Mysore/Mysuru: Citing lack of boarding and lodging facilities for lecturers from other districts at the State capital Bengaluru, where evaluation of Science stream papers will commence from tomorrow (June 5), Science lecturers have decided to boycott evaluation work. Speaking to ‘Star of Mysore’ this morning, Karnataka State PU College Lecturers Association, Mysuru District President Yogananda…
Ten TN labourers who entered Chamarajanagar without permission sent to quarantine
June 4, 2020Chamarajanagar: Ten labourers, who had entered Chamarajanagar from Tamil Nadu (TN) without permission, have been put under quarantine. They were working at a granite factory near Badanaguppe village in the taluk and have been quarantined at a hostel from Tuesday night. These labourers had entered Chamarajanagar by hoodwinking the officials and without obtaining permission from…
Surveyor trapped while accepting bribe
June 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A Land Surveyor of the taluk was trapped by ACB (Anti-Corruption Bureau) Police when he was accepting bribe from a person at his office yesterday. Surveyor Harish, serving at Mysuru Taluk Office, had demanded a bribe of Rs.5,000 for issuing 11(A) land map to one Siddaraju of Talur in Jayapura Hobli, following which Siddaraju…
Two Labour Inspectors suspended
June 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Cracking the whip on Government servants who display official apathy, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar on Wednesday suspended two Labour Inspectors of the city on charges of dereliction of duty. Senior Labour Inspectors R. Ravi (Circle No.1) and Nikhil Chandra (Circle No.2) are the ones who are suspended. The two, who were appointed as…
Lion King of Sri Lanka
June 4, 2020By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Once upon a time, there was a Princess of Kalinga, who was abducted by a lion who forced her to bear him a child. The child, Sinhabahu, killed his own father and, for this crime, was told to leave the country on a ship. He travelled…
M.S. Geetha takes charge as DCP
June 4, 2020Senior Police Officer M.S. Geetha took charge as the new Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime and Traffic) at the DCP Office in the City Police Commissioner’s Office premises in Nazarbad here this morning.
Nanda Nanaiah
June 4, 2020Veteran Havildar Paravanda S. Nanda Nanaiah (55), a native of Kopatti in Kodagu and a resident of Raghavendranagar, Mysuru, passed away today morning at 4.30 am due to cardiac arrest. After his combatant service in the Indian Army, he was re-employed as Police Constable and posted at Nazarbad Police Station in city. He leaves behind…
Pet Talk
June 3, 2020In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka explains how to take care of kittens whose mother has died or abandoned them By Maneka Gandhi Is declawing a cat illegal in India? Yes, Onychectomy or De-clawing is an offence punishable under the Animal Welfare Act, 2011 of India. The Chapter IV of the Act deals with provisions…
Maharashtra link brings two COVID-19 positives to Mysuru
June 3, 2020Pregnant woman, her mother test positive in Bengaluru; now shifted to Hospital Ramakrishnanagar G-Block and surrounding areas sealed, disinfectants sprayed Mysore/Mysuru: Several districts of Karnataka have a common tale of woe: They are unable to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic due to migration of people from Maharashtra — those coming from Mumbai and Pune….
Kodagu gears up to tackle possible rain disasters
June 3, 202025-member NDRF team lands in hilly district; to conduct mock drills in vulnerable areas Madikeri: With only a few hours left for the onset of monsoon as per the forecast by Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the Kodagu District Administration, which battled two devastating floods and landslips in the last two years, is leaving little to…















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