700 helmet-less riders booked on Feb. 4 2021 – 5.74 crore 2022 – 6.52 crore 2023 – 17.33 crore Mysore/Mysuru: Traffic penalties in Mysuru City limits have witnessed a noteworthy surge over the past three years. According to data from the last three years obtained by Star of Mysore, the City Traffic Police collected Rs.17,33,91,500…
Walking through Mysuru, with Star of Mysore archives
September 22, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Newspapers, Narratives and Nostalgia is a series of curated walks around Mysuru city that have developed out of Star of Mysore’s archives in collaboration with the India Foundation for the Arts (IFA). Over the past year, Aishwarya, who is the project coordinator as well an archivist and museologist, has been flipping through dusty pages…
Mysuru among developing cities: Kris Gopalakrishnan
August 19, 2023Infosys co-founder says tier II and III cities can attract investments and transform into cosmopolitan hubs Mysore/Mysuru: In a recent media interview, Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan highlighted the need for the Karnataka Government to focus on the development of cities beyond Bengaluru, particularly Mysuru and Hubballi-Dharwad, to attract more foreign investments. With such a move,…
City’s infra challenges hindering growth: MGP
July 11, 2023RESOLUTIONS OF THE MEETING Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru, renowned for its rich cultural heritage and traditional charm, is currently grappling with significant infrastructural challenges that are impeding its progress and development. Concerned citizens and local organisations are demanding urgent action from the authorities to address these pressing issues. Water supply, underground drainage (UGD), electricity and other essential…
Mysuru on track to become electronics, IT destination
April 16, 2023Mysuru has flavour of electronics and Information Technology: KDEM Chairman B.V. Naidu Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru is on the right track to become a destination for electronics and IT manufacturing clusters and the State Government is broadening and strengthening the policies and consider framing a strategy to develop the semiconductor ecosystem in the region, said Chairman of…
Reminiscences of Mysore City and Dasara Celebrations – 1
September 1, 2022By H.K. Shivananda, IAS (Retd.) Mysore, now Mysuru, is always my first love. After my retirement, I wanted to settle down here peacefully. The natural temptation of spending my leisure time with grandchildren overruled my desire and I stayed back in Bangalore, now Bengaluru. It is a regret I carry even today. My tryst with…
Mysuru to be included in Smart City scheme
January 27, 2022Bengaluru: Urban Development Minister Byrathi Basavaraj said that the royal city of Mysuru would be included in Smart City scheme as it is eligible for the project. “We have written to the Centre seeking inclusion of Mysuru, Kalaburagi, Ballari and Vijayapura in the list of smart cities and I have personally held consultations with Union…
Mysuru bags five-star ranking in ‘Garbage-free Cities’
November 20, 2021New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh’s Indore has been declared as India’s Cleanest City for the fifth time in a row under the Centre’s Swachh Survekshan 2021 award this morning. President Ram Nath Kovid presented Swachh Survekshan Awards-2021 as part of ‘Swachh Amrit Mahotsav’ to the cleanest cities and States at Vigyan Bhawan in the national capital….
Cybercrime surges in city amidst lockdown
June 29, 20212,150 cases reported since the last one-and-a-half-years By Mohan Kayaka Mysore/Mysuru: Cybercrime in the city has surged amidst Coronavirus lockdown and a closer examination in the jump in cybercrime reveals that criminals have proven effective at exploiting the ongoing crisis. Since the last one-and-a-half-years, 2,150 cybercrime cases have been reported in Mysuru city alone and…
Tejaswini Ananth Kumar praises Mysuru for cleanliness
March 2, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Tejaswini Ananth Kumar, State BJP Vice-President and Chairperson of Adamya Chetana Trust, appreciated the cleanliness in city and promised to join hands to make ‘plastic-free’ city. Interacting with BJP workers at BJP Office in Krishnaraja Constituency here on Saturday, Tejaswini said that as soon as she enters Mysuru she will get a feeling of…
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