Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep has said that a decision on the controversy-ridden Kurubarahalli Survey No. 4 and Alanahalli Survey No. 41 is likely to be taken at a meeting being called by the Revenue Secretary within a week. The Regional Commissioner has already submitted a report with regard to the land and property dispute…
Seeking Justice to Jimmy: Maneka Gandhi steps in
July 5, 2017In response to a complaint made to Maneka Gandhi, the Union Minister, who is also an Animal Rights Activist, by a SOM reader about a dog by name ‘Jimmy’ being brutally attacked (Star of Mysore dated June 27), Maneka Gandhi has sent a message to SOM, through Meenakshee Awasthi of People For Animals (PFA) as…
Zoo authorities asked to implement Kannada strictly
July 5, 2017Mysuru: Kannada Development Authority (KDA) Chairman Prof. S.G. Siddaramaiah has taken strong exception against the Mysuru Zoo authorities as it does not use Kannada in its website nor do shops inside the Zoo display Kannada on their boards. He was speaking at a meeting he was chairing yesterday regarding the implementation of Kannada in the…
Documentary on Mysuru Zoo
July 5, 2017Mysuru: A documentary on Mysuru Zoo titled “Namma Mysuru Mrigalaya,” will be released soon. The preview of this documentary was shown to the members of the Kannada Development Authority (KDA) at the review meeting on implementation of Kannada. The nearly 25 minute documentary highlights many significant developments of the Zoo that was started by Sri…
Complaint against woman for producing fake documents to claim job
July 5, 2017Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has lodged a complaint against a woman for producing fake documents to claim the job on compensatory grounds. A complaint in this regard has been lodged at K.R. Police Station. The complaint states, one Kariyamma, who was working as a Pourakarmika in the MCC passed away on Apr. 28, 2010…
Minister offers floral tribute at Dargah-e-Hazrath Syed Haleem Pasha Khadri
July 5, 2017Mysuru: Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, Auqaf and Minorities Development Tanveer Sait laid the foundation stone for construction of a dome over the tomb of Dargah-e-Hazrath Syed Haleem Pasha Khadri, at Haleemnagar here on Tuesday, at an estimated cost of Rs. 10 lakh. Later, the Minister offered floral tributes to the tomb of Hazrath…
Investiture Ceremony
July 5, 2017Mysuru: Sree Nataraja Public School, Sree Hosamath, celebrated its formal ‘10th Investiture Ceremony’ in its School premises recently. S.M. Sathya Sulochana, Principal of the School, gave the badges and slashes to the elected members of the Student Council and also administered the oath for the members of the Student Council. Dr. M. Sharada, Principal, Sree…
Rise in viral fever cases
July 5, 2017Mysuru: In the context of an increase in number of viral fever cases in city, K.R. Constituency BJP activists, led by former Minister S.A. Ramdas, launched a fogging campaign. Spraying a bio-larvicide in areas around Vivekananda Circle here yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, Ramdas said that the bio-larvicide was developed and tested by Indian Council…
School kids take out awareness rally on dengue prevention
July 5, 2017Mysuru: Following the rise in suspected dengue and other viral fever cases in city, the District Health and Family Welfare Department has formed nine Rapid Response teams to go door-to-door and create awareness, which was launched recently. Awareness rallies through various Primary Health Centres (PHCs) in city are conducting awareness on prevention and control of…
Five-year-old girl dies of suspected dengue, villagers stage rasta-roko
July 5, 2017Mysuru: Angry residents of Jayapura village near here, protesting against the apathy of Health Officials and Gram Panchayat following the death of a five-year-old girl due to suspected dengue fever, staged a rasta-roko by blocking the Mysuru-H.D. Kote Road yesterday. The deceased girl has been identified as Akanksha, daughter of Kumar of the village. Akanksha,…















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