Mysuru: Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath has said that the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) will extend all help for promotion of handicraft products. She was speaking at the programme organised by Karnataka State Handicraft Products Makers Association to felicitate craftsmen at the Institution of Engineers Hall on JLB Road here on Sunday last. Regretting that handicrafts had…
Mysuru: Even as the 20-day-long political crisis ended in the State with B.S. Yediyurappa taking over as the new Chief Minister on July 26, MCC Commissioner Shilpa Nag, an IAS Officer, has gone on a year long leave to take care of her child. Although Shilpa Nag had applied for a two-year leave, the Department…
By K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief Last evening I was delighted to read Star of Mysore because of its lead story titled “City Corporations must pay for pothole victims: HC.” In jurisprudence, there is a legal principle which talks about crime and punishment. If a crime or a wrong is not punished, one will continue to commit…
Good roads, footpaths a fundamental right; Lives of tax-payers not cheap to suffer from bad roads, says High Court Bengaluru: Nothing can calm the rage and grief felt by parents whose child’s life is snuffed out in a pothole-related accident. But next time someone loses life or a limb due to bad roads or killer…
We need the Choultry back, demand miffed residents Mysuru: The residents of Hebbal are a miffed lot as the CITB Choultry, the only place where they conduct their family events and ceremonies, has been sealed by Election Officers. Reason: The building is being used as a Strong Room to store Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) that…
Mysuru: The landmark LIC Circle or the Millennium Circle will no longer be a place to sell sheep. Every Bakrid season, the area turns to a sheep pen with traders coming from far off villages to sell sheep and buyers haggling with them to buy the healthiest animal for a the best price. The Mysuru…
Is it possible to live in such inhuman conditions…? Mysuru: The whole place stinks as mounds of garbage is accumulated, plastic and waste is strewn all around, sewage water is flowing on the roads, it does not have an Anganwadi or its own school building. When one visits this place, the first question that arises…
Mysuru: To create awareness among people on environmental protection, H.C. Dasappa Sarvajanika Vichara Samsthe in association with Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) planted over 25 saplings at the premises of ‘Yasho Vilas,’ the Office of the Samsthe in VV Mohalla and by the roadside on Gokulam Road. The programme was launched by Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath. Tree…
Cases filed against three persons Mysuru: The MCC was perturbed by three unknown persons trying to search for wealth by opening manholes. Realising the seriousness of the situation, it registered a Police complaint against them on Sunday. The incident was brought to the notice of MCC Executive Engineer Mahesh around 3.15 pm and he rushed…
Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has organised a manual scavenging survey camp in city from July 26 to Aug.6 at different places from 10 am to 6 pm, said the District Urban Development Cell Project Director. The survey is being conducted regarding those who have been involved in manual scavenging after the implementation of The…
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