Mysuru: Expressing concern that illegal migrants from neighbouring countries may have settled down in the city and outskirts, members of Akhila Bharat Hindu Mahasabha staged a demonstration at Gandhi Square in city recently, demanding the authorities to carry out an intensive verification drive of illegal migrants. Addressing the protestors, Mahasabha State President Manoj Halangal said that as Mysuru is the cultural capital of the…
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Demand for inner reservation in Mysore Varsity Fellowship
July 6, 2026Mysuru: City’s senior advocate S. Arunkumar has urged the University of Mysore (UoM) to implement inner reservation quota while granting Ph.D Fellowship to research students. Speaking to Star of Mysore after holding a discussion and presenting a memorandum to UoM Vice-Chancellor Prof. N.K. Loknath at Crawford Hall here recently, Arunkumar said that the UoM has been appealed to grant Fellowship based on inner reservation quota. Stating that the UoM should strictly follow inner…
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Protest rally taken out for student scholarship
July 6, 2026Mysuru: Demanding the State Government to release student scholarship, the activists of Dalit Sangharsha Samiti (DSS) took out a protest rally from Town Hall to Crawford Hall, the administrative office of University of Mysore in the city recently. The protest rally was launched by garlanding the statue of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar at the Town Hall premises. The agitators have been staging a sit-in…
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Rains boost inflow to KRS, Kabini sees marginal rise
July 6, 2026IMD forecasts heavy rain across Karnataka from July 8 for five days Mysuru: Continuous rainfall in Kerala’s Wayanad district over the past two days has led to an increase in the inflow into the Kabini Reservoir in H.D. Kote taluk of Mysuru district. The Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Reservoir at Srirangapatna in Mandya district has also recorded a marginal rise in inflow following increased rainfall in Kodagu district….
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Tigress, five cubs captured near Saragur
July 6, 2026Shifted to Bannerghatta Rehabilitation Centre Mysuru: Forest Department staff on Saturday night have captured a tigress and her five cubs, which were being spotted frequently at Mullur, Bennegere villages and surrounding places in Saragur taluk and have shifted the animals to Bannerghatta Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre in Bengaluru. On Saturday at about 8.30 pm, the Forest staff, who observed the movements of the tigress and her cubs using…
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Taasin Banu
July 6, 2026Hunsur: Taasin Banu (53), wife of retired Sub-Inspector of Police Zameer Ahmed and a resident of B.M. Road in the town, passed away on July 4 at the town. She leaves behind three daughters and a host of relatives and friends. Burial took place at the Muslim Burial Grounds in Shabeernagar at the town, according…
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Sanaulla Shariff
July 6, 2026Mysuru: Sanaulla Shariff (68), retired employee of Southern Railway and a resident of 2nd Eidgah in Mandi Mohalla, passed away following brief illness this morning in city. He leaves behind two daughters, son-in-law Mir Nizamuddin, grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. Namaz-e-Janaza was performed today at Eidgah Masjid on Mission Hospital Road followed…
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Politics won’t… CHANGE unless we CHANGE
July 6, 2026T.M. Krishna speaks during Mysuru Literature Festival Karnatak vocalist, writer, activist, author and Ramon Magsaysay Awardee T.M. Krishna (Thodur Madabusi Krishna) was in the city recently to participate in a panel discussion on his latest book, ‘We, the People of India: Decoding a Nation’s Symbols,’ as part of the 10th edition of the Mysuru Literature Festival (MLF)-2026, organised by Mysuru Literary Forum Charitable…
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Vintage Vignettes … from a Princely State
July 6, 2026By R.G. Singh Secretary, Ramsons Kala Pratishtana The fabled elephant parade of Mysore during royal celebrations like weddings, birthdays, welcoming the British dignitaries and, of course, the Dasara celebrations are well-documented in black and white photographs found in several Mysore households. They have also been published in well-known magazines abroad. However, there are quite a…
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‘Wodeyara Kaalada Mysuru’ Gouri Satya’s book released
July 6, 2026Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Wadiyar (3rd from right) releasing the book ‘Wodeyara Kaalada Mysuru,’ a compilation of 48 pieces in Kannada on the past Mysuru, authored by Senior Journalist and columnist of Star of Mysore and Mysuru Mithra Gouri Satya (2nd from left) during Mysuru Literature Festival (Kannada wing) at Hotel Southern Star in city yesterday…
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