Siddharamaiah chairs first meeting after regime change at Mysuru ZP Hall; seeks change in officers’ attitude Mysore/Mysuru: Asking officers to change the way of functioning under his rule, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah said that complacency, corruption and negligence will not be tolerated and action will be taken against officers if they neglect governance. He was addressing…
Parking: To Pay or not to Pay!
June 11, 2023By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD It was heartening to read in yesterday’s Star of Mysore the good news that after more than a decade of dilly-dallying, our City Corporation is going to introduce the ‘Pay and Park’ system on some of our city roads, very soon. But, how soon this is going to happen,…
Siddu to launch free bus travel scheme tomorrow
June 10, 2023Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah will inaugurate Shakti, the free bus travel scheme for women tomorrow (June 11). The Congress Government had promised to implement the ‘Shakti’ initiative facilitating free travel for women in State-owned buses ahead of polls. The CM is scheduled to travel in the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) bus route number 43…
Parking on six roads will henceforth cost money
June 10, 2023D. Devaraj Urs Road, Ashoka Road, Sayyaji Rao Road, Vinoba Road, Dhanvantri Road, Sri Harsha Road, Town Hall • Two-wheelers: Initial parking fee for two hours: Rs. 10 • Subsequent hours: Rs. 10 per hour • Light motor vehicles: Initial two-hour fee: Rs. 30 • Additional each subsequent hour: Rs. 10 Mysore/Mysuru: After repeated failed…
Expressway Deaths: RTO problem, not the Road
June 10, 2023Last year, Zoomcar, India’s biggest self-drive rental car company, surveyed 22 cities using its proprietary drive scoring system and declared Mysuru had the worst drivers in the country! Based on yesterday’s SOM report, the survey’s assessment seems right. The report stated that in just five months of the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway opening, there have been 570…
Rare white deer spotted at Nagarahole
June 9, 2023H.D. Kote: Safari goers were in for a treat after they spotted a rare white deer also known as albino deer among a herd of deer at the backwaters of Taraka Dam in Antharasanthe Range of Nagarahole Forest recently. White or albino deer is a deer that lack pigmentation. Albinism is much rarer and may…
SSLC, II PUC exams: Under Jnanasiri, 50 topper girls to get Rs. 50,000 from MCC
June 9, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has launched an unique scheme of empowering top scoring girl students in SSLC and II PUC exams of Government Schools and Colleges in its limits by providing a financial assistance of Rs. 50,000 under Jnanasiri scheme. The MCC in its recent budget had announced the launch of Jnanasiri scheme, where…
Traffic congestions at Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway junctions: Start and end points needed better planning
June 9, 2023We must admit our lack of competence in development of Highways and Expressways By V. N. Prasad Recently, I saw a video titled “China’s mind-bending mega bridge: A magical journey on the world’s most complex overpass.” It is worth watching a million times. Road traffic converging at a junction is so beautifully (I mean technically)…
DC Office shifted to new Complex
June 8, 2023On CM Siddharamaiah’s instructions, District-Level Office Complex starts functioning from new building at Siddarthanagar Mysore/Mysuru: With Chief Minister Siddharamaiah back at the helm of affairs in the State, the Office of Deputy Commissioner (DC), Mysuru, has started functioning from the new District-Level Office Complex at Siddarthanagar on Mysuru-T. Narasipur main road, from today. Deputy Commissioner…
Fencing on Makkaji Chowk road cleared; open for movement
June 8, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The barricades and fencing laid by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) on the road from Gandhi Square to Sayyaji Rao Road via Olympia Theatre have been cleared this morning, following a High Court order. The fencing on Makkaji Chowk Road was removed in the presence of Court Ameen (Bailiff) M.H. Nagaraj. It is a…















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