Mysore/Mysuru: In yet another addition to its service for the commuting public, the KSRTC has introduced Airavat Multi-Axle Club class bus service from Mysuru to Mumbai on weekends — Friday and Saturday from Mysuru and Saturday and Sunday from Mumbai. The bus leaves Mysuru from Sub-urban bus stand at 1 pm on both the days…
Karaga Mahotsava from May 4
April 17, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The historical Mysuru Karaga Mahotsava (98th year), organised by Ittigegud’s Sri Renukadevi Karaga Temple Trust, will take place from May 4 to 8. The Mahotsava will start with the performance of Abisheka at 6 am on May 4, following which a procession will be taken out from Ittigegud’s Nagalakshmi temple, where all the associated…
Dr. Vasundhara Doraswamy selected for Kadalishri Award
April 17, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The city’s renowned Danseuse and Natyarani Shantala awardee Dr. Vasundhara Doraswamy will be conferred ‘Kadalishri’ Award at a programme organised jointly by Kadali Mahila Vedike and Akhila Bharatha Sharana Sahitya Parishat at Navajyothi auditorium of JSS College in Saraswathipuram at 10.30 am tomorrow (Apr. 18), marking the anniversary of the Vedike. Suttur Mutt Seer…
Sacked Music Varsity employees threaten to launch hunger strike
April 17, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Urging for continuation of service and release of their salary dues, sacked contract employees of the city’s KSGH Music and Performing Arts University, who are on an indefinite stir in front of the University campus on JLB road in Lakshmipuram for the past 53 days, have now threatened to launch a hunger strike if…
Stray dogs attack sheep on city outskirts
April 17, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the authorities are making efforts to end street dog menace in the city, the attack on sheep by street dogs is on the rise at Huyilalu village in the outskirts of the city. Gram Panchayat member Ramesh told Star of Mysore that dog attacks on sheep is on the rise in the…
Two persons go missing
April 17, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: H. Shreyas Kumar, a 23-year-old youth and a final year Post-Graduate student of a city college, has gone missing for the past 10 days. Shreyas Kumar, who left his house at Gokulam 2nd Stage on the morning of Apr.6 saying that he was going to Nagamalai, has not returned since then, according to a…
Of Men and Beasts!
April 17, 2022By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem There was a report two days ago that the elephant safari at the Bandipur National Park, which had been stopped for some years, would be resumed soon. This, I am told, is to put to good use the excess number of tamed elephants that are now overcrowding the nearby Rampura…
Has rural India lost its innocence?
April 17, 2022Sir, The write-up by Dr. Javeed Nayeem titled ‘Brutalising doctors for doing good!’ (Star of Mysore dated Apr. 10) portrays a very disturbing development of service in rural areas. He has referred to two incidents in which doctors with noble purpose of serving in rural India were subjected to attack by the local goons. In…
Spectacular Pink Moon-2022 !
April 17, 2022On the Full Moon Day yesterday (Apr. 16), the spectacular ‘Pink Moon’ too appeared on the sky shining at its peak at 12.15 am, that is on Apr. 17. Interestingly, this time the ‘Pink Moon’ will be visible the whole weekend making it even more spectacular. The yearly ‘Pink Moon’ is also said to be…
Mahadevaswamy
April 17, 2022Nanjangud: Mahadevaswamy (49), a Congress leader and former Gram Panchayat member, passed away here this morning following heart attack. A native of Chikkayyanachhatra Hobli in the taluk, he leaves behind his wife, a son, a daughter and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites will be performed at his native village tomorrow afternoon, according…
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