Mysore/Mysuru: Cyber criminals in the guise of increasing the credit card limit of a man have cheated him of Rs. 1.70 lakh. On Apr. 4 at about 1.43 pm, the man, a potter by profession, was travelling in a bus from Kirugaval to Mysuru when he received a message on his mobile phone from an…
Mysore/Mysuru: A woman, who was crossing the road along with her mother, was reportedly killed when a private bus hit her at K.R. Circle in city this morning. M. Mahalakshmi (38), a resident of Balagangadharanatha Swamy Layout at Yelwal, is the deceased while her mother, Geetha, escaped unhurt. It is learnt that Mahalakshmi and Geetha…
Managing travelling expenses has quietly become one of the most overlooked parts of planning a trip, whether it’s for business or leisure. People spend hours comparing flights and hotels, but when it comes to tracking what they actually spend during the trip, things often get messy. Receipts get lost, budgets go off track, and by…
Car buyers today are no longer restricted to choosing within a single segment. Instead, they often evaluate very different types of vehicles based on how well they align with their lifestyle and usage. This is where cars like the Mahindra Thar and Maruti Suzuki Swift come into the same consideration set. While one is a…
Colossal waste of drinking water daily due to pipeline leaks, broken valves Mysore/Mysuru: At a time when the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has revised water tariff by 25 percent, broken pipelines and damaged valves across the city are causing massive wastage of treated drinking water, with lakhs of litres spilling onto the streets every day….
Mysore/Mysuru: The Hunsur Rural Police have detained two individuals in Mumbai linked to an inter-State narcotics racket following a major seizure of contraband worth crores of rupees from a farmhouse near Hunsur recently. Confirming the development to Star of Mysore this morning, Mysuru Superintendent of Police (SP) Mallikarjun Baladandi said, the detained suspects have not…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) has confirmed that the substances seized in the high-profile Hunsur narcotics case are indeed drugs. Hunsur Rural Police had recovered 7.35-kg of Mephedrone and 41-kg of precursor chemicals used in drug production (nearly 48-kg of narcotic substances in total) during a raid on a farmhouse near Hunsur. Seized materials…
UPI payments accepted; toll amount to be 1.25 times the regular charges New Delhi: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has announced that cash payments at Toll Plazas will be discontinued from Apr. 10 in an effort to reduce long queues of vehicles at toll gates, a major irritant for commuters. In a…
Initiative educates students on birds, wetland conservation & avian ecology Mysore/Mysuru: Intending to catch young minds early and create awareness about the sensitive wetland ecology, the Forest Department has launched ‘Pakshi Mitra,’ a new environmental education programme at the Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary. The initiative seeks to familiarise Government school students from Mysuru and Mandya districts…
Passing out parade of 8th batch of 150 Armed Police Constables held at CAR Grounds in city; 144 among them hail from rural areas Mysore/Mysuru: IGP (Southern Range) Dr. M.B. Boralingaiah advised the probationary Police personnel to develop certain traits for effective Policing, giving primacy to discipline in the service. He was speaking at the…
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