Mysuru: A 23-year-old youth, who had attempted suicide by consuming poison a week ago and admitted to a private hospital in city, breathed his last yesterday after failing to respond to the treatment. The deceased has been identified as Satish, a native of H.D. Kote who was residing in his grandmother’s house at Vinayakanagar (Paduvarahalli)….
Unidentified man dies in hospital
July 4, 2018Mysuru: An unidentified man, aged about 70 years, who was found lying sick near the Beggars’ Colony at Gayathripuram on June 26 and admitted to K.R. Hospital, has passed away on July 1 after failing to respond to the treatment. Nazarbad Police, who have registered a case, have asked the kith and kin of the…
Kailash Manasarowar Yatra: 12 pilgrims from city safe
July 3, 2018Mysuru: Inclement weather is preventing operation of flights to evacuate over 290 pilgrims from Karnataka — including from Mysuru, Ramanagaram, Malavalli and Hassan — who have been stranded in Nepal and Tibet along the route of the Kailash Manasarowar Yatra. So far, nine pilgrims (in one group) and three (in another group), who have left…
Hinkal flyover to open before Dasara: MP Pratap Simha
July 3, 2018Mysuru: The much delayed work on the construction of flyover on Mysuru-Hunsur Highway near Hinkal will be completed before Dasara 2018 in October, said Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha. The MP, along with officials of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) and National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), inspected the ongoing works this morning. Pratap Simha said…
12 boys, football coach found alive after nine days in Thailand cave
July 3, 2018Bangkok: Twelve boys and their football coach trapped in a Thai cave are alive, but will need to learn to dive or wait months for flooding to recede before they can get out, the army says. The group had been missing for nine days before they were found by divers late on Monday on a…
‘Release 31.24 tmcft water to TN in July’ Cauvery Authority tells Karnataka
July 3, 2018New Delhi: The newly-formed Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) has ordered Karnataka to release 31.24 tmcft (Thousand Million Cubic Feet) Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu in July. The first meeting of the CWMA was held in New Delhi yesterday with representatives from Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. The meeting was held even as Karnataka…
Subway on Sayyaji Rao Road to open for public soon
July 3, 2018Mysuru: The unscientifically designed and rarely used Subway on Sayyaji Rao Road, opposite Bata showroom will soon be opened for public use, said Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner K.H. Jagadeesha. The MCC swung into action as soon as the news item titled ‘Subway on Sayyaji Rao Road in dangerous condition’ was published in Star of…
State to take stock of situation after budget: Shivakumar
July 3, 2018Bengaluru: Reacting strongly to Cauvery Water Management Authority’s direction to Karnataka to release June month’s quota of 31.24 tmcft of water to Tamil Nadu, Water Resources Minister D.K. Shivakumar said dams in Cauvery basin should have that much of quantity of water to release to TN. “I will seek opinions of former Prime Minister H.D….
Villagers upset with unnecessary toilets in school
July 3, 2018Mysuru: At a time when the governments at the Centre and the State are going all out to make the nation open defecation-free by building toilets, comes the news that toilets are being unnecessarily built in the school premises, in spite of the school being shifted. In a complaint to the Zilla Panchayat Executive Officer…
7 Ragi Muddes in 15 Minutes flat !
July 3, 2018Mandya: It was a question of who had the biggest appetite during the ‘Ragi Mudde – Naati Koli saaru’ (ragi balls – country chicken curry) eating competition at Mangala village near Mandya on Sunday. Ultimately, fifty-four-year-old Meese Eregowda emerged victorious after he gulped down seven ragi balls (three-and-a-half kg in total) in 15 minutes flat….















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