Mysore/Mysuru: Today is Subramanya Shashti and the famed Sri Subramanyeshwara Swamy Temple at Siddalingapura on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway that usually buzzes with activity wore a deserted look as the District Administration had banned the entry of devotees due to COVID-19 epidemic. Subramanya Shashti is a big festival in the Margashira Maasa dedicated to Lord Subramanya. Priests…
Zip to Bengaluru in just 90 minutes
December 20, 202045 percent of Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-lane Economic Corridor works done; to be fully completed by September 2022 Highway to have Food Parks on both sides, says Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari Bengaluru: Over 45 percent of the project to upgrade the existing Mysuru-Bengaluru National Highway 275 to a 10-lane Economic Corridor has been completed and the…
‘Janapada Suggi’ held in city sans audience
December 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A variety of rich folk art was unveiled as part of ‘Janapada Suggi’ held in connection with World Folklore Day, organised by Kannada Janapada Academy at Kalamandira in city this morning. Various cultural troupes such as Kamsale, Nagaari, Veeragase, Puja Kunita, Dollu Kunita, Tamate Vaadana, Gorovara Kunita, Suggi Kunita and Sambala Vaadana among others,…
Road-cutting: Jodi Tenginamara Road repaired
December 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Repair of Jodi Tenginamara Road at Bannimantap, which was cut at various points by CESC to lay underground power cables, began this morning. Star of Mysore had carried the news titled ‘Road Cutters Beware! MCC is watching’ on Dec. 17, highlighting the problems faced by public due to reckless cutting of the road by…
MCC to allot QR code for each property in city
December 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has become the first Corporation in the entire country to undertake the surveying of properties coming under its limits and geo stamp them for effective use of online platforms for payment of taxes. In a press release here, Gurudatta Hegde, Commissioner of MCC, has said already property owners were paying…
Raided ACF’s total assets valued at Rs.4.41 crore
December 20, 2020Assets 301.39 percent more than his known sources of income Mysore/Mysuru: The sleuths of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) have unearthed assets worth Rs. 4,41,52,952 owned by P. Shivashankaraswamy, Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF). The ACF’s palatial house in city was raided recently. The officer’s assets were 301.39 per cent more than his known sources of income….
Four juveniles involved in heinous crimes considered as adults
December 20, 2020Mandya: Four juveniles who were allegedly involved in four heinous crime cases including rape and murder of a minor girl and the murder of a rowdy-sheeter in Mandya have been considered as adults. They will not be treated as juveniles and they will face the law. In a press release, Mandya Superintendent of Police (SP)…
RSS ideologue and first Spokesperson M.G. Vaidya passes away
December 20, 2020Nagpur: Senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideologue and the first Spokesperson of the organisation M.G. Vaidya passed away after a brief illness at Nagpur yesterday. He was 97. Dr. Manmohan Vaidya, Joint General Secretary of RSS and son of M.G. Vaidya, in a tweet yesterday said, “Shri MG Vaidya, my father breathed his last today…
Maiden Bird Festival amidst BRT Sanctuary’s rich biodiversity
December 20, 2020From Jan. 5 to 7, seven routes to be covered Mysore/Mysuru: The verdant Western Ghats is full of endemic species. But now is a crucial moment for the wildlife, especially, the birds where they run into extinction. In an attempt to save the vanishing avian species and to connect people to the rich avian diversity,…
15-minute movie ‘The Day I Met Joshua’: Mysuru Sisters win Hollywood Gold Award
December 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A movie that has been made by two sisters who have their roots in Mysuru has bagged Hollywood Gold Awards Certificate for original story. The movie, ‘The Day I Met Joshua’ has bagged the award in recognition of excellence in film-making. The movie has been written, edited and directed by Rajni Mysore Chamaraj and…
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