Pratibha Puraskar programme for honouring meritorious students of Shivarchaka community, organised by Karnataka Rajya Shivarchaka Kshemabhivruddhi Trust will take place at Nataraja Kalyana Mantapa, opposite JSS Hospital, Agrahara, at 11 am on July 26.
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Calling SC/ST community artistes
July 19, 2026Under the SC/ST sub-plan, the Kannada and Culture Department has invited applications from SC/ST artistes for imparting training in Arts (Rangageethe, Kamsale etc.,) to students at Pre and Post-Matric student hostels run by the Social Welfare and SC/ST Welfare Departments. The training will be of 6 months duration. Senior artists from SC/ST communities can apply…
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Preliminary meeting
July 19, 2026A preliminary meeting regarding celebration of 111th birth anniversary of former CM late D. Devaraj Urs will take place at the DC’s Office in Siddarthanagar at 4.30 pm on July 20. The meeting will be chaired by ADC R. Aishwarya.
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GST Fraud
July 18, 2026Bengaluru: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a corruption case against a senior officer of Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) for allegedly accepting Rs. 1 crore bribe from a Mysuru-based businessman to derail investigation into an alleged Rs. 21-crore GST input tax credit fraud. According to reports from Bengaluru, the accused, Praveen…
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PM Modi to inaugurate Viveka Memorial in Mysuru on Aug. 1
July 18, 2026Mysuru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Mysuru on Aug. 1 to participate in a programme organised by Sri Ramakrishna Ashram, where he is expected to inaugurate the newly built Viveka Memorial. Constructed at a cost of Rs. 35 crore on Narayana Shastri Road, the memorial has been built at the site where…
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Rs. 1,006 crore in four years
July 18, 2026Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway toll crosses… 119-km road now earns over Rs. 1.1 crore every day; daily average of 53,000 vehicles Mysuru: Toll collections on 119-km Mysuru-Bengaluru National Highway (NH-275) have crossed Rs. 1,006 crore mark in just four financial years, reflecting sharp increase in traffic on one of Karnataka’s busiest highways. Data obtained from National Highways…
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Highway built for future traffic, not toll revenue: Prathap Simha
July 18, 2026Mysuru: Former Mysuru-Kodagu MP Prathap Simha, who played a key role in the implementation of Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway project, said that the project’s success should not be measured merely by the over Rs. 1,000 crore collected through tolls, but by the 55,000 vehicles that use the highway every day. Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning,…
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Tibetans oppose China’s Law on Ethnic Unity
July 18, 2026Mysuru: Hundreds of Tibetan community members and youth activists took out a protest march from Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple at the Palace North Gate to the old DC’s office recently, in commemoration of Tibetan activist Lobga Rangzen, who died by self-immolation outside the United Nations Headquarters in New York on July 1 and also against the…
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Cop returns gold bracelet found in front of school gate
July 18, 2026Mysuru: A Police Officer, who had found a gold bracelet in front of a school gate, has returned the gold ornament to its rightful owner in the presence of the School Principal. The Police Officer, who returned the jewellery, is A.K. Rajesh, a Dy.SP at Karnataka Police Academy (KPA) in city. Dy.SP Rajesh had come…
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DIG seeks review of traffic cases against Police vehicles
July 18, 2026Mysuru: Following directions from the Karnataka State Police Complaints Authority (KSPCA) over a Star of Mysore report exposing repeated traffic violations by a Police emergency response vehicle, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP) and Commissioner for Traffic and Road Safety K. Parashuram has directed the Mysuru City Police Commissioner and the Superintendent of Police to…
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