98 percent more rains compared to previous year data High inflow and outflow from Harangi, KRS reservoirs Kushalnagar: The Southwest Monsoon this year has brought bountiful rains to Kodagu and the district has experienced above-normal rainfall in the month of July. As a result, the outflow from the Harangi Reservoir to the Krishna Raja Sagar…
Nine water aerodromes in State, one at KRS Dam
July 14, 2022Efforts on to acquire 240-acre land for Mysore Airport expansion: Minister Somanna Bengaluru: Infrastructure Development Minister V. Somanna has said that the BJP Government is moving aggressively to set in place a robust civil aviation system to boost the State economy and plans are afoot to develop nine water aerodromes. Addressing a State-level Consultative Workshop…
Mysuru COVID-19 Update: July 13, 2022
July 13, 2022Mysuru reports 13 new COVID-19 positive cases, 9 discharges and 0 deaths today.
Nalwadi, Sir MV statues at KRS 80% done
July 13, 2022Museums with rare photos of Kannambadi village to add sheen to statue concept Mysore/Mysuru: Over 80 percent of life-like and life-size statues of Rajarshi Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar, Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam’s Chief Founder-Patron and Sir M. Visvesvaraya (Sir MV), Wadiyar’s Dewan and Chief Engineer who built the dam, has been completed and will be…
An Agrahara by a Palace Astrologer
July 13, 2022By Gouri Satya, Sr. Journalist Kashipathy Agrahara in K.R. Mohalla is the largest Agrahara built in Mysuru. While the Agraharas were built by the Maharajas, their queens and others were one stretch of road with about 21 houses, Kashipathy Agrahara is spread out into a block of a few streets covering an extensive area from…
Mysuru COVID-19 Update: July 12, 2022
July 12, 2022Mysuru reports 9 new COVID-19 positive cases, 15 discharges and 0 deaths today.
Milestones in giving a gift of sight to the poor
July 12, 2022K.R. Hospital Ophthalmology wing performs 40 cataract surgeries daily; over 5,000 annually State-of-the-art equipment worth Rs. 2.6 crore imported from Switzerland, Finland, Germany Mysore/Mysuru: At a time when many private eye hospitals are offering best services to patients with vision problems in Mysuru, the Ophthalmology Department at State-run K.R. Hospital is also competing with them…
Angels at work again: Enabling Ganesh to go to school again
July 12, 2022Ten years ago on one Wednesday, 13th June, 2012, Star of Mysore had made an appeal along with Rotary Mysore to our kind and philanthropist readers to contribute their mite to financially help baby H.C. Ganesh, then one-year-eight-month-old, who was born with congenital loss of hearing and as a consequence, he was unable to speak,…
Mysuru COVID-19 Update: July 11, 2022
July 11, 2022Mysuru reports 10 new COVID-19 positive cases, 12 discharges and 0 deaths today.
Colourful lights attract visitors to KRS Dam
July 11, 2022Daily illumination from 6.55 pm to 8 pm; weekends and holidays till 9 pm Historic British-era Wellesley Bridge closed for traffic, pedestrians Mysore/Mysuru: Hundreds of tourists braving intermittent rains and chill are thronging the South Gate of the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam in Mandya District to view the spectacular release of water from the…















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