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Stone Mining at Baby Betta Threat to Safety of KRS

Mandya: A Senior Police Officer’s report that rampant and uncontrolled mining-cum-stone quarrying activities at Baby Betta Reserve Forests in Pandavapura Taluk here is posing great danger to Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) has raised safety concerns of the Dam itself. The Dam, built by Sir M. Visvesvaraya and the gift of Mysore Wadiyars, is a lifeline...

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Scorn at corn waste near KRS

Mysuru: Even as the State government is yet to take action on the report of illegal quarrying near KRS, here is a report of tourists spoiling the beauty of the Dam that is a lifeline of the region. Khalid Ahmed Khan, a reader of Star of Mysore, has sent us this news along with pictures...

Open Street Fest on KR Boulevard

Mysuru: In view of overwhelming response from visitors to the Dasara Open Street Festival held on D. Devaraja Urs Road last year, the District Administration and the Department of Tourism have decided to hold this year’s festival at Krishnaraja Boulevard, which is free from heavy traffic and which is convenient for both visitors and organisers....

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Stone Mining at Baby Betta Threat to Safety of KRS

Mandya: A Senior Police Officer’s report that rampant and uncontrolled mining-cum-stone quarrying activities at Baby Betta Reserve Forests in Pandavap...

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Scorn at corn waste near KRS

Mysuru: Even as the State government is yet to take action on the report of illegal quarrying near KRS, here is a report of tourists spoiling the beau...

Mysore Dasara 2018, News

Open Street Fest on KR Boulevard

Mysuru: In view of overwhelming response from visitors to the Dasara Open Street Festival held on D. Devaraja Urs Road last year, the District Admini...

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Variable Message Signboards, Mysuru city’s new must-see

Mysuru: The City Police have installed Smart Variable Messaging Signs (VMS) at three places to give traffic-related information about routes to ensure...

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Delegation meets Union Home Minister: Seeks Special Rs.5,000-crore package for Kodagu

Bengaluru: A delegation led by Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha, which met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh at Bengaluru on Tuesday, has appealed the Mi...

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Pet Talk: September 19th

By Maneka Gandhi In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka speaks about the suicidal tendencies in animals, squirrels’ habitat and musical instruments made of a...

Columns, Point of View

Where is Vivekananda’s India?

By T.J.S. George Here is the noblest summing up of civilisational values by an Indian: I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world b...

Columns, In Black & White

India is beautiful, Indians make it ugly

Thursday was Ganesha Chaturthi, the festival to celebrate the birth of Lord Ganesha, the revered elephant-headed Hindu God. But on his birthday, an el...

Abracadabra By K. B. Ganapathy, Columns

Mysuru celebrates Ganesha Fest by destroying Elephant Fountain!

On Wednesday, 12th September when I was driving to my office in Bannimantap, I was witness to the ugly face of some Mysureans. The beautiful fountain,...

Columns, Over A Cup of Evening Tea

All is well that ends well!

By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem Last week I wrote about our trip to Hyderabad and the theft of the Nizam’s Golden Tiffin Carrier from his private museum there...

EVENTS TODAY

Events Today

Sri Prasanna Vidya Ganapathi Mandali Charitable (SPVGMC) Trust, 8th Cross, V.V. Mohalla

57th Heritage Music Festival with Ganeshotsava, ‘Kumaravyasa Bharata – Virata Parva- Uttara’s valoor’ Vaachana by Sujata Niranjan and Vyaakhyana...

Events Today

Sri Digambara Jain Samaja And Padmasri Jain Mahila Samaja

Dashalakshana Parva of Badrapada Masa, discourse on ‘Uttama Thapa’ by Dr. Jwala Suresh, Sri Shantishwara Swamy Basadi (Kote Basadi), 7.15 pm. ...

Events Today

Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama

Swami Shantivratanandaji speaks on ‘Kaliyuga Vyasa Srimahendranatha,’ Ashrama premises, Yadavagiri, 6 pm.

Events Today

Sri Venkatesha Sabha

Sri Vedanta Deshika’s 750th Jayanti Mahotsava, adorning Sri Vedanta Deshika with golden crown by Sri Abhinava Vageesha Brahmatantra Swatantra Parakal...

EVENTS TOMORROW

Events Tomorrow

Sri Digambara Jain Samaja And Padmasri Jain Mahila Samaja

Dashalakshana Parva of Badrapada Masa, discourse on ‘Uttama Tyaga’ by Dr. Rajendra Kumar, Sri Shantishwara Swamy Basadi (Kote Basadi), 7.15 pm.

Events Tomorrow

Sri Venkatesha Sabha

Sri Vedanta Deshika’s 750th Jayanti Mahotsava, Utsava, Shattumurai, Sri Prasanna Krishnaswamy Temple, Mysore Palace premises, 5 pm; Sri Shwetavarahas...

Events Tomorrow

Sri Prasanna Vidya Ganapathi Mandali Charitable (SPVGMC) Trust, 8th Cross, V.V. Mohalla

57th Heritage Music Festival with Ganeshotsava, ‘Kumaravyasa Bharata – Virata Parva – Uttara Gograhana’ Vaachana by Lata Phani and Vyaakhy...

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57th Heritage Music Festival at 8th Cross Ganesha: Nemmara Brothers' Nadaswara
Nemmara Brothers — N.R. Kannan and N.R. Anand — presenting a Nadaswara recital at 8th Cross, V.V. Mohalla, in city yesterday as part of the 57th Herit...

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Robin’s prayer...
As ‘Shree Ganesha Deva Shree Ganesha…’ song reverberates across the mohalla with Ganesha Chaturthi Festivities still on… here is an Indian...

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57th Heritage Music Festival at 8th Cross Ganesha: Vocal recital by Dr. Nityashree
Dr. Nityashree Mahadevan (Chennai) presenting a vocal concert at 8th Cross, V.V. Mohalla, in city yesterday as part of the 57th Heritage Music Festiva...
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Selected for State-level Sports
The following students of Sadvidya High School, N.S. Road, have been selected for State-level Sports conducted by the Department of Public Instruction...

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Grand launch of Pragathi Dreams from Sumaya Properties
Pragathi Dreams, a 36-acre gated community by Sumaya Properties Pvt. Ltd., Mysuru, was launched at the site located near lnfosys, Mysuru, by A. Shiva ...

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57th Heritage Music Festival at 8th Cross Ganesha: An ebullient flute concert by Shruti Sagar
J.B. Shruti Sagar presenting a flute concert at 8th Cross, V.V. Mohalla, in city yesterday as part of the 57th Heritage Music Festival with Ganeshotsa...

EDITORIAL

Editorial

Playtime of three players

The nation’s voluminous text, the Constitution, created in the wake of gaining political freedom from the nearly 150-year colonial rule is marked by v...

Editorial

Urban ugly underbelly

Cities in the country are figuring in the news columns of dailies highlighting their state of cleanliness, as measured by over 30 parameters, and are ...

Editorial

Trip to uncharted territory

The least accepted event in the life of human beings at large is the inevitable phenomenon of death. The land’s puranas and narratives in the epics ar...

Editorial

Waning wisdom, human folly

Scholars delivering discourses before their captive audiences comprising mostly men and women on the wrong side of 60 years, a common sight nowadays i...

Editorial

Alive and kicking

Legends dating back to Roman and Greek civilisations, spanning 8th century BC to 5th century AD, which we get to read with scanty details of life that...

Editorial

Men-friendly measure

Children and their parents living with close relatives under a common roof with food prepared for all the inmates in a single kitchen leading harmonio...

Voice of the Reader

Voice of The Reader
Check all kinds of traffic violations
Sir, I would like to draw the attention of authorities concerned and elected representatives towards the over-emphasis on helmetless riding or product...
Voice of The Reader
Hinkal Flyover deadline: Enforce stringent clauses
Sir, Apropos the news item “Hinkal Flyover not before Dasara” (SOM dated Sept.17), we find that most of the works executed by Mysuru Urban Development...
Voice of The Reader
Fake News: Do netas really care about the country?
Sir, I first wish to congratulate Dr. Bhamy Shenoy for his factual, fearless, scientific and informative article titled “Petrol & Diesel: Do we se...
Voice of The Reader
India Post Payments Bank to boost Postal services
Sir, The Ministry of Communications under the Department of Posts has ventured into the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) sector throug...
Voice of The Reader
Worsening traffic in Mysuru
Sir, Of late, as many SOM readers have been pointing out, the traffic situation in Mysuru has been going from bad to worse. Having been in Bengaluru f...

OBITUARY

Obituary
H. Parvathi
Parvathi (74), retired Vice-Principal of Vijaya College, Pandavapura and a resident of Shanthinagar in the town, passed away on Monday night at a priv...
Obituary
Narayan Murthy
Narayan Murthy (78), well-known hotelier, passed away yesterday at his residence here. He leaves behind his wife, daughter Shilpa Prasanna (former Pre...
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K.S. Papanna
K.S. Papanna (75), a rice merchant and a resident of Kittur in Periyapatna taluk, passed away this morning at a private hospital here following bri...
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V. Dinesh
Mysuru: V. Dinesh (48), Class 1 Electrical Contractor S. Vasanth’s son and a resident of Kuvempunagar, passed away here on Sept.16 (Sunday). He leaves...
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R. Rajanna
Rajanna (85), a social worker, patron of Mysuru Mahanagarapalike Mandi Marukatte Badigedarara Sangha, passed away yesterday in city. He leaves behind ...
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K. Thimmegowda
K. Thimmegowda (72), retired Engineer and a resident of Subhash Nagar, passed away at his residence here last night. He leaves behind his wife Bhagyam...

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