Mysore/Mysuru: Alleging that Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has ignored them while announcing a Rs.1,610 crore relief package for certain sections of the working class recently, tailors from Bhavasar Kshatriya Community have urged the CM to extend a helping hand to them too. The community has taken to various social media platforms like WhatsApp, Facebook and…
Annual tax collection by MCC and MUDA: Stray thoughts
May 8, 2020Sir, Many readers have voiced their concern on social distancing when MCC or MUDA open up their counters for tax collection. Till date there is no input from these two organisations on the issue of social distancing. A glaring example we saw when liquor shops opened on May 4. Social distance went to tail spin….
Stephen Lawrence
May 8, 2020Stephen Lawrence (87), an ex-Serviceman and a resident of Srirampura 2nd Stage in city, passed away at a private hospital this morning following brief illness. He leaves behind his wife Iris Lawrence, two sons, daughters-in-law, grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. Funeral took place at St. Bartholomew’s Cemetery on Mysuru-Bengaluru Road here today.
Rachamma Venkatappa
May 8, 2020Rachamma Venkatappa (65), a resident of Brindavan Layout 1st Stage, 7th Cross, passed away yesterday. She leaves behind a son, two daughters, grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were performed at Kumbarakoppal burial ground this evening, according to family sources.
Construction works begin after 40-day hiatus
May 7, 2020Industrial production too picks up pace after COVID-19 lockdown relaxation with precautions Mysore/Mysuru: The sound of hammers striking hot iron, loaders shifting iron rods and wooden poles from trucks to ground site, drilling and crushing of stones and trucks transporting sand and construction materials is emanating from almost all localities of Mysuru city as the…
Coronavirus: Mysuru Zoo ‘overwhelmed’ with donations
May 7, 2020With Rs. 1.05 crore donated today, Zoo earns Rs. 2.32 crore towards its maintenance Mysore/Mysuru: Thanks to District in-Charge Minister S.T. Somashekar, Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens (Mysuru Zoo), which would otherwise have been in deep trouble owing to zero footfall following the outbreak of the deadly Coronavirus, is ‘overwhelmed’ with the donations pouring in. The…
Gas leak: 11 killed, 300 hospitalised in Vizag
May 7, 2020Visakhapatnam: A gas leak at a polymer plant in Visakhapatnam has killed 11 people and forced the evacuation of thousands of people in the 3-kilometre radius. The leakage of styrene gas, which causes nausea and dizziness, took place early this morning when the plant was preparing to resume production later today in view of the…
Colonel Ashutosh Sharma SM: A terror to the terrorists
May 7, 2020Coursemate recalls time spent with him during training at Officers Training Academy, Chennai Mysore/Mysuru: Col. Ashutosh Sharma SM, who was killed in action in the recent Handwara Terrorists Operations, had undergone training at the Officers Training Academy (OTA), Chennai and was from the 2001 batch. Disclosing this to ‘Star of Mysore,’ Major (Retd.) Nayakanda Cariappa,…
Kerala’s first tribal girl who cracked civil service to join as Kozhikode Assistant Collector
May 7, 2020Kozhikode: Braving all odds, Sreedhanya Suresh, the first tribal woman from Kerala who cracked the civil service examination, will join as Assistant Collector in Kozhikode district. The 26-year-old Sreedhanya belongs to the Kurichya community in Pozhuthana village in Wayanad district. The tribal woman, who is now undergoing training at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of…
Only five Mobile Clinics from today; 11,789 people screened till date
May 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: So far a total of 11,789 people have benefitted from the Mobile Clinics launched by District Administration on Apr.29 to provide medical services at the doorstep. The free facility, which had 10 Mobile units on the day of launch, was increased to 12 from day-2. However, from today (May 7), there will be only…















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