Mysore Race Club (MRC) has organised Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Memorial Open Golf Championship-2019 Maharaja’s Cup from Nov.1 to 3. MRC Chaiman Dr. N. Nithyanand Rao will inaugurate the event at 7.45 am on Nov.1 following which the qualifying rounds will be held from 8 am to 1 pm. The qualifying rounds will continue on Nov.2…
KSCA U-14 Inter-Club Tourney: Mysuru lad Kanishk slams ton for Swastic Union CC
October 24, 2019Mysuru lad M. Kanishk, representing Swastic Union CC (SUCC), scored an unbeaten 149 to guide his team to a massive win over Friends Union CC (I) in the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) Group I, Division I, II, III Under-14 Inter-Club Tournament in Bengaluru recently. Riding on M. Kanishk’s 131-ball effort, studded with 19 fours…
Tourist Guide waylaid, assaulted in wee hours
October 23, 2019Made to run around three Police Stations; complaint filed finally at 10.30 pm Mysore: A 61-year-old Tourist Guide was waylaid, robbed, brutally stabbed and assaulted by a gang of four criminals in the wee hours of yesterday. Sadly, the bleeding victim was made to run around three Police Stations to register a complaint. Finally, the…
Landslip at Chamundi Hill: View Point-Nandi Statue Road closed for traffic
October 23, 2019Mysore: The Road between View Point and Nandi Statue atop Chamundi Hill has been temporarily closed for vehicular traffic from this morning as a portion of the Hill caved in yesterday. Vehicles have been asked to take regular route to reach Chamundeshwari Temple and alternative Road to Nandi Statue. A portion of Chamundi Hill along…
Victory for Greens as HC halts Mysuru-Kodagu Railway Line
October 23, 2019Mysore: In a huge victory to environmentalists and conservationists, the Karnataka High Court yesterday asked the Indian Railways and the Ministry of Railways to seek environment-related clearances before commissioning two rail projects in Kodagu — Mysuru-Kushalnagar line and the Thalassery-Mysuru Railway Line. The High Court Bench, led by Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, gave these…
‘Save Dewan Poornaiah Canal, Conserve Kukkarahalli Lake’
October 23, 2019Activists welcome MLA G.T. Devegowda’s stand to resurvey historic canal Mysuru: Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) has urged the elected representatives and residents to save the iconic Kukkarahalli Lake and clear encroachment on Dewan Poornaiah Canal. MGP members, under the banner of Kukkarahalli Ulisi Andolan, has welcomed Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda’s (GTD) announcement of redoing the…
Now, only 4-km of 22-km-long Poornaiah Canal remains
October 23, 2019Mysuru: The Dewan Poornaiah Canal is the main feeder Canal that brings fresh water to the Kukkarahalli Lake. Of the original length of 22-km, only 4-km remains today, thanks to unscientific approach towards the development of layouts and lack of concern for the environment. Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, Naturalist U.N. Ravikumar, who…
Radio-collared tusker from TN creates havoc in Bandipur
October 23, 2019Attacks two villagers; gores to death two cows To be captured and sent to Sakkrebailu Camp Gundlupet: A radio-collared wild tusker from Tamil Nadu attacked two persons, including a farmer and a villager on the outskirts of Bandipur Tiger Reserve yesterday. The injured — Siddaiah and Swamy from Hangala village in Gundlupet taluk — have…
MCC Council Meeting: Corporators raise issues concerning potholed roads, drinking water woes
October 23, 2019Mysuru: In the MCC Council Meeting post Dasara, Corporators, cutting across party lines, took the officials to task by unitedly raising the issues of potholed roads and drinking water woes in city. With Corporators targeting the officials, MCC Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde said that a total of 32 work orders were issued to repair potholes at…
Mayor announces Rs.50 lakh Grant to every Ward
October 23, 2019Mysuru: In her last Council Meeting, Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath announced a Grant of Rs.50 lakh to every Ward for taking up developmental works. Replying to the members’ demand for at least Rs.85 lakh, the Mayor said that she has announced this amount even though the Commissioner had suggested only Rs.25 lakh. Corporators demand hike in…
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