Pollution Board and MGP conduct on-site inspection to assess pollution levels Mysuru: The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) will assess pollution levels at Kukkarahalli Lake to help the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), University of Mysore, District Administration and Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) formulate a comprehensive action plan to halt the daily inflow of untreated…
Felling of avenue trees
April 16, 2025Mysuru: It was a black Sunday for Mysureans. On April 13, 2025, Sunday, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and the Forest Department jointly executed what Star of Mysore called ‘Green Carnage’, mercilessly felling 45 fully grown trees with rich foliage. Answer given, to those who questioned this irrational, untenable and unpardonable action, is unacceptable to any…
CET begins on a smooth note
April 16, 2025Mysuru: The Karnataka Common Entrance Test (CET) began on a smooth note today, with several thousands of candidates appearing for Physics paper in the morning session from 10.30 am to 11.50 am at 38 centres in the city, as part of the State-wide exercise. As many as 13,313 candidates have enrolled for CET in Mysuru…
Lorry strike Day-2: Loaders left in lurch
April 16, 2025Mysuru: The State-wide lorry strike called by the Federation of Karnataka State Lorry Owners and Agents Association, entered its second day today, with nearly 9,000 lorries staying away from the road in Mysuru and Chamarajanagar. Following the failure of talks held between the Federation and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Bengaluru yesterday, the lorry operators decided…
Forest guard recruitment process begins in city
April 16, 2025Mysuru: The recruitment process for 47 vacant forest guard posts in Mysuru Circle, notified during August 2024 began at Chamundi Vihar Stadium here this morning. A total of 11,726 candidates had applied for the posts online out of which 778 meritorious candidates, including men and women, from various parts of the State including Mysuru, with…
MUDA 50:50 sites scam | Lokayukta B-report: Court hearing adjourned to May 7
April 16, 2025Bengaluru: In a reprieve to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, the prime accused in the 50:50 site scam at MUDA, the Special Court for Elected Representatives yesterday kept its order pending on the B-report submitted by the Lokayukta Police, but has directed the investigation agency to continue with the probe. While the next date of hearing in…
Activists protest felling of 40 trees on Hyder Ali Road
April 16, 2025Mysuru: Strongly condemning the felling of over 40 trees along Hyder Ali Road — from Kalikamba Temple to SP Office Circle — under the guise of road widening, members of the Gandhada Gudi Foundation staged a protest march yesterday from SP Office Circle to Kalikamba Temple in Mysuru. The protesters argued that Hyder Ali Road…
25 giant trees marked for cutting on Uthanahalli Road near arch
April 16, 2025Mysuru: Close on the heels of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and Forest Department felling over 40 trees along Hyder Ali Road — from Kalikamba Temple to SP Office Circle — under the pretext of road widening, fresh concerns have emerged over plans to axe another 25 fully grown trees along Uthanahalli Road near the…
Caste census faces backlash: Communities warn of agitation
April 16, 2025Government will collapse if caste census is implemented, caution dominant communities Bengaluru: With just two days left for the Karnataka Cabinet to deliberate on the Socio-Economic and Educational Survey report — widely referred to as the ‘caste census’ — opposition to its implementation has intensified. Despite the report’s contents not yet being made public, resistance…
Caste census aims to divide Hindu society: Former MP Prathap Simha
April 16, 2025Mysuru: Former MP Prathap Simha expressed his outrage over the caste census report, alleging that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who once divided a community under the guise of Ahinda (Kannada acronym for Alpasankhyataru or minorities, Hindulidavaru or backward classes, and Dalitaru or Dalits), is now attempting to fracture the entire Hindu religion through the caste census….















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