MCC Commr. to hold meeting later today Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner has announced that henceforth, there will be no dumping of garbage, both wet and dry waste, at the Sewage Farm in Vidyaranyapuram. This notification was released on May 28. The notice specifies that garbage dumping will not be permitted in Survey…
MCC gets tough: Segregate waste to avoid penalty
May 30, 2024Residents handing over non-segregated wet and dry waste at source to Pourakarmikas to be fined Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has been facing numerous challenges related to the collection, treatment and management of solid waste, including lack of segregation of waste into wet and dry at the source and the poor implementation of Municipal…
MCC to call tender for road works
May 30, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Finally, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has decided to invite tenders to take up repair works of roads in the city that were severely damaged in pre-monsoon rain. This follows a report published in these columns of Star of Mysore (SOM) on May 28, headlined ‘Pride of Mysuru At Stake’, explaining about the alleged official…
Coffee planter fires in the air; saves man from tusker attack
May 30, 2024Pollibetta: A farmer heroically saved a man from a wild elephant attack by firing gunshots in the air at Pollibetta in Virajpet Taluk last night. The incident occurred when Chandra, a motorist, was on his way home near the Lourdes Hill Convent School on Siddapura Road and was attacked by the elephant, resulting in serious…
Sex Scandal: ‘Hassan Chalo’ protesters demand Prajwal’s arrest
May 30, 2024Hassan: Thousands of members from various progressive, women, Dalit, minority, human rights organisations and other like-minded people took out a massive protest rally ‘Hassan Chalo’ on the main thoroughfares in Hassan town this morning, demanding the arrest of suspended JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna. The protesters held placards with slogans including ‘Namma Nadige Hassanada Kadege’ condemning…
Post rain, unhygienic conditions lurk threat of diseases
May 30, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The lackadaisical attitude of civic authorities in tackling post-rain related issues and their failure to address the dangers of stagnant rainwater in pits and drains, has exposed the citizens of Mysuru to the threat of various diseases. It may be recalled here that, diseases like Cholera and Gastroenteritis plagued the residents of Tagadur in…
Manipal Hospital conducts Spell Bee competition for elder citizens
May 30, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: In recent years, India has seen an alarming increase in the number of people aged 60 years and above diagnosed with dementia. As per available data, about 7.4 percent (approximately 8.8 million) of individuals aged 60 and above are living with dementia. Scientific research suggests that active socialisation and brain-stimulating activities, such as vocabulary…
Gang Rape: Girl student sexually assaulted in KR Pet taluk; Cops act quick, nab two accused
May 30, 2024KR Pet: In a gruesome incident, a girl student was allegedly gang raped by two youths on the pretext of going to a temple, in the taluk yesterday. Acting swiftly, Police arrested the accused youths within 90 minutes of receiving the complaint. The accused are Jagadish alias Jaga, son of Shivanna and his friend Deepu,…
Woman PSI in Lokayukta trap: Cop was caught red-handed while receiving bribe amount
May 30, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: A Woman Police Sub-Inspector (PSI) was reportedly caught red-handed by Lokayukta Police personnel, while accepting bribe towards a favour, at the Police Station in the city this morning. Radha, PSI of Law and Order (L&O) wing, Kuvempunagar Police Station, was receiving a bribe of Rs. 50,000 from one Mahesh, a resident of Kuvempunagar, the…
Woman cheated of Rs. 7 lakh by FDA on the pretext of getting her daughter a Govt. job
May 30, 2024Case registered against Woman and Child Development Department FDA Mysore/Mysuru: Vijayanagar Police have registered a criminal case against the First Division Assistant (FDA) of the Woman and Child Development Department on charges of cheating Gram Panchayat former members of Rs. 7 lakh by promising to get her daughter FDA post in the Department. The accused…















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