Date: August 3rd, 2018

Bandipur night traffic ban will stay, says Forest Minister
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Bandipur night traffic ban will stay, says Forest Minister

August 3, 2018

Mysuru:  Following severe backlash from environmental groups over Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and PWD Minister H.D. Revanna’s consent to Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to revoke the night traffic ban through Bandipur Tiger Reserve, the State Government appears to have dropped the proposal. The traffic is banned on the highway from 9 pm…

K.R. Pet Tahsildar goes missing; kidnapping suspected
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K.R. Pet Tahsildar goes missing; kidnapping suspected

August 3, 2018

K.R. Pet:  K.R. Pet Tahsildar Mahesh Chandra has gone missing since last night and he is suspected to have been kidnapped by miscreants after intercepting his vehicle on the Hassan-Mysuru Road near Saligrama. A pair of shoes and some shirt buttons were found lying below the vehicle, leading to suspicion that he has been kidnapped….

105 Urban Local Bodies to vote on Aug. 29
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105 Urban Local Bodies to vote on Aug. 29

August 3, 2018

Bengaluru: The stage is set for a mini poll battle in Karnataka with State Election Commission yesterday announcing the schedule for elections to 105 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs). These include 29 City Municipal Councils, 53 Town Municipal Councils and 23 Town Panchayats. Polling will be held on Aug. 29 and counting of votes will be…

I.B. Uthaiah from Kodagu appointed as Rear Admiral
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I.B. Uthaiah from Kodagu appointed as Rear Admiral

August 3, 2018

Madikeri: Ichettira B. Uthaiah from Kodagu District has been appointed as Rear Admiral of the Indian Navy. This is for the first time in the history of the district such an appointment has been made in the Indian Navy. In the Army, however, Kodandera M. Cariappa has risen to the rank of Field Marshal (Commander-in-Chief)…

Grand Chamundeshwari Vardhanti Utsava, Ashada Shukravara Puja at Chamundi Hill
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Grand Chamundeshwari Vardhanti Utsava, Ashada Shukravara Puja at Chamundi Hill

August 3, 2018

Mysuru: The Chamundeshwari Vardhanti Mahotsava atop Chamundi Hill on third Ashada Friday (Ashada Shukravara) saw an unusually high number of devotees queuing up in front of the temple since the small hours of this morning. The special rituals, marking the Vardhanti mahotsava, began as early at 3.30 am, with priests performing Mahanyasa Poorvaka Rudrabhisheka, Panchamrutha…

Girl dies after falling from moving bike
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Girl dies after falling from moving bike

August 3, 2018

Madikeri: A 26-year-old girl, who was riding pillion on a bike, was killed after she fell from the moving bike on Abbey Falls Road here yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Bhavya, a resident of Harangi Heruru village in Kushalnagar. The incident: Yesterday, one Naveen Kumar, a resident of Bajjegundi in Somwarpet taluk, had…

Periyapatna woman traced in Shimla reaches Mysuru
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Periyapatna woman traced in Shimla reaches Mysuru

August 3, 2018

Bengaluru/ Mysuru: Saraswathi alias Padma, the woman from Makanahalli Palya at Periyapatna, who was lodged in a Shimla mental hospital for the past two years, returned to Karnataka last evening. On landing in Bengaluru, she was taken straight to Vidhana Soudha where she found an audience with Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy.   Padma, who went…

KSOU VC lodges Police complaint against Hindi Professor
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KSOU VC lodges Police complaint against Hindi Professor

August 3, 2018

Mysuru: Driven to the extreme by the unprofessional behaviour of his colleague, a Professor in the Hindi Department, Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) Vice-Chancellor Prof. D. Shivalingaiah, was forced to lodge a Police complaint against him. According to the complaint with the Jayalakshmipuram Police (a copy of which is available with Star of Mysore), Hindi…

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