Mysore/Mysuru: The staff of Hotel Komfort Suites on Vivekananda Road in Yadavagiri woke up to flooded premises after water from the Ground-Level Reservoir at the Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW), located behind the hotel, overflowed and inundated the property in the early hours of today. Water entered the hotel’s basement, reception area, corridors and rooms,…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Police have been installing new traffic signals at various junctions across the city to reduce accidents and curb traffic violations. However, at several circles, these new installations are causing traffic snarls due to the accumulation of vehicles waiting at signals or marring the beauty of the circles. One such installation is…
Alarmed by ganja sale network, High Court Justice Nagaprasanna warns against quick Lok Adalat settlement in narcotics cases Bengaluru/Mysuru: The Karnataka High Court has expressed surprise regarding the spread of ganja (cannabis) sales in Mysuru. Hearing a writ petition filed by Mysuru resident Sameer Khan alias Dadu (51), who is currently in judicial custody in…
FIR against seven accused, including gold appraiser Mysore/Mysuru: The Devaraja Police have registered an FIR against seven persons, including a bank’s gold appraiser, in connection with an alleged fake gold pawn fraud involving Rs. 56.78 lakh at Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd. The incident came to light recently and the accused have been identified as Abdul…
Unwilling to marry, bride asked lover to attack groom on the way to wedding hall Kollegal: The Kollegal Police have arrested three persons, including the bride and her alleged lover, on charges of attempting to murder the groom. The Police have also seized the car (KA-03-MZ-5192) used in the crime and launched a manhunt to…
Bengaluru: Criticising the Union Budget, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said, it resembled a Municipal Corporation Budget and termed it the most disappointing Budget he has seen in his political career. The CM said that in the 2025-26 Budget, the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had promised an allocation of Rs. 5.41 lakh crore for Union…
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…
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