Students of Government First Grade College, Kuvempunagar, study amidst uncertainty Mysuru: Even as the academic year 2025-26 has begun, the long-awaited inauguration of the J.P. Nagar campus of the Government First Grade College (GFGC), Kuvempunagar, remains uncertain. The GFGC in Kuvempunagar, established in 1996 with a modest number of students, now has a strength of…
Nivedithanagar indoor stadium caught in ‘political game’?!
June 16, 2025Mysuru: Though eight years have elapsed since the indoor stadium, exclusively meant for playing shuttle badminton, was built in Nivedithanagar in city, under Chief Minister’s Special Funds for the year 2017-18, there is no word yet on opening the facility for public use. As the stadium continues to remain unused, the unabated growth of weeds…
Deemed forest lands under fresh scrutiny
June 16, 2025Joint re-survey of 6,000 acres ordered in Mysuru district Mysuru: In a bid to resolve ownership disputes and clarify land status, District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa has directed the Forest and Revenue Departments to conduct a joint re-survey of lands classified as deemed forests in Mysuru district. The aim is to verify whether these lands…
Ex-MP Prathap Simha questions State Govt. over fresh caste survey
June 16, 2025Mysuru: Lashing out at the State Congress Government for its move to order a fresh caste survey, former MP Prathap Simha said that it was a wasteful exercise as the Union Government is launching a country-wide caste and population census. Speaking to presspersons here this morning, Simha wondered what all had happened to the Kantharaj…
Sandalwood tree thefts rattle Yadavagiri residents
June 16, 2025Mysuru: Barely days after miscreants chopped down a sandalwood tree inside the compound of a house at V.V. Mohalla and escaped with the trunk, similar incidents have been reported from Yadavagiri Sixth Main and Paramahamsa Road. Residents told Star of Mysore that Yadavagiri has a few fully grown sandalwood trees, which have now become easy…
Shreyas of Mysuru secures All India Rank 5 in UPSC CAPF 2024
June 16, 2025Navo-Pramati School of Civil Services student ranks first in Karnataka Mysuru: S. Shreyas, a student of Navo-Pramati School of Civil Services of Navodaya Foundation, Mysuru, has secured All India Rank 5 and topped the Karnataka Cadre in the UPSC Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandants) Examination 2024. Son of H.S. Siddarame Gowda and Sujatha, residents…
Pension surcharge unethical: MGP urges consumers to oppose move
June 16, 2025Mysuru: Reacting to Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) levying an additional 36 paise per unit as Pension and Gratuity (P&G) contribution from April 2025 on consumers using more than 200 units or opting out of free power, Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) has termed the surcharge a violation of the spirit of power sector reforms. In…
Kempegowda Jayanti on June 27: Publicity vehicles flagged off in city
June 16, 2025Mysore: The 516th birth anniversary of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda will be celebrated in city and across the State on June 27. Two colourfully decorated publicity vehicles of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Jayanti celebrations were flagged off by Sri Somanatheshwara Swamiji of Adichunchanagiri Mutt, Mysuru Branch, at a function held at Bandanthamma Temple premises in Kuvempunagar here this morning….
Most of our bureaucrats are honest: C.V. Gopinath
June 16, 2025Mysuru: Maintaining that most of our bureaucrats are honest, C.V. Gopinath, President of the city’s Anathalaya Trust, who is also a retired Additional Secretary to Government of India, said that the entire bureaucracy cannot be blamed for the follies of a few. He was speaking after presiding over Thathaiah memorial lecture series on the topic…
Heritage trees stand as living monuments
June 16, 2025Noted environmentalist Dr. Natesh calls for State and public participation in conservation Mysuru: Dr. S. Natesh, noted environmentalist, former Advisor, Department of Biotech, Government of India and author of ‘Iconic Trees of India’, has stressed that safeguarding India’s centuries-old heritage trees is a shared responsibility of State Governments and the public alike. Delivering a talk…















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