Wildlife 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…
Waqf Bill passed in Rajya Sabha
April 4, 2025128 votes were in favour of the Bill and 95 against New Delhi: The Waqf Bill, after a smooth passage through Lok Sabha, breezed through the Rajya Sabha 24 hours later, after yet another marathon debate. On its way, it exposed a chink in the armour of the parties opposing the Bill. The voting was…
Four killed as KSRTC bus hits SUV on Highway
April 3, 2025Mandya: Four persons including two women were killed on-the-spot, after a SUV they were travelling in, was allegedly hit by a KSRTC Airavata bus near Thoobinakere in the district this afternoon. The deceased persons still remain to be identified. They were travelling towards Mysuru from Bengaluru, when the tragedy struck, it is said. According to…















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