Mysuru: Kuvempunagar Police have arrested an employee of a cooking contractor for stealing Rs. 10 lakh kept in the godown. The arrested is Girish, a resident of Saragur in H.D. Kote taluk. The accused used to chop vegetables at the godown of Ramesh, a cooking contractor and a native of Srirangapatna. Ramesh had a godown…
Hasanamba temple opens door today
October 9, 2025Adherence to dress code must; separate queue arrangements made for hassle-free darshan of deity Hassan, Oct. 9- As the doors of Hasanamba Temple in the town were opened today, to mark the beginning of annual Hasanamba Jatra Mahotsava, the District Administration has laid down certain strictures including a dress code, to ensure adherence to a…
Upa Lokayukta’s instructions: Encroachments cleared along Cauvery river bank
October 9, 2025Srirangapatna, Oct. 9- Following the instructions of Upa Lokayukta Justice B. Veerappa, the officials of Srirangapatna Taluk Administration have cleared encroachments along Cauvery river bank yesterday. A private resort, home stay and other commercial establishments, that had been built in violation of law at the river body were demolished, amid heavy Police bandobast. Prior to…
MP Yaduveer comes to aid of accident victim
October 9, 2025Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, who came in aid of an accident victim, helped in shifting the injured to K.R. Hospital in city yesterday. At about 3 pm yesterday, Yaduveer Wadiyar was proceeding towards Madikeri in his car on Hunsur-Periyapatna Highway, when he saw a man lying injured on the roadside after falling…
Elderly man goes missing
October 9, 2025Mysuru, Oct. 9 (KS)- An 80-year-old man suffering from memory loss, who left his house on Oct. 2 at about 8.45 am, has since gone missing. The missing elderly man is K.S. Manjunath, a resident of 12th Cross in Vidyaranyapuram. He is 5.5 ft. tall, normal built, oily red complexioned, bald, speaks Kannada and Konkani…
Bigg Boss Kannada house unsealed
October 9, 2025Bengaluru: The Bengaluru South District officials, who had sealed the Vels Studios and Entertainment Pvt. Limited at Jollywood premises in Bidadi following directions from Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) on Tuesday, has opened the seal of the studio paving way for the resumption of Bigg Boss Kannada Season-12 which had stopped abruptly following the…
Karnatak classical vocal concert at Ganabharathi tomorrow
October 9, 2025Mysuru, Oct. 9- Ganabharathi, Mysuru, has organised a Karnatak classical vocal concert by Vid. N.R. Prashanth, a well-known artiste from Mysuru, at its Veene Seshanna Bhavan in Kuvempunagar tomorrow (Oct. 10) at 6 pm in memory of Savitha and the event is sponsored by H.R. Bhagavan and family. He will be accompanied by Vid. Keshav…
Call for long-term solutions beyond ‘Smokepuram’
October 9, 2025Sir, Thank you STAR for covering the fires and waste-burning issue in Jayalakshmipuram in Star of Mysore dated Oct. 7. The report titled Smokepuram! rightly highlighted the seriousness of the situation. What happened on Oct. 4 (where garbage mounds were set on fire at multiple places) was primarily a containment effort — a necessary first…
‘Home of Fruit Bats’ wins prize in Zoo Photography Contest
October 8, 2025City photo-journalist and wildlife photographer S.R. Madhusudhan has secured second prizes in both In-situ (Home of Fruit Bats) and Ex-situ (Tigers playing in water at Zoo) categories of photography competition organised by Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens (Mysuru Zoo) recently as part of 71st Wildlife Week Celebrations-2025.
Gangamma
October 8, 2025Mysuru, Oct. 8- Gangamma (75), a resident of Bellikatte in Devaraja Mohalla, passed away yesterday in city. She leaves behind two sons, two daughters, daughters-in-law, sons-in-law, grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. She was the aunt of former MLA and City BJP President L. Nagendra and mother-in-law of former Corporator Pramila Bharat. Last…















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