Village Administrative Officer thwarts deal to transfer inherited property through gift deeds By S.T. Ravikumar Mysore/Mysuru: A land mafia is active in Mysuru, illegally amassing crores of rupees by transferring and registering properties belonging to unsuspecting owners in the names of innocent individuals (by paying them a few thousand rupees) and then selling them off…
Ashoka Road to be Zero Tolerance Road
June 14, 2025From St. Philomena’s Church Junction to Dodda Gadiyara Mysuru: In a joint initiative, the City Traffic Police and the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) have taken up the development of Ashoka Road, located in the heart of the city, as a ‘Zero Tolerance’ stretch — aiming to set an example in effective traffic management. The Zero…
MUDA scraps affordable Group Housing Scheme
April 27, 2025MUDA backs out of ambitious middle-class housing scheme despite 26,000 applications in demand survey By S.T. Ravikumar Mysuru: The dreams of countless citizens hoping to secure a site or house in Mysuru have once again been shattered as the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has decided to call off the Group Housing Scheme. Despite farmers…
Pouthi Katha for model house: MUDA official suspended for creating fake records
April 10, 2025By S.T. Ravikumar Mysuru: The MUDA (Mysuru Urban Development Authority), which grabbed national headlines last year for all the wrong reasons following the unearthing of a mega alternative 50:50 ratio site allotment scam, is once again in the news as another scam has come to light. The latest scandal was unearthed after MUDA Commissioner A.N….
Award-winning journos felicitated
March 25, 2025The award-winning journalists, who were felicitated by Mysore Athletics Club during an event held at a private hotel in city recently — (sitting from left) Star of Mysore and Mysuru Mithra Chief Reporter S.T. Ravikumar (P. Ramaiah Memorial Endowment Award by KUWJ), Sudharma Editor Jayalakshmi (Padma Shri) and Vijayavani Bureau Chief M.R. Satyanarayana (Gommata Media…
P. Ramaiah Memorial Endowment Award conferred
March 12, 2025Star of Mysore and Mysuru Mithra Chief Reporter S.T. Ravikumar (sitting centre), who was conferred with P. Ramaiah Memorial Endowment Award by Karnataka Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) at a programme held at Panghat Kalyana Mantapa on Bhagyanagar Road in Koppal, is seen with (standing) Senior Journalist G.N. Mohan, Kannada and Culture Minister Shivaraj Tangadagi,…
KUWJ Awards for city journos
March 2, 2025Mysuru: As many as 33 Journalists from across the State, including two from the city, have bagged the State-level Annual Journalism Awards given by Bengaluru-based Karnataka Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ). While Star of Mysore English Eveninger and its sister concern Mysuru Mithra Kannada Daily Chief Reporter S.T. Ravikumar has bagged P. Ramaiah Award, Vijayavani…
From Crime Scene to Court
February 16, 2025The crucial role of Police in safeguarding seized properties until Court verdict By S.T. Ravikumar With advancements in technology, the crime graph continues to rise. However, so does the capability of law enforcement in cracking cases, thanks to technological reforms integrated at various levels of Policing. In the past, before the advent of modern forensic…
Walk-the-talk: BJP-JD(S) leaders reflect on the journey till now
August 8, 2024CM must resign. This is our aim: R. Ashoka Tubinakere, Mandya: As BJP-JD(S) leaders marched towards Mysuru at Tubinakere Gate in Mandya around 11.15 am today, Star of Mysore Chief Reporter S.T. Ravikumar joined them, seeking their comments on the progress of the padayatra so far and the crowd response. The questions were asked as…
Mysuru Forensic Lab gives 5,058 reports to Police in 2023
February 18, 2024Plays crucial role by furnishing clinching evidence to Police resulting in many convictions By S.T. Ravikumar Visits to crime scenes by forensic experts and the number of cases handled by the Regional Forensic Science Laboratory (RFSL) in Mysuru are reaching unprecedented levels. In 2023, the RFSL played a pivotal role by furnishing crucial evidence to…















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