Mysuru: The first non-UDAN flight commenced its operation from Mysuru to Chennai this morning facilitating regular travellers and businessmen. Most importantly, the flight will be a boon to hundreds of people visiting the U.S. Consulate in Chennai for VISA purposes. The daily flight is operated by TruJet Airlines and will not come under Narendra Modi…
Why NTM School land not handed over to RK Ashram, MP questions DDPI
November 9, 2019Mysuru: Mysuru Deputy Director of Public Instruction (DDPI) Panduranga had to face Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha for not handing over the State-run Maharani New Type Model (NTM) School to Sri Ramakrishna (RK) Ashram to build a Viveka Memorial. The officer was taken to task by the MP for delaying the land transfer. MP Simha was…
MP Pratap Simha at Nathu La Mountain Pass
November 5, 2019Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha trying his hands at one of the hi-tech long range guns during his visit to Nathu La Mountain Pass along the Indo-China border in Sikkim. Pratap Simha is one among the Parliament’s Committee on Defence that is on a week-long visit for a practical study to get first-hand information on the…
Shift Sewage Farm, demand residents
November 2, 2019Mysuru: With no respite from the stink of the garbage piled up enormously at the Excel Solid Waste Management Plant or Sewage Farm at Vidyaranyapuram, the residents of Vidyaranyapuram, J.P. Nagar, Kanakagiri, Gundu Rao Nagar, Vishveshwaranagar and surrounding areas are demanding the authorities to shift the waste management plant. Nearly two lakh tonnes of waste…
Mayor disappointed over Rajyotsava being limited to publicity
November 2, 2019SOM photographer Lakshminarayana Yadav among Dist. Awardees Mysuru: Expressing disappointment that Kannada Rajyotsava celebration is limited to publicity, Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath batted for a more purposeful and sustained celebrations for the cause of Kannada land and language. She was speaking after presenting District Kannada Rajyotsava Awards to achievers from various fields at a ceremony jointly…
Full-fledged Police Station to come up at Chamundi Hill
November 2, 2019Mysuru: A street along with food court and a full-fledged Police Station will come up next to the newly-built multi-level car parking complex atop the Chamundi Hill to accommodate vendors who have lost their shops in the demolition drive. The proposal was announced by Mysuru District Minister V. Somanna during his inspection of the Hill…
Third daily flight to Hyderabad takes off
October 28, 2019Arrival: 6.40 pm – Departure: 7.40 pm On all Tuesdays, Arrival: 1 pm- Departure: 1.30 pm Mysuru: As a Deepavali gift to Mysureans, one more daily flight to Hyderabad began operations last night. This will be the third flight to the City of Pearls and will be a direct flight. Among the other two flights,…
MP Pratap Simha to inaugurate shooting facility tomorrow
October 19, 2019Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha will inaugurate the 10-meter shooting range of Jai Chamundi Shooting Sports Academy tomorrow (Oct.20) at MUDA Sports Grounds in Vijayanagar 1st Stage at 10.30 am. Arjuna Awardee and Olympian (Shooting) P.N. Prakash of Bengaluru, MLAs G.T. Devegowda, L. Nagendra and S.A. Ramdas, DC Abhiram G. Sankar, City Police Commissioner K.T. Balakrishna,…
Union Minister flags off Mysuru-Kochuveli train
September 29, 2019Mysuru: The daily Mysuru-Bengaluru-Kochuveli Express train (Extension of existing Bengaluru-Kochuveli train) was flagged off this morning by Union Minister of State for Railways Suresh Channabasappa Angadi and Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa at City Railway Station here. The CM also inaugurated the Escalator and the Reserved Lounge on Platform 6. Speaking on the occasion, Suresh Angadi…
District Minister visits SOM Office
September 24, 2019District Minister V. Somanna, who is on a three-day tour of Mysuru from Sept. 24 to Sept. 26, paid a courtesy visit to Star of Mysore Office in Bannimantap this noon. Picture shows the Minister presenting a bouquet to SOM Editor-in-Chief K.B. Ganapathy as (from left) MP Pratap Simha and SOM Managing Editor Vikram Muthanna…
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