Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner (DC) G. Lakshmikanth Reddy inaugurated World Newspaper Day celebrations this morning by cutting a cake in front of the iconic Dufferin Clock Tower, opposite Devaraja Market. The event was jointly organised by Karnataka State Newspaper Distributors Federation and the Newspaper Distributors Welfare Association, Mysuru. Speaking on the occasion, DC Reddy lauded the…
MMC&RI gets 50 more medical seats
September 4, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: The long-pending demand for sanctioning additional medical seats at Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) has finally been fulfilled, with the National Medical Commission (NMC) approving the institute’s request. Following the NMC’s approval, MMC&RI will receive 50 additional MBBS seats starting this academic year, increasing the total intake from 200 to 250 seats….
World Tourism Day
September 4, 2025Mysuru Travels Association plans big matching Dasara splendour Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru Travels Association (MTA) will celebrate World Tourism Day in city on Sept. 27, matching the grandeur of Mysuru Dasara, scheduled from Sept. 22. In a press release, Chairman of World Tourism Day Committee Anil Raj has stated that following a good spell of rainfall this…
Zoo gets new Executive Director
September 4, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF) P. Anusha (State Forest Service) has been appointed as the new Executive Director (ED) of Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens (Mysuru Zoo), a post that had remained vacant for over a month. Previously, the Executive Director of Bannerghatta Biological Park had been holding an additional charge of the Mysuru Zoo….
Sangeethotsava at Kalamandira on Sept. 9
September 4, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: A Sangeethotsava programme in memory of Mysore Palace Asthana Mridanga Vidwan M.R. Rajappa will be held on Sept. 9 at Kalamandira at 4.30 pm, said Dr. M.R. Hanumantharaju, son of Vid. M.R. Rajappa, here on Tuesday. Addressing presspersons at Pathrakarthara Bhavan, he said Dr. M. Mohan Alva, Chairman, Alva’s Education Foundation, will inaugurate the…
Eid Meelad processions
September 4, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Dawat-e-Islami Mysore has organised Juloos Mohamadi Eid Meelad Procession as part of 1,500th birthday of Prophet Muhammad on Sept. 5 and 7 in city. On Sept. 5, the procession will commence at 2.30 pm from Masjid Azam Markaz Ahala Sunnath-wal-Jamath on Ashoka Road, which will be flagged off by Sir Khazi of Mysuru Hazarath…
Deadly Puff
September 3, 2025Man burnt alive as burning beedi ignites stored scrap papers and fuels fire at Mandi Mohalla home Mysore/Mysuru: A 60-year-old rag-picker, identified as Siddanaika, was charred to death after a fire broke out in his rented house on Sir Khazi Road, Mandi Mohalla, this morning. Siddanaika, who earned his livelihood by collecting plastic and paper…
Dasara Pruning
September 3, 2025Ahead of Dasara 2025, MCC launches works to identify and prune tree branches on Raja Marga, Jumboo Savari route Mysore/Mysuru: With 19 days left for the inauguration of Dasara festivities on Sept. 22, the District Administration is preparing to host the annual festival, without compromising on any front including pruning trees along the procession route….
Fate of Devaraja Market, Lansdowne Building: SC tasks IIT Roorkee with fresh assessment
September 3, 2025Mysuru City Corporation directed to deposit Rs. 5 lakh to facilitate new structural survey Mysore/Mysuru: The Supreme Court has ordered a fresh structural assessment of Mysuru’s historic Devaraja Market and Lansdowne Building, tasking the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee with the evaluation. A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Sandeep Mehta passed the order…
SC order binding on State, MCC, say officers
September 3, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Reacting to the Supreme Court’s directive ordering IIT Roorkee to conduct a fresh structural assessment of the Devaraja Market and Lansdowne Building, and instructing the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to deposit Rs. 5 lakh to facilitate the process, MCC Executive Engineer Madhusudhan told Star of Mysore that they will obtain the Court order copy…















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