It is a public-private sector partnership of a different kind where a private agency is taking over a public institution as it is facing severe problems including staff and resource crunch and lack of funds. Here we are speaking about public libraries in Mysuru that are set to be handed over to private agencies for…
A new building of Mysuru City Central Library is taking shape amidst fund crunch in People’s Park premises at Nazarbad opposite Government Guest House. It is a two-storeyed building and the construction work of the structure is nearing completion. Seventy-five percent of the works have been completed and works are on to fix doors, windows…
The name board and pictures of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi displayed outside Indira Canteens across the city are being covered with papers by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) as the Model Code of Conduct is in effect in view of the LS polls.
Intl. Women’s Day 2019: Balance for Better The theme of International Women’s Day 2019 is Balance for Better. The future is exciting. Let’s build a gender-balanced world. Everyone has a part to play — all the time, everywhere. From grassroots activism to worldwide action, we are entering an exciting period of history where the world…
Star of Mysore had carried a news item titled ‘Cleanliness lesson to Mysureans from foreign woman’ yesterday (Feb.25, 2019). The Israeli woman Daariya (inset), along with a few local youths on Sunday, had collected garbage strewn in the Lake premises and placed it before the garbage bins in Kukkarahalli Lake, which is maintained by University…
Mysuru: The Probe Committee which is constituted by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) in connection with MG Road Double Billing Scam where Rs.1.4 crore was allegedly siphoned off by submitting two bills for the same work has decided to submit a detailed report to the State Government recommending action against the guilty officials as allegations…
Mysuru: IAS Officer Shilpa Nag has taken over as the Commissioner of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC). Outgoing Commissioner K.H. Jagadeesha, who has been appointed as Chief Administrator at Directorate of Collegiate Education, Bengaluru, handed over charge to her at the MCC Office on Sayyaji Rao Road last afternoon. Karnataka cadre Officer Shilpa Nag had earlier…
Heritage panel writes to Chief Secretary opposing demolition Mysuru: Members of the State Government-appointed Heritage Expert Committee (HEC) have written to State Chief Secretary T.M. Vijay Bhaskar opposing the Mysuru City Corporation’s move to demolish Devaraja Market and Lansdowne Building and pave way for new commercial complexes. The members have opined that the MCC’s move…
Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has decided to implement a Single Window System (SWS) for tax collection and has given approval for software development for the same. The system will be implemented after visiting other civic bodies in the country that have brought in the process. At the Council Meeting held yesterday under the…
Mysuru: Corporators have suspected a scam behind the Animal Birth Control (ABC) programme as the very intention of checking the population of stray dogs is not meeting the desired purpose. Even after 10 years of its launch in 2009, the statistics provided by MCC officials cannot be fully accepted as there is no respite yet…
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