Mysuru: Accusing the Police of assaulting three of its leaders, BJP activists mobbed Nazarbad Police Station here last evening. City BJP Yuva Morcha President Gokul Govardhan, who is also an advocate, party leaders Harsha and Nithin, had been to Nazarbad Police Station to lodge a complaint alleging that one Chinnathambi was illegally using a parcel…
Threshing Crops on Road: Car catches fire after driving over millet straw strewn on road
January 22, 2018K.R. Pet: Five members of a family from Bengaluru, who were on their way to Sri Bhu Varahanatha Swamy Temple at Ganjigere Kallahalli in the taluk, has a miraculous escape, when the car in which they were travelling caught fire after running over millet straw which was strewn on the road for threshing by farmers…
Hanuma Jayanti in Hunsur on Jan.27
January 22, 2018Mysuru: District Administration has given permission to organise Hanuma Jayanti in Hunsur town on Jan. 27. The organisers have been asked to take the procession on a changed route. The Hanuma Jayanti Celebrations and procession planned earlier on Dec. 3, 2017 had been cancelled in view of law and order situation. Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep…
Dumping of human skulls: Police to probe from all angles
January 22, 2018Mysuru: The City Police have intensified the probe into the case where 13 human skulls were found dumped at vacant site in Vijayanagar second stage on Friday. The jurisdictional Vijayanagar Police who had visited the spot, sent the skulls to the Regional Forensic Laboratory in city for examination. The Police, who are anticipating a report…
Bahuroopi Theatre Fest draws to a close
January 22, 2018Mysuru: Bahuroopi Theatre Festival, which commenced on Jan.14 with the theme ‘Migration,’ concluded yesterday after providing an array of programmes like plays, cinemas, painting expo, seminars, book expo, folk art, handicraft mela, street plays and desi adventure games. Topping all was a desi food festival for the foodies. Over 1,000 artistes from various States presented…
Dining Hall inaugurated at Government School in Medar Block
January 22, 2018Mysuru: A newly-built Dining Hall at Government High School, Medar Block, Bamboo Bazar, was inaugurated this morning. Speaking after inaugurating the Hall, Star of Mysore Editor-in-Chief K.B. Ganapathy said that it was a very special programme as it benefited a large number of students. Highlighting the role of teachers and cooks in proper maintenance of…
CM Siddharamaiah to inaugurate new building of Maharani’s College on Jan.24
January 22, 2018Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah will inaugurate the new building of Maharani’s College of Commerce and Management and its hostel on Valmiki Road here on Jan.24 at 10.30 am. Disclosing this at press persons at the new College premises, MLA Vasu said that the CM will also lay the foundation for various other development activities like…
KSOU students threaten to disrupt BJP’s Parivartana Yatra in city
January 22, 2018Mysuru: The aggrieved students of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) have threatened to lay siege to the ‘Parivartana Yatra,’ being organised by the BJP in Mysuru on Jan.25 if the UGC (University Grant Commission) does not grant recognition to the University. The aggrieved students, led by A.S. Nandeesh, Muneer Pasha, Naveen and R. Veeregowda, were…
Spouse can’t take caste of other spouse after marriage to knock-off reservation benefit
January 22, 2018New Delhi: The Supreme Court, on Friday, refused to allow a woman to take benefit of reservation just because she was married to a man who belonged to the Scheduled Castes (SC), asserting that caste is determined by birth and not by marriage. “There cannot be any dispute that the caste is determined by birth…
Village Accountant jumps into river to nab illegal sand miners
January 22, 2018Siddapura (Kodagu): A Village Accountant (VA) reportedly jumped into the Cauvery river near Kodangeri in Ammathi hobli of Kodagu district on Saturday to catch sand miners who were illegally extracting sand from the river. Following complaints of sand mafia operating in Cauvery river, Virajpet Tahsildar R. Govindaraju, Revenue Inspector Anil Kumar, Mines and Geology Department…















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