Mysuru: In a bid to make beetle leaf farmers undertake farming activities, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has decided to provide alternative lands to farmers of ‘Yele Thota’ whose lands were acquired by the then City Improvement Trust Board (CITB) in 1949 for the development of city. On Wednesday, a team of MCC officials, led…
Mysuru: Following the publication of a letter titled ‘Elephant Circle vandalised yet again. Will City Corporation act?’ (Star of Mysore dated June 27) and KBG’s Point Blank titled ‘Vandalising iconic public sculptures, buildings etc.’ (SOM dated June 28), the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Public Relations Officer, in a press release, has clarified that the civic…
By K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief Yesterday, Star of Mysore had published a letter in its Voice of the Reader column from a city tax-payer, with a sense of beauty and aesthetics, about the disfigurement of newly-constructed uniquely beautiful Elephant Circle by pasting posters on its pedestal (see pic). This morning while I was driving by the…
Sir, Of late, many readers are writing about rampant growth of bushes, especially parthenium, in Mysuru. Mysuru has become like a shrub jungle with thick growth of this weed leading to severe breathing problems. I reside in Ramakrishnanagar I Block where the growth of this plant has covered all vacant sites — private or government….
Mysuru: There is scare of dengue fever in city, though the Government is consistently denying it. The surrounding of houses should be kept clean without allowing water to stagnate. The Corporation officials and people’s representatives are trying to bring about awareness. However, it is surprising to see that under the very nose of the Mysuru…
Mysuru: The ten nomination papers of seven candidates for the MCC Ward 32 by-poll has been found in order. With the deadline for filing nomination papers ending on June 21, the scrutiny of nomination papers was taken up at the election cell of the MCC on Thursday. Two sets of nomination papers filed by JD(S)…
Chamaraja MLA Vasu performing guddali puja for the compound grill and other development works at Government Primary and High School at Paduvarahalli (Vinayakanagar) coming under MCC ward 23 this morning. The works have been taken up at a cost of Rs. 10 lakh out of the Legislators’ Local Area Development Fund (2014-15). Corporator B. Bhagyavathi,…
Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Contractors’ Association has urged the MCC Commissioner to clear the long-pending bills of contractors. In a press release, the Association has said that from 2013-14 to 2016-17 bills worth Rs. 130 crore were pending and recently, when the Association office-bearers met the MCC Commissioner G. Jagadeesha, he had cleared…
Mysuru: Today being the last day for filing of nomination papers, three candidates, including an Independent, filed their papers this morning for the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Ward 32 by-poll scheduled on July 2. SBM Manju of JD(S), K. Madesh of BJP and Lalana Dhanraj, a Congress rebel candidate, filed their nomination papers with MCC…
Mysuru: The stage is set for the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) by-election for Ward 32 that will be held on July 2. With less than a fortnight remaining for the polling day, the JD(S) and the BJP have already finalised their candidates while the Congress is still in search of a suitable candidate. The Ward…
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