Mysore/Mysuru: With Ashada Month commencing from next week, District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa held a meeting with officials on preparations for Ashada Fridays atop Chamundi Hill, at the Government Guest House this morning. The First Ashada Friday falls on June 23 followed by June 30, July 7 and July 14. Addressing the meeting, Deputy Commissioner…
Transport Dept. cracks whip to prevent accidents in T.N. Pur, seizes vehicles
June 12, 2023T. Narasipur: Mysuru Division Joint Transport Commissioner Dr. C.T. Murthy has said that in the wake of increased accidents in T. Narasipur town, the Regional Transport Department (RTO) had formed two teams to ensure road safety. During their operation, the officials have seized more than 20 autos for traffic rules violations and four buses for…
Power tariff was hiked during previous BJP Government: CM
June 12, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has clarified that the decision to hike the power tariff was taken by the previous BJP Government and the new rates have come into force now, after the elections. “But the BJP is resorting to cheap politics by alleging that the Congress Government had increased the power tariff soon after coming…
Entrepreneurs show interest to start businesses in UAE
June 12, 2023High-level UAE delegation in city to attract companies from Mysuru to Hamriyah Free Zone Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), in association with Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) and Government of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE), organised a one-on-one meeting — ‘Expanding your Business Globally through UAE’ —…
Memories of Makkaji Chowk: 18 years ago (2005) in Star of Mysore
June 12, 2023Mod shopping mall for city under scan By K.B. Ganapathy The Mysore City Corporation with 65 members in its Council passed a very important resolution last month on 10.10.2005 on the subject No. 164, with financial implications running into more than many crores of rupees every year. The resolution pertains to the proposed commercial complex…
MCC’s ‘Pay and Park’ proposal meets with stiff resistance
June 12, 2023Devaraja Mohalla residents stage protest; Mysuru Rakshana Vedike to approach Court Mysore/Mysuru: The pay and park system approved and re-floated by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Council has kicked up a row again and this time, voluntary organisations and residents have joined hands to oppose the move. They decried the MCC move to re-introduce the…
MLA must instruct MCC to be people-friendly: Residents
June 12, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A group of residents from Devaraja Mohalla staged a protest yesterday condemning the MCC’s pay and park proposal on city roads. Terming the decision ‘unscientific’, the residents staged a demonstration on D. Devaraj Urs Road. Former Corporator Nagabhushan said that the MCC has decided on the proposal in a hurried manner without taking the…
GP Member dies in bus-car collision near Hunsur
June 12, 2023Hunsur: A Gram Panchayat (GP) Member was killed on-the-spot while his mother and wife sustained serious injuries, in a collision between a KSRTC bus and the car near Madhugiri Koppal on National Highway (NH)-275 close to Bannikuppe in the taluk yesterday evening. The deceased is Bhaskar (42), a resident of Nilavagilu village in the taluk,…
Congress Government has fulfilled its pre-poll promises: Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa
June 12, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Speaking to press persons ahead of the meeting at Government Guest House today, District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa said that the Congress Government had taken the first step in the implementation of the Congress party’s five pre-poll promises with the launching of ‘Shakti’ scheme which allows free travel for women in public transport buses…
MLA Tanveer Sait expresses concern over polluted water entering river beds
June 12, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: At District Minister’s meeting with officials, Narasimharaja (NR) MLA Tanveer Sait expressed concern over polluted water of the city entering river beds. Stopping the MCC Commissioner G. Lakshmikantha Reddy, who came forward to give an explanation saying that he has over 30 years of experience on the issue, Sait said that the MCC must…















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