Mysore/Mysuru: A mobile phone repair shop was gutted in a fire caused due to short circuit at Vidyaranyapuram yesterday. Arjun Cell Tech, located on the 16th Cross in Vidyaranyapuram 4th Main Road is the shop that was gutted in the fire. It is learnt that due to short circuit of UPS batteries kept in the…
Accident victim succumbs at K.R. Hospital
April 1, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: An unidentified man, who had sustained serious injuries in a road accident and admitted to K.R. Hospital, has succumbed to injuries at the hospital. The unidentified man, aged between 44 and 46 years, was found writhing in pain after a vehicle had hit him near Golur on Chamarajanagar-Nanjangud Main Road. He was provided first-aid…
Rider killed as unidentified vehicle hits bike
April 1, 2022Nanjangud: A two-wheeler rider was killed on the spot when an unidentified vehicle hit the bike near Muddahalli Gate in the taluk on Mysuru-Ooty Highway yesterday. The deceased rider has been identified as Anil Kumar (29), a resident of Rangupura in Gundlupet taluk. Yesterday morning, Anil was proceeding to Mysuru from Begur and when he…
Unidentified body found
April 1, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru Railway Police on Mar. 26 have found a body of an unidentified man between Naganahalli and MNGT Railway Stations and have shifted the body to the mortuary besides registering a case. The deceased is aged between 25 and 30 years, 5.6 ft. tall, oily red complexioned, has the alphabets ‘P’ tattooed on his…
Mysore District Moon Committee meeting tomorrow
April 1, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: A Meeting of the Mysore District Hilal ( Moon) Committee will be held at the Office of the Mysuru District Wakf Advisory Committee at Muslim Boys Orphange campus on New Sayyaji Rao Road, tomorrow (Apr. 2) after Namaz-e-Maghrib at 6.50 pm to sight the Moon and declare the beginning of the Holy Month of…
Early Assembly polls for Karnataka: Advantage Congress or BJP?
April 1, 2022Now that the top leaders of consequence from the Congress and BJP are in Karnataka, probably because they are expecting an early poll for State Assembly, I decided to express my thoughts on this idea of ‘advancing the Assembly polls’ by the ruling party (here BJP) hoping it would bring them victory. It is a…
Traffic rules violation: Why are Mysureans not concerned?
April 1, 2022Sir, The news of vehicle users of Mysuru city paying Rs. 23.6 crore as traffic fines for just three years from 2019 to 2021, which included lockdown periods, indicates the extent of traffic rule violations (Star of Mysore dated Mar. 19, 2022). Thus, Mysuru city secured top rank in traffic fines among all tier-2 cities…
Rajini
April 1, 2022Rajini (40), a teacher at Kamarahalli Primary School and a resident of Gangothri Layout, passed away in city yesterday. Rajini leaves behind her husband Nandishwara Prasad, daughter Meghana, mother-in-law Mahalakshmamma and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were performed at the foot of Chamundi Hill yesterday, according to family sources.
Events tomorrow – APRIL 2: Telugu Samskruthika Samithi, Mysuru
April 1, 2022Ugadi festival, Panchanga Shravanam, Telugu folk songs and dances by the members, Telugu quiz, felicitating SSLC and PUC rank holders, Samithi’s ‘PD Reddy Telugu Bhavanam,’ 2nd Cross, I Block Ramakrishnanagar, 6 pm. [Mob:94803-87626]
Events tomorrow – APRIL 2: Mysore Palace Board
April 1, 2022Ugadi Sangeethotsava, District Minister S.T. Somashekar guest of honour, MLA S.A. Ramdas presides; Mangalavadya and saxophone recital by Yadukumar and troupe, 5.30 pm; Panchanga Shravana, 6 pm; Ugadi Sangeethotsava Programme – Inauguration, 6.30 pm; Folk songs recital by singer Ananya Bhat and troupe, Palace premises, 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm.













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