Bengaluru / Mysuru: The Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services has ordered an inquiry into the recent deaths of three convicts at the Mysuru Central Jail. The incident occurred on Dec. 26, when the inmates allegedly consumed essence while preparing cakes in the prison bakery unit. The deceased inmates — Nagaraj (36) from Kollegal,…
Mysuru: The Regional Commissioner (RC) of the Mysuru Revenue Division has directed the transfer of 45 cases under Section 136(3) of the Karnataka Revenue Act to the Court of the Kodagu Deputy Commissioner (DC). The order, issued on Feb. 14, follows an appeal by the President of Mysore Bar Association and aligns with an earlier…
Mysuru: A total of Rs. 19.30 lakh has been siphoned off from two Bank accounts of a 57-year-old man in city without his knowledge and a case has been registered at city’s CEN Police Station. The victim is Nagaraj (name changed), a resident of Srirampura in city. In his complaint, Nagaraj has stated that Rs….
Mysuru: G. Venkatesh has been unanimously elected as the Chairman and Senior Steward of the Mysore Race Club (MRC) Ltd., for the year 2024-25 until the conclusion of the next Annual General Body Meeting (AGM), according to a press release from the MRC Secretary and CEO. K.N. Suresh Kumar had resigned as MRC Chairman on…
Mysuru: Janapada Kalavidara Okkuta, Mysuru Division, has organised the State-level ‘Janapada Kala Ratna’ Award presentation ceremony at Dr. Sri Shivarathri Rajendra Bhavan in JSS Hospital premises in city on Feb. 20 at 10 am. International folk artiste, theatre artiste and director N. Ankaraju from Chamarajanagar, who has been serving folk and theatre fields for the…
Mysuru: Syed Basheer Ahmed, CEO, Saher Skill Development Centre, Rajivnagar, Mysuru, distributed certificates and prizes to students who excelled in Urdu and Islamic General Knowledge (GK) at MEWA Centre in Shanthinagar here on Feb.15. Urdu and Islamic GK contests were conducted by Idara Adbiyat Urdu Hyderabad through Abid Ali Khan Trust, Hyderabad and Mohammad Ebrahim…
A Ropeway would reduce vehicle movement to the Hilltop and the Chamundi Hill Temple By Dr. Kodira A. Kushalapa, IFS (Retd.) We, the citizens of Mysuru are fortunate to have a large area of Reserve Forest (RF) within the city limits, with a variety of plants, trees and grasses, absorbing carbon dioxide, releasing oxygen, providing…
By M.K. Saptha Girish, Naturalist, Aranya Outreach Mysuru, renowned as a wildlife hub, is encircled by forests in all directions within an 85-km radius. True to this, Mysuru is also an important bird area, with over 300 bird species recorded in and around the city by the Mysore Nature Group. Key birding hotspots in Mysuru…
Sir, Hearty congratulations to C.P. Belliappa for enlightening us with a highly informative and also humorous article ‘How towns in Kodagu got their names’ in Star of Mysore dated Feb. 17. His lighter vein style of writing enriches the pleasure of knowing about the rich cultural history of Kodagu through how its towns got their…
Un-extinguished cigarette, carelessly thrown on dry leaves resulted in a fire close to the Railway track near Bamboo Bazar in city this noon. As soon as the fire began to spread from the bottom, alert Railway staff, using hand-held fire extinguishers doused the fire and prevented it from spreading further. But the fire had destroyed…
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