The rails were to be installed as barricades in forest borders Hunsur: Iron railway lines, which were to be installed as barricades to prevent wild elephants from venturing out of forest areas and stored behind the Forest Department Guest House have been reportedly stolen. The Forest Department staff have recovered six rails and a complaint…
Scooter rider succumbs to injuries
October 30, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: A 73-year-old elderly man, who had sustained serious injuries after he fell from the scooter he was riding, succumbed to injuries on Oct. 26. M.V. Prabhakar (73), a resident of Vijayanagar first stage is the deceased. Prabhakar, who was returning home on his Honda Activa scooter (KA-09-ER-0537) after undergoing physiotherapy at Hebbal on the…
VTU VC Dr. Vidyashankar bereaved
October 30, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Lakshmidevi (87), mother of Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) Vice-Chancellor Dr. Vidyashankar, passed away at her son’s residence in Vijayanagar 3rd Stage here yesterday. The body was kept at the residence of Dr. Vidyashankar till 7.30 am and was later taken to Bengaluru where the last rites were performed at Chamarajpet Crematorium this afternoon, according…
JCI Mysore Royal City donates funds to Pinjarapole Society
October 30, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: JCI Mysore Royal City, under its Diwali Pinjarapole Project, donated funds to Pinjarapole Society for the welfare of cows housed there at a function held recently. President of JCI Mysore Royal City JC Khushi Gugliya welcomed. Past President Ummed Raj Ranka briefed about the project since 2002. Project Chairman JC Rajan Baghmar, Project Co-ordinator…
Minister directs for setting up of water recycling plants in Cauvery and Krishna basin industrial areas
October 30, 2022Bengaluru: Even as the National Green Tribunal (NGT) rapped the State Government for increasing pollution of river water, Water Resources Minister Govind Karjol said that he has directed industrial areas in Krishna and Cauvery river basins to set up water recycling plants. Speaking to presspersons here on Oct. 28, Karjol chastised the Karnataka Pollution Control…
‘Kittur Rani Chennamma should become the role model for women’
October 30, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: “Kittur Rani Chennamma who made the British tremble, should become the role model for our women,” said Karnataka Exhibition Authority (KEA) Chairman Mirle Srinivas Gowda. He was speaking at Kittur Rani Chennamma Jayanthi celebration, organised by the Yuva Bharat at Freedom Fighters Park on Narayana Shastry Road recently. He offered floral tributes to the…
Buildtech 2022: National Technical Seminar
October 30, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Builders’ Association of India (BAI), Mysuru Centre and Mysore Builders’ Charitable Trust (MBCT) are jointly organising Buildtech 2022, a National Technical Seminar on ‘Latest Technologies in Construction – Need of the Hour – relevant to Construction Industry’ on Nov. 4 and 5 at MBCT Auditorium on Akkamahadevi Road in Vishweshwaranagar. R.K. Pandey, Member (Projects),…
Passenger movement at Mysore Airport doubles
October 29, 2022Businessmen, doctors, tourists prefer air travel as it is a faster mode of transport Mysore/Mysuru: Passenger traffic has increased exponentially from the Mysore Airport this year when compared to the last year. Of the eight Airports in Karnataka, only the Mysore Airport, Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru, Mangaluru, Hubballi and Bidar airports saw an…
No Mysuru-Cochin flight from Oct. 31
October 29, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: There will be no flight from Mysuru to Cochin International Airport from Oct. 31 as the airline has decided to drop the flight due to losses. All bookings will be cancelled after Oct. 31 and only existing bookings till that day will be valid. Mysore Airport Director R. Manjunath told Star of Mysore this…
Leopard at KRS Dam: Brindavan Gardens shut for visitors today
October 29, 2022Feline appears as Forest personnel flash torchlight Srirangapatna: A week after a leopard was spotted sauntering along the wall of the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam, the feline was spotted again last evening. It was seen for the second time at 10 pm when the Forest Department staff beamed bright torchlights at the bushes. As…















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