Mysuru: M.N. Baldev Raje Urs (Ramu), former Transport Commissioner and a resident of Vijayanagar 3rd Stage, passed away this morning in city. He was 91. He is survived by his wife Rathna Prabha, son Jayachandra Raj Urs, daughter Poornima, daughters-in-law Usharani and Kala Anup, son-in-law T.D. Maheah Urs, grandchildren, great grandchildren and a host of…
Yoga practitioner drowns in River Cauvery
February 17, 2025Kollegal: A Yoga practitioner was drowned while taking a holy dip in River Cauvery at Dasanapura village on Saturday. The deceased is N. Nagarajan, a resident of Vinayaka Gudi Street at Hale Agrahara in the town. Saturday being the third day of Narayanaswamy Rathotsava, Nagarajan had gone to Dasanapura village on Saturday and ventured into…
Illegal ad boards, posters to attract MCC action’
February 17, 2025Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner has warned of imposing a fine of Rs. 10,000, if the public violate rules framed under Karnataka Open Space (Prevention of Disfigurement) Act, 1981. In a press release, it is stated that, the advertisement boards and posters are being stuck in public places at bus stands, walls of…
SUCI stages protest for better facilities at hospitals
February 17, 2025Mysuru: Strongly condemning the serial maternal deaths in several District Hospitals across the State, members of the Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) staged a demonstration in front of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s statue in Town Hall premises here recently. Addressing the protesters, SUCI District Secretary B. Ravi attributed the maternal deaths to lack of infrastructure…
Girl falls into water pit, dies
February 17, 2025Hunsur: A six-year-old girl died after falling into a water pit at Moodalakoppal village in the taluk on Friday afternoon. The deceased girl is Prateeksha, daughter of Manjegowda and Preethi couple of the village. Prateeksha was drowned after she fell into the water pit which was dug to store water for the plants. One Chandregowda…
Intl. Conference on Chemical and Physical Sciences held at Amrita
February 17, 2025Mysuru: The School of Physical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Mysuru Campus, had organised the second International Conference on Advances in Chemical and Physical Sciences (ICACPS) recently. The Conference was inaugurated by Dr. V.A. Sajeevkumar, Scientist ‘G’ and Associate Centre Head at the Defence Institute of Biodefence Technologies (DIBT), Mysuru. In his keynote address, Dr. Sajeevkumar…
Enters India Book of Records
February 17, 2025Mysuru: C.N. Mohan Raj, a student of Sri Ramakrishna Vidyashala, has entered the India Book of Records for creating a 6×4 ft. mosaic art of Swami Vivekananda using 200 pieces of paper from 510 A4 size papers. He was guided by school’s librarian Prasanna. Vidyashala Correspondent Swami Yuktheshanandaji has appreciated the student’s achievement. Principal T.K….
New CCB ACP takes charge
February 17, 2025Mysuru: Mohammad Sharif Rawathar took charge as the new Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) of the City Crime Branch (CCB), here on Friday. He was handed over the charge by outgoing ACP Sandesh Kumar. Later, speaking to Star of Mysore, Rawathar said, he would first take note of the situation, the progress of the pending…
Trains flagged off from Ashokapuram
February 16, 2025Mysuru: Minister of State for Railways V. Somanna inaugurated a new booking office at the second entrance of the upgraded Ashokapuram Railway Station in city last evening, enhancing ticketing facilities and overall accessibility for passengers. Somanna also symbolically flagged off two MEMU pairs of trains to Bengaluru, which will operate from today. These trains were…
A Star Is Born
February 16, 2025In an age where birth of a nation is a minor event, birth of a child is a curse, the birth of a newspaper is bound to be a non-event. More so when its founders and the Editor are from among the common men with no past of any distinction. Which is why there was…















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