One of the most respected statesmen, his contribution to India’s development is monumental, says Prime Minister Modi New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani will be conferred with the prestigious Bharat Ratna, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced this morning, calling the party stalwart’s contributions to the development of India ‘monumental’. The Bharat…
Film institutes suffer from poor patronage: Prakash Belawadi
February 3, 2024Paridrishya second international festival of short films and documentaries Karnataka Mysore/Mysuru: Noted film director and actor Prakash Belawadi bemoaned over how Film Training Institutes suffer from patronage, with the people getting carried over by misleading information about film institutes. Speaking on the topic ‘An Approach to Film Making’ during the opening of two-day Paridrishya second…
Humped & Barricaded: Time to wake up !
February 3, 2024Six days ago, within 12 hours, between 9 pm and 9 am, 20 people met with accidents. Three young men lost their lives. Two young women become widows. Three children became fatherless. Three families lost their primary breadwinner and three families were destroyed…all because of two unscientific road humps. Shockingly, not a single MLA has…
For whose benefit is MUDA’s Group Housing Project?
February 2, 2024A white paper on the Group Housing Project of MUDA, since the days of the legendary CITB Chairman D. Madegowda, should be published before the government clears the present DPR By K.B. Ganapathy, Senior Journalist Mysore/Mysuru: The information that the MUDA is launching a Group Housing Project in different layouts and in different phases is…
Bid to click selfie with jumbo; two run for life
February 2, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Two persons tried to click a selfie with a wild elephant at Bandipur National Park near Gundlupet in Chamarajanagar district, only to face the wrath of the pachyderm, the video of which has gone viral on social media. Fortunately, the duo had a miraculous escape, even as those travelling in another vehicle shot the…
From Speed-Breakers to… BACK-BREAKERS !
February 2, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) authorities have removed the four newly-laid road humps (speed-breakers) that were found unscientific near the main gate of Manasagangothri, the PG campus of University of Mysore on Bogadi Main Road. The move came after three youths lost their lives due to accidents caused by the unscientific placement of these…
Killer Road Humps removed
February 1, 2024PWD Engineers find the humps unscientific after conducting inspection Mysore/Mysuru: Finally, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) authorities woke up to the alarming situation by removing the newly-laid road humps (speed-breakers) that were found unscientific by PWD Engineers, near the main gate of Manasagangothri, the PG campus of University of Mysore on Bogadi road in the city…
Aadhaar-enabled Payment System fraud
February 1, 2024Money drained from city youth’s bank account Mysore/Mysuru: Many people are falling victim to Aadhaar-enabled Payment System (AePS) where the bank accounts are exploited by cyber criminals, resulting in unauthorised access to funds. Scammers have utilised leaked biometric details to circumvent the need for One-Time Passwords (OTPs), facilitating the draining of funds from unsuspecting victims….
River Seine flows quietly in Mysuru
February 1, 2024Saluting Dr. Filliozat, Padma Shri awardee When a French Sanskrit Scholar Dr. Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat, a resident of Mysuru, was awarded the prestigious national civil honour Padma Shri, I was not surprised. Star of Mysore had the honour of introducing him to its readers many years ago as a Sanskrit scholar, who had done research on…
Unscientific road humps: One more death
January 31, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The death toll in accidents caused by unscientific road humps laid near the main gate of Manasagangothri, the PG campus of Mysore University on Bogadi Main Road here has gone up to three. Balladichanda B. Shivan (25), son of B.M. Biddappa from Kandangala village in Virajpet, who was battling for life after sustaining grievous…















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