Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has clarified that there has been no lapses in the report submitted by it to the Union government for the inclusion of Mysuru under Smart City Mission. Reacting to an article titled “Smart City Mission – If there is a will there could still be a way” published in…
International Jawa Day in city on July 9
July 5, 2017Mysuru: International Jawa Day will be celebrated by Jawa Friends Club, Mysuru, on July 9 in city. As part of the celebration, about 400 bikers will take out a Jawa bike rally, which will be flagged off near the house of Raian F. Irani in Nazarbad at 11.30 am. The rally will pass through Nazarbad main…
Legislative Panel on Welfare of BCM holds meeting
July 5, 2017Mysuru: The Legislative Committee on Welfare of Backward Classes and Minorities (BCM) held a review meeting regarding BCM hostels in the district at Zilla Panchayat auditorium here this morning. The Committee, headed by J.R. Lobo, comprised Member Secretary Amba, Members P.M. Narendraswamy, M.D. Lakshminarayan, K. Abdul Jabbar, Suneel Subramani and Mankala Subba Vaidya. Addressing the…
RTI activist demands withdrawal of Prof. Shivaraj’s reinstatement
July 5, 2017Mysuru: RTI activist R.N. Satyanarayana has demanded the State Government to withdraw the reinstatement of B. Shivaraj to Bahadur Institute of Management Sciences (BIMS), University of Mysore. Addressing press persons at Pathrakarthara Bhavan here this morning, Satyanarayana blamed the University for asking Prof. Shivaraj to go on compulsory retirement rather than dismissing him from service…
Kurubarahalli Survey No. 4 and Alanahalli Survey No. 41
July 5, 2017Mysuru: 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…















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