Mysuru: In a suspected case of suicide, a 23-year-old youth was found dead on the Railway track near Jayanagar Railway bridge this morning. The deceased has been identified as Arun (22), a resident of Kuvempunagar and son of Srinivas, a ZP employee. Arun left his house last night for his grandmother’s house at Ashokapuram. But…
Mysuru: As per the decision of the Irrigation Advisory Committee, water will be released from Kabini Dam to Kabini Left and Right bank canals, Hullahalli and Rampura Canals from Aug. 5, according to the Superintending Engineer, Kabini and Varuna Canal Circle. The water released to canals must be utilised only for drinking water and filling…
Bengaluru: Mohammed Mansoor Khan, the prime accused in the multi-crore IMA scam, was remanded to judicial custody yesterday. Mansoor Khan was produced before the special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) Court by the officials of Enforcement Directorate (ED) as his custody ended. Later, the Court remanded him to judicial custody till Aug. 14. Khan…
Mysuru: An unidentified man was run over by a train between City Railway Station and Mysuru New Goods Terminal (MNGT) Station here on Wednesday. The victim is aged about 55 years, 5.6 ft. tall and was wearing a red and black stripped half-arm shirt and grey pant. Mysuru Railway Police, who have registered a case,…
Mysuru: Sri Chandra Prabhachandra Sagarji from Baroda, a disciple of Munishri Ajitchandra Sagarji, will perform ‘Maha Sathavadhana’ at Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Ashrama on Nanjangud Road here on Aug. 18. The event, to be held from 8.30 am under the aegis of Shree Saraswati Sadhana Research Foundation, has been organised by Shree Sumatinath Jain Swetambar Moorthypujak…
Mysuru: Where to find the best food in Mysuru? Head to Forum Ahara Mela at Forum Mall Mysuru on Aug. 3 and 4 for the Biggest Food Festival in city. Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath and Vinayak P. Hegde, Vice- President and Delivery Head, IVS-IHLCP Division, Infosys, Mysuru, will be the chief guests. Best savouries from around…
By K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief Last evening I was delighted to read Star of Mysore because of its lead story titled “City Corporations must pay for pothole victims: HC.” In jurisprudence, there is a legal principle which talks about crime and punishment. If a crime or a wrong is not punished, one will continue to commit…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD I feel that in the sad and untimely death of V.G. Siddhartha, we have lost a very dignified and respectable man who was much loved and admired although sometimes also envied in plantation and industry circles. The circumstances leading to his premature death and the obvious and unseen forces…
Human being’s hypocrisy has once again come into the open. “When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity,” says the British luminary George Bernard Shaw. In the debates on man-animal conflict, while the animal is portrayed as the villain, clarion…
Sir, It is heartening to note that the far cry of the citizens in respect of safe roads and footpaths have finally been heard! In a landmark judgement, the High Court of Karnataka declared that the right to have safe and good motorable roads and footpaths is a fundamental right of citizens under Article 21…
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