New face for city’s K.R. seat? By K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief In William Shakespeare’s play ‘Hamlet,’ Polonius says at one point “Though this be madness, yet there is method in it.” This precisely seems to be the state of Karnataka BJP which will go to the Assembly polls next year, 2018 to challenge the incumbent Congress…
Dasara Expo Road opened for traffic
May 2, 2017Mysuru: The Dasara Exhibition Road from Jayachamarajendra Circle (Hardinge Circle) to Gun House junction, which was closed for traffic for about three months, following the concrete works of the road taken up by the Public Works Department (PWD), was opened for traffic on Sunday morning, thus easing the traffic density in the heart of the…
Belavatha Mystery Fire: No chemicals found at fire site
May 2, 2017Mysuru: The Technical Committee constituted by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) to probe the recent fire that was reported on a private land at Shyadanahalli in Belavatha — after 14-year-old Harshal died of burns and one more boy Manoj suffered serious injuries — has submitted its interim report to Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep….
Long weekend rush: City records more than 2.5 lakh tourist footfalls
May 2, 2017Mysuru: While Mysuru city witnessed huge tourist inflow during the long weekend, most of the tourists struggled to find rooms with the lodges being fully booked from Apr. 29 to May 1. Apart from the hotel industry, which witnessed a good business during the long weekend holidays, tourist places in city especially the Mysuru Zoo,…
Granting Officer to Mysuru Passport Office soon: MP
May 2, 2017Mysuru: The Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) located in Metagalli will get a Granting Officer within three months, said MP Pratap Simha here this morning. The Mysuru-Kodagu MP visited POPSK this morning following a news item titled ‘Mysuru Passport Office is just a dispatch centre!’ published in Star of Mysore on Sunday last (Apr….
CET begins at 20 Centres in city
May 2, 2017Mysuru: The Common Entrance Test (CET), the gate way to professional courses, conducted by Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) commenced this morning at 20 centres in city. Totally 10,032 students are appearing for the Test. Today’s test featured Biology from 10.30 am to 11.50 am and Mathematics from 2.30 pm to 3.50 pm. Tomorrow it will…
Banks say no to scrapped notes from Chamundi Hill Temple
May 2, 2017Mysuru: The hundi collection at Sri Chamundeshwari Temple atop the Chamundi Hill stands at Rs. 24.09 crore in 2016-2017. Interestingly, when the hundis were opened in March this year, Rs. 3.3 lakh in demonetised currency notes of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 were found. In 2014-15, Rs. 18.33 crore was collected as revenue while Rs….
Three bullets removed from injured Mysuru soldier
May 2, 2017Mysuru: B. Ramesh, a soldier from Bhadregowdanakoppal in Yelwal hobli here, who was seriously injured during a crossfire between Army personnel and terrorists at Kupwara in Jammu & Kashmir on Apr. 26 and admitted to the Military Hospital in Srinagar, is said to be out of danger. AC C.L. Ananda, who was in constant touch…
Mysuru AC’s Office goes online: Public can instantly obtain records of revenue cases
May 2, 2017Mysuru: The Assistant Commissioner’s (AC) office in the DC Office premises has gone online and people can access the details of cases filed in Revenue Courts. As part of the digitisation programme initiated by the State Government, people can access the records of the revenue cases filed in the Assistant Commissioner’s Court. The facility that…
Mayor denies misuse of free mobile phones
May 2, 2017Mysuru: Denying charges that certain Corporators misused free mobile connections offered by BSNL under CUG (Closed User Group) which led to the disconnection of all mobile phones, Mayor M.J. Ravikumar alleged that the MCC Commissioner did not bring to the notice of the MCC Council, the circular issued by the Directorate of Municipal Administration on…
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