Mysore/Mysuru: A Sangeethotsava programme in memory of Mysore Palace Asthana Mridanga Vidwan M.R. Rajappa will be held on Sept. 9 at Kalamandira at 4.30 pm, said Dr. M.R. Hanumantharaju, son of Vid. M.R. Rajappa, here on Tuesday. Addressing presspersons at Pathrakarthara Bhavan, he said Dr. M. Mohan Alva, Chairman, Alva’s Education Foundation, will inaugurate the…
Eid Meelad processions
September 4, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Dawat-e-Islami Mysore has organised Juloos Mohamadi Eid Meelad Procession as part of 1,500th birthday of Prophet Muhammad on Sept. 5 and 7 in city. On Sept. 5, the procession will commence at 2.30 pm from Masjid Azam Markaz Ahala Sunnath-wal-Jamath on Ashoka Road, which will be flagged off by Sir Khazi of Mysuru Hazarath…
Deadly Puff
September 3, 2025Man burnt alive as burning beedi ignites stored scrap papers and fuels fire at Mandi Mohalla home Mysore/Mysuru: A 60-year-old rag-picker, identified as Siddanaika, was charred to death after a fire broke out in his rented house on Sir Khazi Road, Mandi Mohalla, this morning. Siddanaika, who earned his livelihood by collecting plastic and paper…
Dasara Pruning
September 3, 2025Ahead of Dasara 2025, MCC launches works to identify and prune tree branches on Raja Marga, Jumboo Savari route Mysore/Mysuru: With 19 days left for the inauguration of Dasara festivities on Sept. 22, the District Administration is preparing to host the annual festival, without compromising on any front including pruning trees along the procession route….
Fate of Devaraja Market, Lansdowne Building: SC tasks IIT Roorkee with fresh assessment
September 3, 2025Mysuru City Corporation directed to deposit Rs. 5 lakh to facilitate new structural survey Mysore/Mysuru: The Supreme Court has ordered a fresh structural assessment of Mysuru’s historic Devaraja Market and Lansdowne Building, tasking the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee with the evaluation. A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Sandeep Mehta passed the order…
SC order binding on State, MCC, say officers
September 3, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Reacting to the Supreme Court’s directive ordering IIT Roorkee to conduct a fresh structural assessment of the Devaraja Market and Lansdowne Building, and instructing the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to deposit Rs. 5 lakh to facilitate the process, MCC Executive Engineer Madhusudhan told Star of Mysore that they will obtain the Court order copy…
Mandya DC directs speedy completion of pending works on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway
September 3, 2025Mandya: Mandya Deputy Commissioner Dr. Kumara yesterday inspected the Mysuru-Bengaluru National Highway (NH-275) as it passes through Mandya district. At Tubinakere village in Srirangapatna taluk, he reviewed the incomplete underground drainage works alongside the Highway and directed officials to expedite their completion. He also instructed that all pending drainage projects across the district be taken…
Dasara: Terracotta Sculpture Camp inaugurated at CAVA
September 3, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Veteran critic of visual arts K.V. Subramanyam has said, the artefacts made out of terracotta (sand/ baked earth) is a medium, which is closer to the common man. He was speaking after inaugurating Terracotta Sculpture Camp, organised by Dasara Fine Arts and Handicrafts Sub-Committee in association with Karnataka Lalithakala Academy, as part of forthcoming…
Over 10 trees axed in CSRTI Director’s official residence premises
September 3, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: While Government Departments are tasked to spread the message of conservation and protection of trees and environment, over 10 trees have been allegedly axed at the premises of the official residence of the Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute (CSRTI) Director on JLB Road in city. In April this year, 40 fully grown shade-giving…
28-day Sericulture training begins at CSRTI
September 3, 202530 candidates from seven countries undergo hands-on training in mulberry silkworm rearing Mysore/Mysuru: The 28-day training programme on ‘Sericulture and Silk Industry,’ organised at Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute (CSRTI) in city, under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC), an initiative sponsored by Government of India, began this morning. A total of 30…















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