K.R. Pet: A 65-year-old woman allegedly killed her grandson by pushing him into Sindhaghatta Lake, near Sheelanere in K.R. Pet taluk, after her daughter eloped with her lover. The woman also attempted suicide but was saved by the villagers. While deceased boy is Prajwal (11), a fifth standard student at Uygonahalli Government School, his grandmother…
Chamarajanagar: Health and Family Welfare Minister B. Sriramulu took everyone by surprise when he made an announced overnight stay at Chamarajanagar District Hospital last night to personally know about the State of affairs in the hospital. Sriramulu who arrived at the District Hospital at 9 pm on Tuesday, inspected the Ophthalmology Department ward and interacted…
Mysuru: A portion of the Chajja (projecting or overhanging eaves or cover of a roof) at the residential side of the Mysore Palace collapsed on Monday morning following heavy rains the previous night. However, no one was injured. According to Mysore Palace Board Deputy Director T.S. Subramanya, it was just a very small portion of…
Mysuru: Following publication of a letter in Voice of the Reader column titled ‘Half-baked civic work puts public in danger’ in Star of Mysore dated Aug. 29, where a reader highlighted the tree inside the D.Ed College in Nazarbad being uprooted due to heavy rains and falling over the compound on to the Karanji Lake Road…
New Delhi: Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, who has entertained cinema lovers with his performances for over four decades, has been selected for the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest award in the field of cinema in the country. Making the announcement, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar, taking to twitter, said, “the legend Amitabh Bachchan,…
Mysuru: Students of different colleges created awareness on various civic issues including River Cauvery, usage of plastic, judicious use of water, farmer issues among others on Day-8 of the ongoing ‘Yuva Sambhrama’ at Open Air Theatre in Manasagangothri here yesterday. At first, special children of Mythri Charitable Trust, Ashokapuram, rendered the then Mysore State Anthem…
Mysuru: Senior littérateur and Saraswathi Samman awardee Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa will release writer and Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies (KIKS) guest faculty Dr. K.P. Lalitha’s (Rashmi Nanjappa Kallichanda) two works titled ‘Vivechane’ and ‘Shodhaneya Hadiyalli’, at a programme to take place at Rani Bahadur Auditorium on Hunsur Road in Manasagangothri at 4.30 pm on Sept….
Mysuru: As part of Dasara festivities, a Pet Show has been organised on Oct.2 in city. The show will be held from 9 am at the Hockey Grounds of University of Mysore. Pet owners, interested to participate should register their pets before 5 pm on Sept.29. Certificates from Kennel Clubs is not required and all…
Mysuru: The visitors to the city Palace were in for a surprise this morning as they got an opportunity to watch the Police band perform (Rehearsal) and hear the melodious music. As part of Dasara festival, the Police band is scheduled to perform at the palace premises on Oct.5 from 6pm to 8pm. With 10…
Madikeri: With Nada Habba Dasara round the corner, Kodagu District in-charge Minister V. Somanna held a meeting with officials on the preparations for Dasara festivities and Cauvery Theerthodbhava at the DC’s office here on Monday. Addressing the meeting, Sri Bhagamandala Talacauvery Temple Management Committee President B.S. Thammaiah said that the Cauvery Theerthodbhava will take place…
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