Mysore/Mysuru: Asserting that there will be more jobs in the Defence Forces in the coming years, Mysuru NCC Group Commander R.R. Menon said that skilled youths should utilise the opportunity and get the jobs through skills. He was speaking at the valedictory of the month-long Physical Fitness Camp organised by Mysuru NCC in association with…
MySugar factory to resume operations in July last week
June 12, 2022Mandya: Maintaining that the State-run MySugar factory will resume operations from July last week, Factory Managing Director Patil Appa Saheb said that repair and replacement of machineries is going on at a brisk pace. Addressing a meeting with various organisations here on Thursday, Appa Saheb said that the Government has sanctioned Rs. 15 crore for…
Huge tree uprooted at Chamundi Hill
June 12, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: A huge tree got uprooted and fell across the road at Chamundi Hill disrupting traffic for more than an hour yesterday evening. At about 4 pm yesterday, the huge tree, which stood tall near Tavarekatte on the way to the hill top, came crashing down. Luckily, no loss of life or damage to properties…
Two-wheeler rider killed in wild elephant attack
June 12, 2022Gonikoppa: A two-wheeler rider was killed on the spot, when a wild elephant killed attacked him at Dhanugala village in Ponnampet taluk yesterday morning. The deceased is Choma (48), a resident of Marapala Mahadeshwara Colony in the village. Yesterday morning, Choma along with one Siddappa of the village had been to Maramma Temple on the…
Wins story contest
June 12, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Malavika Padinhattayil, a Class 10 student of Excel Public School, Mysuru, has secured first prize in the National-level Hindi Story Writing Competition (14-18 age group), organised by the National Mission for Clean Ganga, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India, in collaboration with Kalantar Art Trust, New Delhi. Malavika’s story was based on the…
Rider killed as goods vehicle hits electric scooter
June 12, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: A two-wheeler rider was killed when a goods vehicle hit the electric scooter he was riding near Belavatha in city on Thursday (June 9) morning. The deceased is J. Manjunath (46), a resident of Vidyaranyapuram in city. On June 9 morning, Manjunath was proceeding on his electric scooter (KA-09-JE-8279) to work and when he…
Murder: Woman, son arrested
June 12, 2022Nanjangud: The wife and son of a man who was murdered for being alcoholic and quarrelsome, have been arrested by the Nanjangud Police. The arrested have been identified as Chikkamma (45) and her son Srinivas (23). Sannamadashetty (51) of Hadinarumole village in Nanjangud taluk had married Chikkamma over 24 years ago and the couple had…
Girl ends life in city
June 12, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Unable to bear the demand for money by her alleged lover and his friends, Sangeetha, a 22-year-old girl ended her life by hanging self at her residence in N.R. Mohalla on June 8. Sangeetha was said to be in love with one Akash, a resident of N.R. Mohalla. Akash, who wanted to open a…
Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway: High Toll, Low Strain?
June 12, 2022By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD A headline in Star of Mysore two days ago, proclaimed that those of us wishing to travel between Mysuru and Bengaluru along the new highway that is now getting ready for us, should get ready to pay anywhere between Rs. 200 to Rs. 250 as travel toll between the…
More on Mysuru’s charm
June 12, 2022Sir, Apropos the letter “Mysuru city losing its charm” (SOM dated June 6) by Rama, having visited all the cosmopolitan cities of India and major tier 2 and tier 3 cities, I can definitely vouch that Mysuru is one of the best places to live compared all these cities. In Mysuru, we are blessed to…















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