With effect from tomorrow Mysore/Mysuru: Buying or registering property in Karnataka will become costlier starting tomorrow (Aug. 31), as the State Government has doubled the registration fee. Until now, the fee stood at 1 percent of the property value, but from Aug. 31 it will be levied at 2 percent. This decision has been taken…
Venue: Torchlight Parade Grounds, Bannimantap Mysore/Mysuru: This Dasara promises a bonanza for spectators at the Torchlight Parade Grounds in Bannimantap. In addition to the famous Torchlight Parade and the recently announced Dasara Air Show, the venue will also host the much-anticipated Dasara Drone Show, which was a runaway hit last year. Deputy Commissioner G. Lakshmikanth…
If you are among the unlucky thousands who commute daily through Bannimantap Main Road, you’ve probably realised by now that this stretch is less of a road and more of a seasonal circus. Depending on the month, you’re either dodging elephants, squeezing between goats or being dazzled by Homo sapiens behaving like Simians under decorative…
Mysore/Mysuru: With less than a month left (24 days) for this year’s Dasara (Sept. 22 – Oct. 2), the District Administration is yet to decide on artistes for Yuva Dasara. However, sources told Star of Mysore that District Administration, in an effort to attract a large crowd for Yuva Dasara, is said to be keen…
Mysore/Mysuru: In view of President Droupadi Murmu’s visit to the city on Sept.1 and 2, the Mysuru District Administration is leaving no stone unturned in making adequate arrangements for the hassle-free visit of the First Citizen of the country. A team of officials led by Deputy Commissioner (DC) G. Lakshmikanth Reddy inspected the itinerary of…
Brindavan Ganeshotsava-2025 hosts the festival on a bigger scale Mysore/Mysuru: On account of Gowri-Ganesha festival, Brindavan Ganeshotsava-2025 has brought 1,021 idols of Lord Ganesha closer to devotees, engulfing the locality with festive fervour. Brindavan Badavane Nagarika Hitarakshana Vedike, Mysuru, has for the first time consecrated a big number of Ganesha idols at the premises of…
‘If it weren’t a Hindu temple, Chamundeshwari Temple wouldn’t be under Muzrai Department’ Mysore/Mysuru: In the wake of recent developments over the selection of this year’s Dasara inaugurator and the political storm that followed — with Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar dragging in the revered Chamundi Hill, claiming it is not the property of Hindus —…
Dasara inauguration invitation to Banu Mushtaq is CM’s calculated move to consolidate minority support Mysore/Mysuru: Former MP Prathap Simha launched a blistering attack on Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar yesterday, accusing him of misusing religion for political purposes. “We don’t need lessons on religion from someone who tried to turn Shiva’s sacred Hill, Kapali Betta…
Mysore/Mysuru: Ganesha fervour grips city, with various households consecrating the idols and organisations and associations installing the idols in public pandals, thus keeping the spirit of festival alive, till they are immersed as a mark of conclusion of the festival. The main attractions are Ganesha idols in gigantic forms adorning the public pandals; the idol…
Mysore/Mysuru: A controversy had erupted within the ruling Congress in Karnataka after Deputy Chief Minister and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) sang the RSS Anthem in the State Assembly during the recently concluded Monsoon Session. Responding to the backlash, Shivakumar expressed regret in Bengaluru this morning, recalling that he had suffered…
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