Mysuru/Mysore:It is with good intention and to beautify the city and also to increase the green cover, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has set up median strip garden or gardens on medians. However, at some places in city, these plants have overgrown, obstructing the view of motorists. Like these photos show overgrown median garden on…
Non-payment of money for milk procured
January 4, 2020Farmers fume against MLA G.T. Devegowda Mysuru/Mysore: Farmers of Yachegowdanahalli in the taluk reportedly fumed at MLA G.T. Devegowda near DC’s office here yesterday alleging that the money for milk supplied to the dairy for the last four months had not been paid. The farmers were agitating near DC’s office for the last five days…
District Minister Somanna tells officials to hold ‘adalats’ in all taluks for addressing public issues
January 4, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: District Minister V. Somanna on Friday directed Additional Deputy Commissioner and Assistant Commissioners to hold adalats in all taluks every fortnight in order to address people issues. Presiding over the Karnataka Development Programme (KDP) meeting at the ZP Hall here yesterday, Somanna pulled up absentee officials. Asking the officials to update him on their…
MCC directed to prepare Rs. 200-crore budget plan
January 4, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: Instructing MCC officials to prepare a Rs.200-crore budget plan and estimate for improving the city’s civic infrastructure, District Minister V. Somanna assured to get the plan sanctioned from the Government. Chairing a meeting to discuss Mahatma Gandhi Nagara Vikasa Yojana (MGNVY) with Corporation officials at ZP premises here on Friday, Somanna said the city…
Bioremediation Technology to clear legacy waste, says District Minister V. Somanna
January 4, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: In a big relief to the residents living around the Solid Waste Management unit at Sewage Farm in Vidyaranyapuram, who are suffering from foul smell emanating from two lakh tonnes of legacy waste piled up at the unit, District Minister V. Somanna gave his nod for a project to treat the waste using modern technology….
Dasara Sports winners at last receive prize money
January 4, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: After a long wait, the winners of Dasara Sports Meet have at last got their cash prizes. A news item regarding non-payment of prize money to winners had been published in Star of Mysore recently. A total sum of Rs.54,62,500 is said to have been credited to bank accounts of 1,451 winners yesterday. About…
Rs. 58.8 crore released to repair Madikeri-Sampaje Road
January 4, 2020Madikeri: In a press statement, MP Pratap Simha has disclosed that the Union Government has released Rs.58.8 crore to get the stretch of road from Madikeri to Sampaje repaired, coming under National Highway 275, which was damaged in the recent floods. Pratap Simha had recently met Union Minister for Surface Transport Nitin Gadkari in Delhi…
Vidyaranyapuram Police nab chain-snatcher, solve 7 cases
January 4, 2020Recover seven gold mangalya chains worth about Rs. 9.32 lakh Mysuru/Mysore: Vidyaranyapuram Police have arrested a 39-year-old man on charges of snatching gold mangalya chains in city and have recovered mangalya chains worth Rs. 9.32 lakh besides seizing a scooter used for the crime. The arrested is Syed Ummar of Sathyanagar in city. On Dec….
Elected as Fellow of Association of Carbohydrate Chemists and Technologists (India)
January 4, 2020Mysuru: Dr. G. Muralikrishna, former HoD and retired Chief Scientist, Department of Biochemistry, CSIR-CFTRI and a resident of CFTRI Layout, Bogadi 2nd Stage, Mysuru, was elected as Fellow of Association of Carbohydrate Chemists and Technologists (ACCT), India, in the International Carbohydrate Symposium held at Lucknow University recently. He received the citation from the Hon. President…
Elephant attack, two students injured
January 4, 2020Siddapura: In broad day light, a group of students going to school at Injilagere near here were said to have been attacked by a wild elephant yesterday resulting in grievous injuries to two students — Yuvashri and Nityashri, daughter of a Farm worker Mani. After a preliminary treatment at a private hospital in Ammathi, the…















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