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…
By T.J.S. George Faster than expected, China’s dominant duo became a trio with Xi Jinping promoting himself to the rank of Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. Mao kept China in “continuous revolution” complete with upheavals, violence and famine. Deng transformed the nation with the modernising touch of capitalism, which he camouflaged as “socialism with Chinese…
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…
Dr. N. Nithyanand Rao, Steward, Mysore Race Club (MRC) Limited, is seen presenting The Heritage City Trophy to S.S. Attaollahi, trainer of Shaman which won the event in Mysore Races held yesterday. The winning horse, owned by was United Racing and Bloodstock Breeders Limited, was ridden by Jockey Y.S. Srinath. Others seen are MRC Chairman…
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