Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Police have seized a total of 794 vehicles in three days for not adhering to lockdown guidelines in city. On June 24, a total of 302 vehicles including 275 two-wheelers, 20 cars and 7 auto-rickshaws were seized. On June 25, a total of 313 vehicles including 284 two-wheelers, 22 cars and 7…
TiE Women Pitchfest 2021: Last date for registration extended
June 27, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), Mysuru, which had invited applications from promising women entrepreneurs and Startups for the TiE Women Pitchfest 2021, has extended the last date for registration. Interested women Startups can register online on http://bit.ly/tiewomenmysuru before June 30. The previous deadline was June 20. TiE Mysuru will nominate the most innovative and promising…
Webinar on ‘Indian Defence’ held
June 27, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, NIE Institute of Technology (NIE-IT), Mysuru, had organised a webinar on ‘Challenges and Opportunities in Indian Defence’ on June 24. Resource person for the event was Captain Bindu Nair, Veteran from Indian Army’s Corps of Engineers, who is passionate about saving environment and believes in co-existence. She shared…
JSS AHER to host two-day Natl. Webinar on ‘Food Safety: Everyone’s Business’ from June 28
June 27, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Department of Nutrition & Dietetics, Faculty of Life Sciences, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, is organising a two-day National webinar and Infographic Competition on June 28 and 29 on the theme ‘Food Safety: Everyone’s Business’ from 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm to commemorate World Food Safety Day-2021. The…
BJP State Vice-President M. Rajendra bereaved
June 27, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: R. Padmavathi (55), wife of BJP State Vice-President, former Mysuru Hotel Owners Association President and Karnataka Pradesh Hotel and Restaurants Association M. Rajendra, passed away at a private hospital in Bengaluru this morning. A resident of Kuvempunagar in city, she leaves behind her husband, one daughter, son-in-law, grandchildren and a host of relatives and…
UK Health Secretary quits for flouting COVID norms
June 27, 2021London: British Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Saturday tendered resignation after admitting that he broke COVID social distancing guidelines during an alleged affair with his colleague. “We owe it to people who have sacrificed so much in this pandemic to be honest when we have let them down as I have done by breaching the…
Seth Mohandas Tulsidas Hospital: Where there was a Will !
June 27, 2021By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD On Friday I read with much interest and happiness the interview that SOM had published with Dr. H. M. Virupaksha, the about-to-retire Medical Superintendent of the PKTB Hospital in our city, who was once a student there! My happiness came from knowing that this hospital with its own very…
Kapila ‘tu hamesha mailee’ but volunteerism must go on
June 27, 2021Sir, This has reference to the news item ‘Kapila river bed cleared of plastic, waste’ (Star of Mysore dated June 20). We the greens are very happy that the Tahsildar Mohana Kumari has evinced interest and launched Kapila river bed bathing ghat cleansing green initiative jointly by Nanjangud City Municipal Council and Taluk Administration. It…
Sajan Prakash creates history
June 27, 2021Becomes first-ever Indian swimmer to make Olympic ‘A’ cut Sajan Prakash on Saturday became the first-ever Indian swimmer to qualify for the Olympic Games by breaching the ‘A’ standard time, clocking 1:56:38 seconds in the men’s 200m butterfly event at the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome, Italy. The Games ‘A’ standard was set at 1:56.48…
Japan plans stricter COVID-19 measures for some athletes
June 27, 2021The organisers of the Olympic Games in Japan plan to introduce stricter entry restrictions for athletes from certain countries starting next month, because of the spread of the Delta Coronavirus variant, a Japanese newspaper reported today. The new restrictions will apply to those arriving from India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Maldives. Athletes…















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