Mysore/Mysuru: If everything goes well, owners of four-wheelers and two-wheelers can safely park their vehicles inside the Town Hall multi-level parking facility in city soon. After inspecting the multi-level parking area, Urban Development Minister Byrathi Basavaraj directed the authorities of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to complete the pending works and make it available to public….
Dilapidated Lansdowne, Devaraja Market turn ‘sight-seeing’ for netas
July 16, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The dilapidated Lansdowne Building and Devaraja Market have found its place in the list of must-visit tourist spots in Mysuru. While a portion of the century-old Lansdowne Building caved in August 2012 claiming four lives, the northern side entrance of the heritage Devaraja Market collapsed in August 2016. Luckily none was injured in this…
First Ashada Friday 2021: Only VVIPs have darshan of Goddess
July 16, 2021All other devotees banned; Police keep strict vigil at gates, steps Mysore/Mysuru: Amidst a huge public outcry that only VVIPs and celebrities are allowed atop Chamundi Hill to offer their prayers to Goddess Chamundeshwari on the auspicious occasion of Ashada Shukravara while the entry of common man is banned due to COVID, all entry points…
Police convince actor Darshan not to visit Hill Temple; he obliges
July 16, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Sandalwood actor Darshan Thoogudeepa had announced yesterday that he would pray to Goddess Chamundeshwari on the first Ashada Friday today as every year he does this. Police sources told Star of Mysore today that last evening, City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta held an informal meeting with his officers where he instructed that by allowing…
Six injured as car rams into auto
July 16, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Six persons, including an auto driver, bike rider and two women, were injured when a speeding car rammed into an autorickshaw and a bike near Government Ayurveda College and Hospital on Sayyaji Rao Road yesterday morning. The injured are Anitha, Hemalatha, auto driver Antony, auto passengers Shankar and Lakshmamma and bike rider Basavaraju. They…
‘Karnataka yet to utilise full capacity of KRS water’
July 16, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Stating that the KRS Dam was built over 95 years ago, retired Tahsildar Badrinath said that Karnataka can irrigate 1.25 lakh acres of land from the KRS reservoir as per an agreement reached between the erstwhile Mysore rulers and Madras Presidency then. But the State is using the water only for irrigating just over…
Daksha PU College and GETS Academy holds COVID vaccination drive
July 16, 202158 teaching and non-teaching staff receive jabs Mysore/Mysuru: Daksha PU College and GETS Academy at Hootagalli Industrial Area on Hunsur Road, Mysuru, are ready to bring back students with all the necessary precautions in place to ensure the safety and well-being of students by following the stipulated recommendations of WHO and Ministry of Health. As…
Elephant electrocuted
July 16, 2021Gundlupet: A wild elephant died of electrocution after it came in contact with an illegal electric fence near Alathur village at Bandipur Reserve Forest in the taluk. One Jagannath had fenced his field and had drawn power illegally to protect his groundnut crops from wild animals. A female elephant aged between 35 and 40 years,…
Miscreants rob Rs.10 lakh cash from car, scooter dickey
July 16, 2021K.R. Pet: In separate incidents, miscreants have stolen a total of Rs. 10.8 lakh cash at K.R. Pet yesterday. In the first incident, miscreants have decamped with Rs. 7 lakh cash kept in the car after breaking the glass panes of the car. Nagaraj, a teacher, had withdrawn Rs. 7 lakh cash from a bank…
Freak mishap: Car rams into stationary bus from behind
July 16, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A few occupants of a car suffered minor injuries, when the car in which they were travelling rammed into a stationary KSRTC Bus from behind on KRS Road yesterday evening. The front portion of the car has been badly damaged in the accident. Yesterday at about 6 pm, the KSRTC bus, proceeding to KRS…
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