Mysuru: A man, who was admitted to K.R. Hospital on Aug. 13, following a snake bite, breathed his last yesterday morning, after failing to respond to the treatment. The deceased man has been identified as Beeregowda (52), a resident of Gujjegowdanapura in the taluk. Beeregowda was working in his field when he was bitten by…
Youth ends life in Mandya
September 5, 2017Mandya: A 32-year-old youth committed suicide by hanging self at a room of a lodge he had taken on rent after leaving behind a death note. The deceased youth has been identified as Shivakumar, son of late Puttaswamy of Ballenahalli village in Srirangapatna taluk, who was staying in a rented house at Chamundeshwarinagar in Mandya….
Man arrested for strangling wife to death
September 5, 2017Mysuru: Mysuru South Rural Police have arrested a person for killing his wife by strangling her at Sathagalli here on Sunday night. The accused has been identified as Madesh, a resident of Dr. Ambedkar Colony, while his wife has been identified as Ashvini (26). Madesh, who suspected his wife’s character, allegedly strangled her with his…
Woman killed as bus rams into tipper
September 5, 2017Mysuru: In a tragic incident, a woman was killed and many others were injured, when the bus in which they were travelling rammed into a stationed tipper on the Ring Road here yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Usha (60), a resident of Kengeri in Bengaluru, who was part of a 40-member group which…
Capt. G.R. Gopinath’s Air Deccan to fly again
September 4, 2017Mysuru: Captain G.R. Gopinath last evening announced that he would be starting flights from Chennai to Mysuru shortly as his private charter firm Deccan Charter along with Air Odisha had won a huge contract across India to fly to small towns and later big cities under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious regional connectivity scheme, UDAN….
CAVA ‘Headless’ since a Month
September 4, 2017Mysuru: Even as the city is gearing up for Nada Habba Dasara festival scheduled to be held from Sept. 21 to 30, about 200 students of Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts (CAVA) resorted to an indefinite strike in front of the Institute on Bannur Road in Siddarthanagar here this morning demanding immediate appointment of Dean…
Dr. Bhyrappa urges air connectivity between Mysuru-Mangaluru
September 4, 2017Mysuru: Sarsawati Samman awardee and renowned Kannada novelist Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa regretted that air connectivity from Mysuru was still not taking off. What was important was air connectivity between Mysuru and Mangaluru and Mysuru and Hubballi. He was speaking after he launched the book, “You Cannot Miss This Flight,” a collection of Essays on Emerging…
PM Modi has neglected Karnataka in recent Cabinet rejig: MP Dhruvanarayan
September 4, 2017Mysuru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has neglected Karnataka during the Cabinet reshuffle held yesterday at New Delhi, said Chamarajanagar MP R. Dhruvanarayan. Addressing press persons at Jaladarshini Guest House here yesterday, Dhruvanarayan said that the expectation of people of Karanataka getting more representation in the Union Cabinet has gone wrong despite BJP having 16 out…
‘Keep vigil over kids playing Blue Whale’
September 4, 2017New Delhi: Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi has written to the Heads of Schools in the country, advising them to keep a watch on students indulging in the online game ‘Blue Whale Challenge.’ Maneka Gandhi, who writes a weekly column Pet Talk in Star of Mysore on Wednesdays, has said that…
Huge crocodile appears in Cauvery River near Koppa Gate
September 4, 2017Bylakuppe: A huge crocodile appearing in Cauvery River near Koppa Gate on B.M. Road bordering Kodagu has created panic among the villagers in the surroundings. Villagers were shocked to see the crocodile basking in the sun on a rock in the river yesterday afternoon, as womenfolk of many villages in the surroundings go to the…















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