Ashada Fridays & weekends atop Chamundi Hill VIP queue, protocol darshan only between 5.30 am and 10 am Mysuru: The Mysuru District Administration has completed preparations for the annual Ashada Friday celebrations and the Chamundeshwari Vardhanti at Chamundi Hill, with special arrangements in place to manage the expected surge in devotees. Chairing a preparatory meeting…
KSRTC plans large-scale transport operation
July 15, 2026Mysuru: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has made elaborate transport arrangements for the annual Ashada Friday celebrations and Chamundeshwari Vardhanti at Chamundi Hill, anticipating a massive influx of devotees over the coming weeks. Speaking about the arrangements, the Divisional Controller of KSRTC Mysuru Urban Division, Jagadish Kumar, told Star of Mysore that the…
Roadside vendors meet MCC Commissioner
July 15, 2026Mysuru: Karnataka State Roadside Vendors Maha Mandala has urged the MCC Commissioner to allow roadside vendors to conduct business in accordance with the law and rules. Hundreds of roadside vendors gathered in front of the MCC Office on Sayyaji Rao Road on Monday and submitted a memorandum to MCC Commissioner M.K. Savitha in this regard….
Special team of Food Safety Officers deployed
July 15, 2026Prasada distribution to devotees during Ashada Mysuru: In view of the Ashada Friday and Vardanti atop Chamundi Hill, the Department of Food Safety and Drug Administration has made preparations to maintain the quality of prasada and food distributed to devotees atop Chamundi Hill during the occasion. In the interest of public health and as part…
SWR works at Vontikoppal Govt. School: BEO writes to Tahsildar seeking Khata for School land
July 15, 2026Mysuru: With a row erupting due to Railways carrying out earth excavation works at the vast ground opposite the famed Sri Lakshmivenkataramanaswamy temple on KRS Road in Vontikoppal, in which the 108-year-old Government High School (unofficially 125-year-old School) has been functioning, the concerned Block Education Officer (BEO) has written to Mysuru Tahsildar seeking conduct of…
‘Unauthorised’ soil testing stopped at KRS backwaters
July 15, 2026Mysuru: In a swift action, officials of Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Limited (CNNL) stopped personnel of a private company, who were about to conduct soil testing at KRS backwaters on Monday evening. Upon discovering that some unidentified persons were installing equipment near Venugopalaswamy temple in KRS backwaters area at about 6 pm, the locals alerted the…
Jailbreak in Kalaburagi
July 15, 2026Kalaburagi: Days after an accused, arrested under the POCSO Act, had escaped from Afzalpur Police Station in the district, another case of three life imprisonment convicts escaping from Kalaburagi Central Prison has been reported from the home town of Home Minister Priyank Kharge yesterday. However, the Police were able to apprehend one of the escapees,…
Farmers continue indefinite stir at KRS for water to canals
July 15, 2026Srirangapatna: Seeking immediate release of water from KRS Dam to canals for saving standing crops, farmers under the banner of KRRS continued their indefinite stir in front of the Office of the CNNL Executive Engineer at KRS in Srirangapatna taluk on Tuesday. Addressing the protestors, farmer leader Sunitha Puttannaiah said that sugarcane crops grown in…
MCC clears footpath encroachments on Chamaraja Double Road, Irwin Road
July 15, 2026Mysuru: Continuing their drive to make footpaths pedestrian-friendly, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) officials conducted special footpath encroachment clearance drives on Chamaraja Double Road and Irwin Road in city yesterday. Armed with an earth excavating machine, pickaxe and other equipment, the MCC Zone-1 officials and staff cleared encroachments on both sides of Chamaraja Double Road…
Residents demand similar action from MCC officials in NR Constituency
July 15, 2026Mysuru: The MCC has not come forward to clear footpath encroachments in Narasimharaja (NR) Constituency in city, alleged BJP leader and Party’s State Executive Committee Member H.G. Giridhar. Pointing out that footpath encroachment drives are being undertaken at Krishnaraja (KR) and Chamaraja Constituencies following instructions from MCC Administrative Officer Nitesh Patil, who is also the…











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