Maddur: A youth from Maddur, who had been to Kerala to visit his Facebook friend, has won Rs. 1 crore lottery. He had bought the lottery ticket after his friend forced him to buy one. The lucky youth is Sohan Balaram, a resident of Somanahalli village in Maddur taluk of Mandya district. Sohan, along with…
RT-PCR test mandatory for nursing students from Kerala
February 9, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With no let-up in COVID-19 positive cases in Kerala, the Karnataka Health Department has made RT-PCR test mandatory for students from Kerala who are pursuing nursing courses in city. A senior officer of District Health Department told Star of Mysore that quite a big number of students from Kerala study in private nursing colleges….
Bird Flu Scare: Birds under watch
January 6, 2021Avian behaviour monitored hourly Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary remains open Disinfectant palate created to step into while entering the boating area Srirangapatna/Mysuru: Close to the heels of outbreak of bird flu in Kerala, the Karnataka Forest Department has sounded high alert in its bird sanctuaries and water bodies under its limits and also of those under…
Bird Flu Scare in Kerala: Mysuru Zoo, Bird Sanctuary on high alert
January 5, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: After Kerala was placed on high alert on Monday following outbreak of bird flu in Kottayam and Alappuzha districts, Mysuru Zoo and Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary have been put on high alert. Mysuru Zoo Executive Director Ajit M. Kulkarni, speaking to Star of Mysore this morning said that the Zoo Authority of Karnataka (ZAK) and…
Two children among 7 killed as bus falls on a house
January 4, 2021The bus was carrying marriage party to Kodagu Madikeri: Seven persons, including two children, were killed and many sustained grievous injuries, when a bus transporting a wedding party to Kodagu, veered off a steep road and fell on top of a house at Pariyaram, a village bordering Panathur in Kasaragod district of Kerala yesterday. The…
Kerala-Mysuru rail link: New route with a tunnel proposed
December 5, 2020Mysore-Malabar Rail Road Action Council appeals Karnataka Government to consider the project Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysore-Malabar Rail Road Action Council is generating public opinion in favour of Mysuru-Malabar Railway line that has Thalassery in Kerala and Kadakola in Karnataka near Mysuru as starting and ending points. This comes in the wake of the earlier Thalassery-Mysuru Railway…
Nanjangud Cops nab Kerala’s conman in ‘filmy style’
November 24, 2020Nanjangud: An inter-State conman has been arrested by Nanjangud Police on charges of cheating poultry farmers on the pretext of helping them to produce the most sought after Omega nutritious egg. According to Police, the accused has been identified as Pramod, Founding-Chairman of Omega 36 Poultry and Technology at Nyayantan town near Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. His…
Onam: Pookalam adorns Kodagu DC’s residence
August 31, 2020IAS Officer Annies Kanmani Joy, a native of Kerala, who is serving as the Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Kodagu district in Karnataka for the past two years, celebrated Onam, the harvest festival of her native State, at the DC Bungalow in Madikeri, Kodagu. The DC, attired in traditional costume, is seen making Pookalam (‘poov’ meaning…
Inter-State conman arrested for cheating city jeweller
August 27, 2020Rs. 45 lakh worth gold recovered, one MG Hector car seized Mysore/Mysuru: Lashkar Police have arrested a 46-year-old inter-State conman from Kerala on charges of cheating a city jeweller of gold and have recovered Rs. 45 lakh worth gold besides seizing a MG Hector SUV from him. The arrested conman is S.A. Hameed Ali, a…
Keralite goes missing from city
July 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A 49-year-old man from Kerala, who had come to city in search of job and staying at a rented house in Subramanyanagar, has gone missing since Mar. 16. According to the complaint lodged by his mother Elizabeth Verghese, the missing person George Verghese is 5.8 ft. tall, wheatish complexioned, medium built, oval faced and…
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