Mysuru: A 75-year-old man was murdered for a pair of diamond-and- pearl-studded ear studs given to his family by the erstwhile rulers of Mysuru. The killers had torn off the old man’s earlobes to snatch the jewel. The murder came to light yesterday night when the frail old man’s body was found amidst bushes at…
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi broke silence on her role within the party a day ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s anointment as AICC President. Speaking to mediapersons, the veteran Congress leader said that her role is to retire now. Rahul was declared elected as the new President of the Congress party on Dec. 11. The…
Mysuru: Maintaining that Deputy Commissioners (DCs) have been entrusted with powers to allot 20 acres of land for distribution of sites to the shelterless, Revenue Minister Kagodu Thimmappa has directed TP Executive Officers and GP PDO’s to prepare a list of the shelterless in their respective jurisdiction. Chairing a review meeting of district-level officials of…
Srirangapatna: In a tragic incident, one person was killed on the spot while five others sustained serious injuries, when the car in which they were travelling toppled and fell into the canal after the driver lost control of the vehicle near K. Shettahalli on Bengaluru-Mysuru highway in the taluk yesterday. While the deceased has been…
Mysuru: There are plans to convert the 80-year-old house of Poet Laureate and Jnanpith awardee Kuvempu (K.V. Puttappa) in city into a Museum. Talks are going on between the officials of the Kannada and Culture Department and the family members of Kuvempu in this regard. The house was built in Vani Vilas Mohalla in 1936….
Police scramble for corroborative evidence; will now book tabloid editor under Wildlife Act Bengaluru: It appears like more trouble is brewing for Ravi Belagere, journalist and editor of ‘Hai Bangalore’ Kannada weekly tabloid, with another arrest warrant being issued against him in connection with a seven-year-old case. Belagere, who has been granted interim bail, is…
New Delhi: Union Ministry of Road Transport will take up the widening of the Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway (NH 275) from existing four-lane to six-lane in the current financial year itself. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will invite bids for project before the end of this fiscal to widen the existing four-lane highway into a…
Mysuru: The Nazarbad Police are on a hot chase of the other accused in the case where a group of hooligans smashed the windshield, headlights and windows of a Wagon ‘R’ car at Siddarthanagar on Lalitha Mahal Palace Road near the Karanji Lake Signal on Dec. 12. Three persons — Babu, Sharath and the prime…
Chamarajanagar: A KSRTC bus driver, who had averted major mishap and saved the lives of 58 passengers on board when the bus went out of control at Himavad Gopalaswamy Hill in October 2017, was awarded Gold Medal at a programme held at Chamarajanagar KSRTC office in the presence of Chamarajanagar KSRTC Divisional Controller R. Ashok…
Life in the surroundings of Excel Solid Waste Management Plant (Sewage Farm) at Vidyaranyapuram has become nightmarish for thousands of residents with unbearable stench emanating out of the plant 24×7 and 365 days. Star of Mysore spoke to a few residents of the area who had assembled at the plant for an indefinite protest that…
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