The Corporators and the officials put pressure on Pourakarmikas to work hard and keep the city clean. However, they are least bothered to find out the problems being faced by the people who keep the city clean. They do not know the strength of the labour force, the shortage of garbage clearing carts and cleaning…
Mysuru: The State Government has announced Rs. 4 lakh subsidy to Pourakarmikas for construction of houses. Declaring this while speaking to Star of Mysore yesterday, former City Mayor and former State Safai Karamchari Commission Chairman Narayana said hitherto, the Pourakarmikas were being paid Rs. 2 lakh subisdy. But now, the Government has issued an order…
Bengaluru: Continuing his government’s welfare programmes for the Dalit community in a State that is going to polls in 2018, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has announced free bus passes for Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) students all over the State. Chairing the meeting of the Karnataka Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan and Scheduled Tribe Sub-Plan of…
Mysuru: District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa yesterday inaugurated a two-day exhibition at Maharaja’s College Grounds highlighting various schemes and projects implemented by the Congress government led by Chief Minister Siddharamaiah in the last four years. As many as 50 stalls have been set up by various Departments and eight districts that fall under Mysuru revenue…
Mysuru: The Vontikoppal Eswara Temple has completed 75 years this year. As part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, every month from July 2016 a special puja is being performed at the temple. The Platinum Jubilee celebrations will conclude tomorrow (June 4) with a Maha Kumbhabhishekam to the entire temple. The Maha Kumbhabhishekam will be held between…
Bengaluru: Severe criticism from various quarters has forced Water Resources Minister M.B. Patil to declare that he will personally bear the cost of conducting ‘homa’ to appease the Rain Gods. Patil had said that the government will conduct a ‘homa’ at Talacauvery where River Cauvery originates, considering the State was reeling under a third consecutive…
Mysuru: ViVaCious, a day-long expo of E Technical Projects of final semester engineering students of Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering (VVCE) was inaugurated at the College premises here on Thursday. The final semester students of Mechanical, Electronics and Communication, Computer Science, Electricals and Electronics, Civil Engineering and other branches have displayed more than 100 working models…
Mysuru: Two Himalayan black bears have got a new enclosure at Mysuru Zoo. The newly-constructed enclosure was inaugurated by District In-charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa yesterday. The bears, Arun and Suchitra, were released into the new facility. Another Himalayan bear, Ashwath, had been retained at the old enclosure. Speaking to reporters, Dr. Mahadevappa said that…
Mysuru: City-based MYRA School of Business has partnered with Cambridge Judge Business School to offer its cutting edge Executive Education programmes in India. A formal MoU to this effect was inked on May 30. MYRA’s upcoming Executive Education Centre based out of Bengaluru would be its focal point of operations for all programmes bordering themes…
Mysuru: Ashokapuram Police have cracked the ‘Trin-Trin’ cycle theft case with the arrest of a person from Srirangapatna. The arrested has been identified as Nagendra, 38, of Srirangapatna. Acting on a tip off, the Police traced the accused, Nagendra and caught him red-handed at Srirangapatna when he was found riding the ‘Trin-Trin’ cycle which was…
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