Mysore/Mysuru: A retired Railway officer, who had gone to the Bank to draw his pension, died of a massive heart attack in the Bank itself on Wednesday morning in the city. B.G. Ramdas Nayak (90), a retired Superintendent of SWR and a resident of Aishwarya Layout in Kuvempunagar, is the deceased. Ramdas Nayak, who is…
Gold chain snatched in city
December 8, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Chain snatchers have snatched the gold mangalya chain of a woman on New Kantharaj Urs Road in city on Dec. 5. The woman, who lost her gold chain is 38-year-old Chaya, a resident of Anikethana Road in Kuvempunagar here. She was proceeding on her scooter (KA-09-EV-5439) at about 9.20 pm between Vijaya Bank Circle…
Weekend Music Concerts at Mysore Vasudevacharya’s house
December 8, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Two Karnatak Classical Music Concerts have been scheduled for this weekend at the heritage house of Mysore Vasudevacharya in city. Vidu. Uma Ranganathan from Norway will be performing a vocal concert on Saturday (Dec. 10). She will be accompanied by Vid. M.D. Arjun on violin and Vid. M.R. Manjunath on mridanga. Vidu. Kamala Deepthi…
‘Taruna Bharathi’ programme tomorrow
December 8, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Ganabharathi, Mysuru, has organised ‘Taruna Bharathi’ programme tomorrow (Dec. 9) on the occasion of Vidu. Chokkamma Memorial Day at Veene Seshanna Bhavan in Kuvempunagar. 6 pm to 7.15 pm: Veena recital by Vid. Prajwal Rangaraju accompanied by Vid. Vikram Bharadwaj on mridanga. 7.15 pm to 8.30 pm: Vocal recital by Vid. Anjali Raveendra. She…
Police prepare dossier on rowdy elements
December 7, 2022Report to be sent to Home Department to banish anti-social elements from their area of operation Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the Congress, the ruling BJP and the JD(S) in poll-bound Karnataka are engaged in a bitter war of words over politicians attending events organised by rowdies and social media posts on the number of rowdies each…
Rangayana set to host ‘Bahuroopi’ theatre festival from tomorrow
December 7, 2022Formal inauguration by Chief Minister on Dec. 10 Mysore/Mysuru: With the 8-day ‘Bahuroopi’ National theatre festival scheduled to begin in Rangayana premises from tomorrow, final touches are being given to the preparations at the theatre repertory for the mega theatre fest. Bahuroopi-2022 will take place in five venues — Kalamandira, Kalaranga, Bhoomigeeta, B.V. Karanth Ranga…
Thermal drones to track leopard on the prowl
December 7, 2022Additional night-vision drone team arrives from Bengaluru; to begin search this evening Mysore/Mysuru: The Forest Department is setting up an advanced surveillance mechanism to track the elusive leopard that has already claimed the lives of two youths and terrorised the villagers in the rural belt of T. Narasipur. Except for two sightings in camera traps…
Burning of fallen leaves, waste going on unabated
December 7, 2022Menace wreaking havoc on health, say residents; urge MCC to crack the whip Mysore/Mysuru: Gardeners, residents and Pourakarmikas of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) are openly seen these days burning dry and fallen leaves and adding to the air pollution. It is a practice that is going unnoticed, posing severe environmental hazards. Burning dry leaves…
Facts of Sri Svetavarahaswamy, Sri Ambujavalli Mahalakshmi Temples at Mysore Palace
December 7, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Member of the erstwhile Mysore royal family Raja Chandra has stated that Sri Svetavarahaswamy and Sri Ambujavalli Mahalakshmi Temples inside the Mysore Palace were not built by Hoysalas as mentioned in the news report ‘Project to restore Palace temple paintings halted’ published in Star of Mysore dated Dec. 5. While saying that the project…
Former IB Officer R.N. Kulkarni murder case: Court rejects bail application of second accused
December 7, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The Principal District and Sessions Court yesterday rejected the bail application of 29-year-old Varun Gowda, who has been named as the second accused in the murder of former Intelligence Bureau (IB) Officer R.N. Kulkarni. The former IB Officer was fatally knocked down by a car when he was on his routine evening stroll in…















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