in a suspicious manner along with a Bajaj CT 100 bike without registration number plate near Sri Mahadeshwara Temple in Kumbarakoppal and took him into custody. When the Cops questioned him, they came to know that he had…
Hit-and-Run: Civil Engineer succumbs to injuries at hospital
July 13, 2017Mysuru: A Civil Engineer, who was admitted to a hospital in Bengaluru after an unidentified vehicle hit him and sped away near Kirangoru on Bidar-Srirangapatna Road on Monday, breathed his last yesterday after failing to respond to the treatment. The Civil Engineer has been identified as Ganesh (27), a native of Nargonalli in K.R. Pet…















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