Mysuru – Liquor will not be available in the city from tomorrow from 5 pm till the midnight of Apr. 9 as the Mysuru District Administration has banned its sale across the district in the wake of voting for Nanjangud by-election scheduled for Apr. 9. Speaking to Star of Mysore, Excise Deputy Commissioner Jagadish Naik…
Pre-monsoon showers yesterday evening brought some relief to Mysuru that was reeling under rising temperature. Rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning, lashed at Vidyaranyapuram, Kalyanagiri, Raghavendranagar, J.P. Nagar, Kuvempunagar, Vishweshwaranagar, Sharadadevinagar and Udayagiri. Areas including Bannimantap, Vijayanagar, Lakshmipuram and Jayalakshmipuram received less rainfall. While several low-lying areas complained of severe water logging, a giant tree…
By S. Kenneth Shishir The renovation of St. Philomena’s Church, Mysuru’s iconic and one of the largest churches in the country, is almost complete except for its exterior portions. The renovation was taken up as the structure was being exposed to the vagaries of nature and had developed small cracks with water seeping. Yesterday workers…
FROM THE ARCHIVES By Vikram Muthanna Recently, I was invited to be part of a group that is trying to raise funds for Pratham Mysore, the highly respected NGO that has helped improve the state of education in our country. Pratham Mysore has popularised the Balawadi pre-school programme where they pick a few volunteers in a…
Mysuru will play host to IPL Fan Park for the 2017 season’s opener along with three other cities Guwahati, Mathura and Aurangabad on Apr.5. The IPL authorities will be setting up a giant screen measuring 32×18 ft to create a stadium like environment for the fans to enjoy the game. They will live telecast the…
DC holds meeting with Health Officials In the wake of increase in cases of sickle cell anaemia among Soliga tribes in Mysuru, Chamarajanagar, Kodagu, Chikkamagalur and Dakshina Kannada districts, the Government has sent a directive to the District Administration to take remedial steps. In that context, Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep held a meeting of Health…
Following are the winners of Elocution Contest conducted by Kodava Samaja, Mysuru, as part of Gen. K.S. Thimayya’s birth anniversary celebrations on Mar.31: Gopalakrishna (Jnanodaya PU College, Saraswathipuram) – 1st prize; K.V. Samanvitha (MICA — Mysore Institute of Commerce and Arts) – 2nd prize and R. Sushma Prasad (Sree Cauvery Educational Institutions, Kuvempunagar) – 3rd…
Sir, Recently, a news item titled “No Helmet ? No Insurance? Then No Vehicle” in SOM drew my attention largely because for the first time we have heard about some kind of a deterrent to send the message home that you can’t always get away with all the traffic violations. I personally wish to congratulate…
44 students receive degrees at Graduation Day of Government Ayurveda College The Graduation Day of Government Ayurveda Medical College, Mysuru, titled ‘Antharya 2011-2017 Vishikhanupravesham’ of 2011-17 batch of students, organised by the Junior Doctors Association of the College was held this morning at MMC&RI Platinum Jubilee Hall in J.K. Grounds here. Degree certificates were presented…
Vikrant Employees Association felicitates Chief Minister for increasing retirement age JD(S) District President Narasimhamurthy called on Chief Minister Siddharamaiah at his Ramakrishnanagar residence in city this morning. The meeting has led to speculations about JD(S), which recently extended its support to Congress in the BBMP, joining hands again in Nanjangud and Gundlupet Assembly by-polls. However,…
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