Star of Mysore Online

vox populi vox dei… vox populi vox dei… vox populi vox dei…: Mysuru’s human chain speaks

By S.G. Vombatkere The peacefulness of the “human chain” demonstration belied the very strong message that it sent to the Government of Karnataka (GoK) that the Project is an utter waste of money, because the reason for accidents is not the curve in the road but the over-speeding of vehicles in that stretch of road....

Clearing career obstacles

Feng Shui is about how the space you live and work in affects your mood, energy level and your decisions. There are specific guidelines to generate a healthy energy flow in the architecture as well as in the design and furniture arrangement. In a building, to enhance the positivity of the place and assist in...

Your wild safari to Bandipur, Nagarahole will get costlier

Mysuru: Come November, your trip to National Parks and Tiger reserves across the State will burn a hole into your pockets as the Forest Department has revised – or call it hiked – tourist tariffs. The revised tariffs will come into effect from November 1. Now, the entry fee (that is the basic entry fee)...

A bend in the road: How to fix it?

By K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief Over a thousand citizens of Mysuru, comprising a few NGOs, assembled this morning at the Kalamandira premises and then marched towards the bend near Jaladarshini Guest House in a straight human chain to protest against the Government’s decision to straighten this stretch of road at an estimated cost of Rs. 12...

Photo News

Photo News
Electric pole posing danger in Vidyaranyapuram
An electric pole opposite Vidyaranyapuram Park has live exposed wires. These two wires when joined switches on the street-lights in the area. This pol...

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Proper disposal of garbage needed in Yadavagiri
Heaps of industrial waste has been piling up near the corner of Gujarati Samaj Bhavan (Yadavagiri) for months and no effort has been made by MCC to di...

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Winners of State-level PU Floor-ball Championship
A group photo of Mysuru District Pre-University Girls Floor-ball team which won the State-level PU Girls Floor-ball Championship beating Kodagu in the...
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Open Day showcases Science models
Open Day, an exclusive exhibition on Science, Mathematics and other creative exhibits and models made by students was held recently at Mysore West Lio...

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Goddess adorned with currency notes
The idol of Goddess Sri Bala Tripurasundari Devi at Amrutheshwara Temple on Dewan’s Road here was decorated with currency notes of various denominatio...

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Winners of collage contest
The students of JSS Public School, Siddarthanagar, Mysuru, have won the first place in Collage-Making competition organised by Excel Public School rec...

Voice of the Reader

Voice of The Reader
Let the bend remain near Jaladarshini !
Sir, Our forefathers who built tanks (Lakes) had a clear idea of the topography of the land around it and designed their villages in such a way that r...
Voice of The Reader
‘Padlocks of Love’ on ‘Trees of Love’: A Moscow Custom or Superstition?
Sir, I have been enjoying reading the latest Abracadabra pieces — the ones that have been appearing under the title “Gone Away: To Germany & Austr...
Voice of The Reader
Plea to revive MUTA
Sir, The Mysore University Teachers Association (MUTA) is an old organisation and it is very disturbing that in the last 4-5 years it has failed to ke...
Voice of The Reader
Where is the necessity to straighten Jaladarshini Road?
Sir, Maj. Gen. S.G. Vombatkere’s letter on straightening of Jaladarshini Road hits the nail directly on the head (Star of Mysore dated Oct. 12). There...
Voice of The Reader
Suggestions to mitigate floods in Mysuru
Sir, After reading about the recent reports on rain water gushing into houses in many localities of Mysuru, here are some of my thoughts on the reason...

EDITORIAL

Mysuru: Hope, Despair, Hope

The city’s literati, given to the habit of writing in their preferred columns of this daily, have been expressing a hope on Mysuru not going the Bengaluru way. The State’s capital, portrayed in glorious terms as the Garden City, Asia’s Fastest Growing City, and so on in the years not too long ago has fallen...

Dignity, Decency for Domestic Help

The Union Labour Ministry on Monday disclosed the broad contents of the policy to formalise the right of domestic workers to equal and minimum wages, social security cover, skill development programme and forming Unions at par with other workers under the existing labour laws. Until not too long ago, the domestic worker, euphemistically called domestic...

Spiritual sections in Secular society

Although food that we consume at home in well-marked sessions during the day, everyday, and at places outside our homes on various occasions is to primarily assuage hunger, one cannot but agree with the fact that it is our eyes that get the first chance to savour the dishes, to be followed by our fingers,...

Dialogue with Diet

Perhaps there is no other subject that can match food when it comes to engaging oneself in talking or thinking or enjoying or suffering or grieving either before or after two most ubiquitous event. The soliloquy To be or not to be spoken by Prince Hamlet in William Shakespeare’s play by the same name with...

OBITUARY

Obituary
T.N. Anasuya
T.N. Anasuya (75), wife of Dr. M.C. Subba Ramu and a resident of Siddarthanagar, passed away last night at a private Hospital here following a heart...
Obituary
A. Ramamani Murthy
Ramamani Murthy (80), a resident of No. 350-C, ‘Sri Narasimha,’ 4th Main, Gokulam Second Stage, passed away here in the wee hours of today. She leaves...
Obituary
A. Wajid Baig Ashrafi
Wajid Baig Ashrafi (53), Vice-President of Empty Drums, Can Dealers and Management Committee member of the Masjid Azam Ahle Sunnath-wo-Jamath, Ashoka ...
Obituary
P.N. Muthu
P.N. Muthu, a resident of Vivekananda Road in Yadavagiri, passed away at his residence here yesterday. He leaves behind sons, daughters, daughters-in-...
Obituary
B.A. Meena
B.A. Meena (60), former employee of Canara Bank in Mysuru, passed away in Bengaluru yesterday after brief illness. She leaves behind her husband T. Sa...
Obituary
K.R. Susheela
K.R. Susheela (79), wife of late Dr. K.V. Raghvendra Rao and a resident of Chamundipuram, passed away on Oct. 16 after a brief illness. She leaves beh...

SPORTS

Castle Bridge wins Mysore Derby

Mysuru: Castle Bridge won The Mysore Derby 2017 held yesterday at the Mysore Race Club (MRC) Limited, here. The winning horse, owned by United Racing and Bloodstock Breeders Limited, was trained by Bharath Singh and ridden by jockey Suraj Naredu. The trophy to the winner was presented by MRC Chairman G. Venkatesh. The MRC also...

India wins Hockey Asia Cup; Malaysia emerges runner-up, Pakistan gets bronze

Dhaka: India’s decade long wait to be crowned as champions of Asia finally ended after goals from Ramandeep Singh and Lalit Upadhyay helped them beat Malaysia 2-1 in the summit clash of the Asia Cup Hockey Championship in Dhaka yesterday. This is India’s third ever title in the history of the tournament, which brings them...

Indian team announced for T20 series against Kiwis

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced a 16-member team for the upcoming three-match T20 series against New Zealand, this morning. The senior men’s selection committee has named Mumbai opener Shreyas Iyer and Hyderabad Opener Mohammed Siraj, who have made it to the team for the first time. Ashish Nehra has been...