Protest walk seeks a full-fledged Environmental Impact Assessment Mysore/Mysuru: In the second major campaign against further development works atop Chamundi Hill, aimed at safeguarding its heritage and fragile environment, hundreds of Mysureans — children, youth and the elderly — climbed the thousand steps of the Hill this morning, urging the preservation of its religious, spiritual…
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made history this morning as she presented a record ninth consecutive Budget in the Parliament. This will take Sitharaman closer to the record of 10 budgets that were presented by former PM Morarji Desai over different time periods. She will continue to hold the record of presenting the maximum…
‘Karnataka cited financial constraints and conveyed reluctance to share costs’ Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has assured that he will work towards reviving the shelved Mysuru-Kushalnagar railway line project. Speaking to Star of Mysore yesterday, he said that the project was scrapped following an assessment by the Railway Department, which concluded that it…
Project cost Rs. 120 crore; To ease bottlenecks at Kempegowda Circle Mysore/Mysuru: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has begun construction of a grade separator on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway at Kempegowda Circle (Manipal Hospital Junction). The grade separator is being built at a cost of Rs. 120 crore and forms part of a larger…
Narcotics worth Rs. 10 crore, 500-kg chemicals seized; four arrested Mysuru/Ahmedabad: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has busted an inter-State drug network and arrested four persons, including the kingpin from Gujarat, seizing narcotics valued at about Rs. 10 crore in the local market. In the operation, carried out under Union Government’s Nasha Mukt Bharat (Drug-Free…
Our Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, speaking at the World Economic Forum, Davos, said Bengaluru was the “city of the future,” with a strong ecosystem, skilled human resources and investor-friendly governance. But… If Karnataka is truly a heaven for industry, why has the State converted only about 15 percent of the investment proposals it has…
Long queues at toll plazas set to ease Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to ensure smoother traffic flow on the access-controlled Mysuru-Bengaluru National Highway-275 and to ease congestion at the existing toll plazas, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has begun implementing a Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) tolling system. The implementation process has commenced, and…
Stench from house alerts ‘Mane Mane Police’ team; leads to chemical seizure on Mysuru outskirts Mysore/Mysuru: Has the drug manufacturing network extended from Mysuru city limits to its outskirts or rural hinterland? This question is now troubling the Police. A day after the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) raided a chemical manufacturing unit in the Hebbal…
Madikeri Rural Police swing into action, intercept the car at Katakeri village Madikeri: Madikeri Rural Police have arrested a man from Mysuru in a hit-and-run case. The accused who was driving a car had allegedly hit an autorickshaw from behind resulting in the death of the auto driver yesterday. The accident occurred in front of…
Liquids, raw materials found at Hebbal factory as night-long searches by NCB sleuths continue Mysore/Mysuru: Known as Karnataka’s cultural capital and a major tourist destination, Mysuru has in recent times been grappling with a rise in crime. The city is now also facing the unsettling tag of being linked to narcotics manufacturing. In July 2025,…
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