Mysuru: Long weekend, Christmas Holidays leading up to the New Year and the 10-day extravagant Mysuru Winter Festival are bringing tourists to Mysuru in droves. So much so that the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway is choked since yesterday afternoon with a maximum number of vehicles on the Mysuru side and with a handful of vehicles towards Bengaluru….
Bishop’s message for Christmas
December 23, 2017Mysuru: With just two days left for Christmas, Bishop of Mysuru Rev. Dr. K.A. William addressed a press meet at Bishop House in city this morning. The Bishop said that Christmas symbolises the power of love, service and justice which all lead to peace across the globe. He observed that the consumerist society, with its…
Ahead of Christmas & New Year: Hotels, foreigners, PGs on Police radar
December 22, 2017Mysuru: All lodges, hotels, guest houses, home stays and furnished apartments in the city have to mandatorily file particulars of their foreign guests and visitors by submitting ‘C’ Form to comply with legal requirements. Details like the foreigner’s passport number, purpose of visit, phone number, VISA details and the date of departure have to be…
Darla’s Loot & Run sale this Christmas
December 22, 2017Mysuru: Good news for Christmas home-shoppers. It’s time to rush to Darla Store in Shivarampet and make the most of the sale. Darla’s signature sale Loot & Run, which was launched on Dec.15, will conclude on Dec. 25. During this period, customers can avail attractive discounts of upto 70 percent on various products such as…
CHRISTMASS QUEST: Festive Spirit Soaks Mysuru
December 16, 2017By V. Shourabh The city has already entered into a festive mood with hotels mixing cakes for the grand event and competing among themselves to get their cake mixing ceremonies viral. Christmas honours the birth of Jesus Christ incorporating many spiritual and cultural traditions. It is time for family get-togethers, exchange of gifts and spread…
CHRISTMASS QUEST: In search of real Christmas beneath the glitz
December 16, 2017By V. Shourabh Come Christmas or any festival for that matter, celebrating them one wonders, have we really lost the purpose or the true meaning of celebrations under marketing blitzkrieg where commercialisation is slowly taking over spiritualism. This Weekend Star Supplement conveys a moral message and tells the reader that spirituality, not worldly pleasures, is…
Cake-mixing heralds arrival of X-mas
December 3, 2017Mysuru: As the month of December gets underway, the Southern Star Team gets ready for Christmas celebrations. In order to make the preparations come alive, the Hotel had recently invited its in-house guests to join in the fun and exciting annual fruit-mixing ceremony! The guests, donning chef caps, aprons and gloves, enjoyed the colourful ritual…
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