Mysuru: There has been a recent surge in the trend of youngsters creating social media reels flashing dangerous weapons. Just days ago, former Kannada ‘Bigg Boss’ contestants Rajath Kishan and Vinay Gowda were jailed for filming reels with lethal weapons. In a similar incident now surfacing from Mysuru city, a youth was seen wielding a…
Bizarre penalty: AI camera flags tractor for no helmet!
April 7, 2025Mysuru: While the Mysuru City Traffic Police are deploying Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled cameras to detect traffic violations and issue penalties, a growing number of erroneous challans have raised concerns. Common errors include the misidentification of seatbelt usage, helmet compliance and overspeeding violations. Several vehicle owners have reported receiving fines for violations they did not commit…
‘Bandipur Chalo’
April 6, 2025Wildlife activists demand night traffic ban to continue at Bandipur Tiger Reserve Mysuru: Over 2,000 people — including environmentalists, farmers, Raitha Sangha activists, and members of various environmental organisations — launched the ‘Bandipur Chalo’ or ‘Namma Nadige Bandipur Kadege’ padayatra this morning, protesting the proposed removal of the night traffic ban through Bandipur Tiger Reserve….
Chinnara Mela forms sold out in 70 minutes
April 6, 2025Mysuru: As with previous years, this year was no different at Rangayana, where eager parents queued up as early as 3 am to collect applications for Chinnara Mela, the popular summer camp for children. To ensure order and transparency, parents themselves prepared a list of those in line, assigning serial numbers and marking names accordingly…
Hike in diesel price: Indefinite lorry strike from Apr. 14 midnight
April 6, 2025Bengaluru: Condemning the hike in diesel price, Lorry Owners Association has called for a State-wide indefinite strike from Apr. 15 (Apr. 14 midnight). This would affect the transportation of goods, with the lorries, all types of goods vehicles, commercial category vehicles including airport taxis among others staying off from the roads. The State Government that…
Vinay Somaiah’s suicidal death in Bengaluru: BJP stages massive demonstration in Kushalnagar
April 5, 2025Vijayendra demands inclusion of two Congress MLAs from Kodagu in FIR Kushalnagar: Kushalnagar town, the gateway to Kodagu district, wore a fortified look today as hundreds of Policemen were posted to ensure maintenance of Law and Order as the Opposition BJP held a massive demonstration in front of the Community Health Centre at the town…
Row over lifting Bandipur night traffic ban: ‘Walk for Bandipur’ from Kaggala Hundi to Maddur Check-Post tomorrow
April 5, 2025Mysuru: Public opposition to the possible lifting of the night traffic ban on NH 766 through Bandipur is gathering momentum with environmentalists, wildlife conservationists and others questioning the Government of the rationale to reconsider the original decision, which has also been upheld by the Courts. Environmentalists have planned to take out a padayatra with the…
Police: Protector turned Predator
April 5, 2025At the entrance of Star of Mysore office hangs a framed quote by Leo Tolstoy: “If you feel pain, you are alive. If you feel other people’s pain, you are a human being.” When I walked into the office yesterday and saw the news report about a man named Suresh, a haunting question followed me…
‘Dead’ wife found alive case: Police investigation under probe
April 4, 2025Mysuru: With a woman presumed to be dead resurfacing on Apr. 1, 2025, after a gap of five years, the needle of suspicion is on the Police and the investigation conducted in a hasty manner. The Police had forced the husband of the woman to languish behind the bars for two years till he came…
‘I now fear for my life’
April 4, 2025Mysuru: “I was tortured and beaten by the Police and forced to confess to murdering my now alive wife,” said Suresh, the husband, who is facing a trial for murdering his wife Mallige, who was found very much alive on Apr. 1, 2025 with her alleged paramour Ganesh after five years of having been missing…















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