Mysuru: Senior Rotarian and Paul Harris Fellow Sunil Baliga of Mysuru was bestowed upon the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Trustees and Members of Rotary Avoidable Blindness Foundation. The award was presented to him at the 3rd Rotary National Conference on Community Ophthalmology held recently at Rotary House of Friendship in Bengaluru. The Trustees had…
4-day ‘Nalavattara Nalivu’ unique music programme from today
April 17, 2025Mysuru: Sugama Sangeetha Academy Trust, Mysuru, and Kannada & Culture Department have organised a unique music programme titled ‘Nalavattara Nalivu’ at Ramagovinda Kalavedike in Ganabharathi premises, Kuvempunagar, from Apr. 17 to 20 at 6 pm. The event commemorates Sugama Sangeetha Academy’s 40th anniversary. The brainchild of H.R. Leelavathi, a noted singer, music composer, poet and…
Admission to Class 1: Age limit relaxed to 5.5 years for kids
April 17, 2025Bengaluru: Buckling under the pressure of parents to relax the age norm for admission of children to Class 1, the State Government has relaxed the age restrictions to 5. 5 years (5 years and 5 months), applicable only for the present academic year. This was announced by the School Education and Literacy Minister Madhu Bangarappa…
Chain snatcher arrested: 2 gold chains worth Rs. 2.40 lakh recovered
April 17, 2025Mysuru: City Crime Branch (CCB) Police on Apr. 7 arrested a person near People’s Park on charges of committing chain snatching in Nazarbad Police limits on Mar. 30. During interrogation, the accused is said to have snatched two gold chains in Nazarbad Police limits and based on the information provided by the accused, the Police…
Woman goes missing
April 17, 2025Mysuru: A 34-year-old woman has gone missing since Apr. 11 from Mysuru South Police limits in city. The missing woman is Nagaveni, daughter of Girimallaiah. She is 5 ft. tall, normal built, light brown complexioned, has the name ‘Vishali’ tattooed on her left hand, cannot speak and was wearing a yellow and white mixed colour…
Unidentified man dies in hospital
April 17, 2025Mysuru: An unidentified man, who was being treated as an inpatient at Kantharaj Ward in K.R. Hospital, had breathed his last at the Hospital on Apr. 15. The deceased is aged about 40 years, 5.6 ft. tall, normal built, dark complexioned, oval faced and sports beard and moustache. The kith and kin of the deceased,…
New plan to save Kukkarahalli Lake
April 16, 2025Pollution Board and MGP conduct on-site inspection to assess pollution levels Mysuru: The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) will assess pollution levels at Kukkarahalli Lake to help the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), University of Mysore, District Administration and Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) formulate a comprehensive action plan to halt the daily inflow of untreated…
Felling of avenue trees
April 16, 2025Mysuru: It was a black Sunday for Mysureans. On April 13, 2025, Sunday, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and the Forest Department jointly executed what Star of Mysore called ‘Green Carnage’, mercilessly felling 45 fully grown trees with rich foliage. Answer given, to those who questioned this irrational, untenable and unpardonable action, is unacceptable to any…
CET begins on a smooth note
April 16, 2025Mysuru: The Karnataka Common Entrance Test (CET) began on a smooth note today, with several thousands of candidates appearing for Physics paper in the morning session from 10.30 am to 11.50 am at 38 centres in the city, as part of the State-wide exercise. As many as 13,313 candidates have enrolled for CET in Mysuru…
Lorry strike Day-2: Loaders left in lurch
April 16, 2025Mysuru: The State-wide lorry strike called by the Federation of Karnataka State Lorry Owners and Agents Association, entered its second day today, with nearly 9,000 lorries staying away from the road in Mysuru and Chamarajanagar. Following the failure of talks held between the Federation and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Bengaluru yesterday, the lorry operators decided…















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