Engineering graduate poses as probationary IPS officer; cools his heels in jail Mysuru: An engineering graduate calling himself a Kerala Cadre IPS officer on probation tried to pull a fast one on City Police officers by seeking an air-conditioned SUV for a family vacation. But an alert officer from Krishnaraja Police Station caught his lie…
Median Strip plants go dry, mar city’s beauty
April 22, 2019Mysuru: The greening and beautification of the city was part of the Swachh Bharat campaign and hence many roads in the city with median strips were planted with eye-catching flowering plants. However, the plants on the median strip near Bamboo Bazaar on Sayyaji Rao Road opposite to the Deaf and Dumb School have gone dry….
Ballahalli Layout in limbo, thanks to election code
April 22, 2019MUDA to meet farmers on June 4 to end the long-pending deadlock Mysuru: The Election Model Code of Conduct has come in the way of the process of formation of Ballahalli Layout, one of the ambitious and a long pending project of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA). Sources in MUDA told Star of Mysore that…
Rahul expresses regret in SC over his Rafale remarks
April 22, 2019New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi this morning expressed regret in the Supreme Court for “incorrectly” attributing his ‘Chowkidar Narendra Modi Chor Hai’ remarks to the top court’s verdict in the Rafale case. In response to a contempt petition filed against him in the SC, Gandhi said that the statement was made in the heat…
Mysuru-Kodagu LS seat: Men outnumber women in exercising franchise
April 22, 2019Mysuru: Even as Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha Constituency, which went to the polls on Apr.18, recorded a voter turnout of 69.25 percent, it is now understood that men have outnumbered women in exercising their franchise. Although women outnumbered men in terms of the number of voters, men voters outnumbered women when it came to casting votes….
MCC slaps tax notice on Police Bhavan
April 22, 2019Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has slapped a notice on Karnataka Police Bhavan authorities asking them to cough up pending tax amount since 2002. The Police Bhavan authorities have allegedly been paying less tax under Self-Assessment Scheme (SAS) and this has not gone down well with the MCC authorities. Speaking to Star of Mysore…
Protesters in Mysuru demand justice to Raichur engineering student
April 22, 2019Mysuru: Members of Gandhadagudi Foundation held a protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s bust near Court premises in city this morning condemning the brutal rape and murder of Madhu Pattar, a Raichur-based Private Engineering College student The half-burnt body of the girl was found hanging from a tree in a forest near the college that…
Muslim brethren celebrate Shab-e-Baraath
April 22, 2019Mysuru: Muslim brethren celebrated Shab-e-Baraath in city on Saturday by offering namaz at various Masjids, illuminated to mark the occasion. Special lectures were delivered on the “Importance of Shab-e-Baraath.” After namaz, the members visited the Khabarasthan to offer floral tribute to their departed souls and prayed for peace. Tahafuz -e-Khabarasthan Committee had made elaborate arrangements…
New-born baby boy’s body found floating in canal
April 22, 2019Nanjangud: A newborn baby boy’s body was found floating in an irrigation canal near Geekalli in the taluk yesterday. The passersby who noticed the body, alerted the Police. On receipt of information, Biligere Police led by Sub-Inspector Yeshwanthkumar rushed to the spot and recovered the body. Biligere Police, who have registered a case, are investigating…
129th Ramotsava by Ramabhyudaya Sabha – 3
April 22, 2019Sophisticated singing Sisters Apoorva and Anahita gave a vocal concert at the Alamma’s choultry under the aegis of Ramabhyudaya Sabha on 16th April, 2019. They were accompanied by young Gokul on the violin, B.C. Manjunath on mridanga and M.R.Manjunath on ghata. Tutelage under a stalwart like Chitraveena Ravikiran has given the sisters a sophisticated singing….
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