Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) is renovating the heritage ‘Karnataka Guest House’ in Ooty at a cost of Rs. 4 crore. Over 80 percent of renovation works have been completed and the Guest House will be formally inaugurated by the end of January 2024. Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, KSTDC…
Youths ride to Ooty, celebrate Jawa Day
July 12, 2023Youths from Mysuru, Hassan and Chikkamagalur celebrated the 21st International Jawa Day by embarking on a biking expedition to Ooty from Mysuru covering Masinagudi and Mayar, recently. Jawa models between 1981 and 1995 featured in the event. Among the bikers who were part of the expedition are Pradeep, Mohan, Hemendra, Sudharshan, Yashwanth, Pruthvi, Balu, Sachin…
Meow! Ruby the cat is back home …but without bell !
December 24, 2019Mysuru: Ruby, the cat with a bell that went missing on Dec. 10, was back home last night at around 11.30 pm but without its bell. Uthappa, a resident of Gokulam 3rd Stage, was the happiest person when he called Star of Mysore this morning to inform that his pet was at his door-step meowing…
Dognapping ! :Illegal canine trading on the rise in Mysuru
December 23, 2019Stolen dogs sold to kennels and estates in Kodagu, Ooty and Bengaluru Mysuru: Where is my dog? This is one question an increasing number of dog owners in city are asking these days. And they are not getting any definitive answer. They fear their missing dogs may have been stolen for illegal breeding in what…
Ferntastic: A potato farm blooms into State’s Siri Garden
May 18, 2019If Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have been fighting with each other over Cauvery waters, they have come together to establish ‘Karnataka Siri Horticulture Garden’, Fern Hill, the second largest public garden in Ootacamund (Ooty) which is known for its wealth of Gardens and Parks. The Park, a gift of the Wadiyars of Mysore, has come…
Parliament House blooms at Ooty
May 18, 2019A 23-foot high floral replica of the Parliament building made of nearly two lakh red and white carnation is the cynosure of all eyes at the 123rd Flower Show inaugurated by Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit at the Government Botanical Gardens in Ooty yesterday. “It is indeed a matter of pride and happiness that the…
Summer Rush: Tourists throng Bandipur en-route to Ooty
April 24, 2019Gundlupet: One of the tourist destinations that never fail to impress the tourists are the wildlife sanctuaries. The tension and delight in spotting the animals in the wild is what makes these visits an adventure. In the light of the summer holidays, like every year the Bandipur National Park and the neighbouring Gopalaswamy Betta are…
Four killed, over 18 injured as bus falls into gorge near Ooty
May 27, 2018Mysuru: Four persons including two women members of a Sthree Shakti Group from Bengaluru and two male cooks, were killed and over 18 persons were injured when the private bus in which they had gone to Ooty fell into a 110 ft. deep gorge while returning last night. The members of the Sthree Shakti Group…
My Ooty Diary 2017
June 11, 2017Ooty, known variously as Nilgiris and Udhagamandalam, is queen among mountains of Tamil Nadu. For Madras, now Chennai, which according to Britishers had only three climates — hot, hotter and hottest — blue mountains of Nilgiris was the hill station to migrate specially when the climate in Madras was hotter or hottest. Altitude is 7,350…
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