Mysuru/Mysore: Mathru Mandali Shishu Vikasa Kendra, commemorating its 25th anniversary, has organised ‘Belli Habba – 2020’ on Feb.10 at 11 am at the Kendra premises in Gokulam here. Disclosing this at a press meet at Pathrakartara Bhavan here yesterday, Mathru Mandali Vidya Samsthe President Vijayalakshmi Urs recalled that the Kendra was commenced exclusively for specially-abled…
Intense Lobbying for plum Cabinet berths
February 3, 2020CM Yediyurappa under pressure from miffed BJP seniors wanting to be Ministers Bengaluru: Intense lobbying has began for plum Cabinet portfolios just hours after Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa announced yesterday that his six-month-old Cabinet will be expanded on Thursday, Feb. 6. Several leaders are making a beeline to the CM’s Dhavalagiri residence in Bengaluru’s Dollar’s…
Stone quarrying ban slows down construction industry
February 3, 2020Question is what is important — Safety of KRS or the growth of construction industry? Government must find alternative sources. Mandya: The blanket ban on stone quarrying in the vicinity of Baby Betta in Pandavapura Taluk has slowed down the construction industry in Mysuru, Mandya and Kodagu. The ban, has however, brought cheers to farmers…
Veer Savarkar was not a freedom fighter, claims former CM
February 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Former Chief Minister Sidddharamaiah has courted controversy by saying that Veer Savarkar was not a freedom fighter. Speaking at a seminar organised by the District Congress Committee on ‘Unconstitutional and Discriminatory CAA, NRC, NPR’ at Congress Bhavan near the City Railway Station here yesterday, Siddharamaiah said that the British had jailed Veer Savarkar for…
SOM revisits Mysuru’s own ‘Chhapaak’ story
February 3, 2020‘Acid attack ends a victim’s life’ City Doctor, who survived an acid attack, prays for death penalty to perpetrators Mysore/Mysuru: Sixty seconds are easy to be dismissed as inconsequential in the procession of minutes and hours. However, sometimes, everything changes in just 60 seconds. A few seconds are all it takes to splash acid on…
Veerappan aide arrested after 27 years of hiding
February 3, 2020Police got clues about her after she opened fire at an elephant herd Kollegal: A woman associate of forest brigand Veerappan was arrested by Kollegal Crime Branch Police in Chamarajanagar District on Saturday, 27 years after she was booked under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA). Forty-year-old Stella alias Stella Mary had been…
Man stabs wife for mocking him through TikTok videos
February 3, 2020Periyapatna: A man stabbed his estranged wife with a knife for sending him mocking TikTok videos in Periyapatna late on Thursday. The injured woman is being treated at K.R. Hospital in Mysuru and her condition is said to be stable. Srinivasa and Savitha got married a decade ago and the couple has two children. Four…
Coronavirus: Health Clinic opens at Mysore Airport
February 3, 2020Mysuru: As a precautionary measure for the prevention and control of Coronavirus, Airport Authority, in association with Health Department, has opened a counter at Mysore Airport premises in Mandakalli, which began functioning this morning. Speaking to Star of Mysore, District Surveillance Officer Dr. Shivaprasad said, “We have opened a counter at Apollo Clinic located at…
KSRTC introduces Non-Stop Buses to Taluk Headquarters
February 3, 2020Sanitary Napkin-Vending Machine at Bus Stand Mysore/Mysuru: Due to popular demand, the KSRTC has introduced Non-Stop Services to Taluk Headquarters of the district, starting from today. Non-Stop Buses to Hunsur, K.R. Nagar, Periyapatna, Sargur, H.D. Kote and Kushalnagar will operate from the KSRTC Sub-Urban Bus Stand, every half-an-hour from 6.30 am to 8.30 pm. The…
Mudukuthore Brahma Rathotsava tomorrow
February 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: All preparations have been made for Brahma Rathotsava to be held at Sri Brahmaramba Mallikarjunaswamy Temple in Mudukuthore near Talakad in T. Narasipura taluk here tomorrow (Feb. 4), said Temple Executive Officer Rajashekhara Murthy, stating that many calendars were misleading the public by publishing wrong date of Brahma Rathotsava. As part of Brahma Rathotsava…















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