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Old Police Patrolling GARUDA vehicles scrapped
12 out of 18 junked; only six in service now Mysuru: The iconic Garuda quick response vehicles of the Mysuru City Police are being phased out, marking the end of an era…
8 Jun 2025 · 3 min read
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KRS Dam Amusement Park project: Tender floated for 33-ft bronze Cauvery Statue
Kushalnagar: Despite strong protests from farmers and farmers’ organisations against the proposed Amusement Park at Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam in Srirangapatna taluk, Mandya district, the State Government has invited quotations for…
8 Jun 2025 · 3 min read
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MGP slams illegal drain work in Poornaiah Canal
Court case pending, yet KRIDL pushes storm-water drain near Kudure Mala on Bogadi Road Mysuru: The Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) has objected to the ongoing works on constructing a storm-water drain right…
8 Jun 2025 · 3 min read
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Fast-track pending Railway projects, maintain quality
Union Minister of State V. Somanna reviews Railway projects in Mysuru Mysuru: Union Minister of State for Railways V. Somanna has stressed the need for uncompromising quality and timely execution of railway…
8 Jun 2025 · 2 min read
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MLA inaugurates new office of Ursu Mahamandali
Mysuru: Chamaraja MLA K. Harishgowda inaugurated the new office of the city’s Karnataka Ursu Mahamandali Charitable (KUMC) Trust located on the first floor of Vivekananda Hall, No. 435, 2nd Main, 4th Cross,…
8 Jun 2025 · 3 min read
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Stampede at Chinnaswamy Stadium: CID probe begins
Bengaluru: Criminal Investigation Department (CID) that has been handed over the probe into the stampede at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here recently, that claimed 11 lives, began its investigation into the incident yesterday.…
8 Jun 2025 · 2 min read
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C. Narayanagowda conferred 'Atithya Ratna' award
Mysuru: Mysuru Hotel Owners' Association President C. Narayanagowda was conferred with the prestigious State-level ‘Atithya Ratna’ award at a programme organised recently at the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry…
8 Jun 2025 · 1 min read
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Stinking old RMC emits threat of epidemic
Mysuru: Heaps of rotten fruits left uncleared at the premises of old RMC on Bamboo Bazar Road in city, poses a threat of spreading epidemic, with the intermittent rainfall in the wake…
8 Jun 2025 · 2 min read
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Residents slam MCC over flooding, encroachments, gross neglect
Mysuru: As the monsoon sets in, city residents have voiced growing frustration over the Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) failure to implement proactive flood prevention and urban maintenance measures. Repeated flooding in low-lying…
8 Jun 2025 · 3 min read
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Deputy Commissioner to head Mysuru Development Authority
Mysuru: With the Government yet to name a non-official personality to head the newly formed Mysuru Development Authority (MDA) — earlier Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) — Mysuru Deputy Commissioner (DC) G.…
8 Jun 2025 · 1 min read
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District in-Charge Secretary tells officials to act swiftly on projects amid rains
Mysuru: S. Selvakumar, District in-Charge Secretary and Zilla Panchayat (ZP) Administrator, has directed district officials to prepare timely action plan reports based on available grants, secure prompt approvals and expedite the execution…
8 Jun 2025 · 1 min read
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Inter-College Science and Technology, Literary and Cultural Fest: ‘Sharadothsava-2K25’ held
Mysuru: Sarada Vilas College (SVC) had organised its flagship event ‘Sharadothsava-2K25,’ an Inter-College Science and Technology, Literary and Cultural Fest at the Centenary Hall of Sarada Vilas Educational Institutions (SVEI) in Krishnamurthypuram…
8 Jun 2025 · 2 min read
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Awards shouldn’t be only yardstick for photos, videos
Mysuru: Observing that getting a prize for Photos and Videos should not be the only yardstick for the profession, noted columnist G.L. Tripurantaka, who is also the Co-ordinator of Suttur JSS school,…
8 Jun 2025 · 2 min read
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MCC raids two godowns at Santhepet
458 kgs banned plastic seized; Rs. 15,000 fine imposed Mysuru: The officials of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Zone-6, conducted raids on two godowns at Santhepet, and seized a total of 458 kgs…
8 Jun 2025 · 1 min read
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Property Tax: MCC collects Rs. 150 crore in two months
Five percent rebate offer extended till June 30 Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has collected Rs. 150 crore in Property Tax between April 1 and May 31 for the financial year…
8 Jun 2025 · 1 min read
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Man found hanging at Brindavan Layout
Mysuru: An unidentified man was found hanging from a tree, inside a park at Brindavan Layout 1st Stage on June 6, in V.V. Puram Police limits in the city. The deceased is…
8 Jun 2025 · 1 min read
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Online fraud: Elderly citizen among two cheated of over Rs. 22 lakh
Mysuru: In separate cases, online fraudsters have cheated two persons including a senior citizen to the tune of Rs. 22,56,650 in city. In the first case, a 60-year-old resident of Bogadi, was…
8 Jun 2025 · 1 min read
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Folk scholar Rajappa passes away
Mysuru: T.S. Rajappa (83), a folk scholar, retired researcher and a resident of Kuvempunagar, passed away following age related illness at a private hospital in city yesterday. He leaves behind his wife…
8 Jun 2025 · 1 min read
Sports
America's Coco Gauff clinches maiden French Open title
Outplays World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in finals Paris: On the clay courts of Roland Garros, America’s World No. 2 Coco Gauff has made history by becoming the new Champion of French…
8 Jun 2025 · 1 min read
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Hon. Doctorate conferred
In recognition of her social work, Shashikala Nagaraj, President of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Residential High School, Doddebagilu, T. Narasipur, Mysuru, was awarded Hon. Doctorate by Southwestern American University at a ceremony in…
8 Jun 2025 · 1 min read
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Awarded the Most Trusted and Outstanding Degree College
Sarada Vilas College, Mysuru, has been awarded the prestigious title of ‘Most Trusted and Outstanding Degree College of the Year - 2025’ by Beginup Ventures India, during India Elite Education and Institutional…
8 Jun 2025 · 1 min read
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It’s a blot on reputed engineers of Mysuru
Sir, Apropos the news item titled “To restore or raze? INTACH surveys Lansdowne Building” (Star of Mysore dated May 31, 2025), I, as an engineer, feel deeply saddened that this issue has…
8 Jun 2025 · 1 min read
Obituary
Sukanya
Mysuru, June 8- Sukanya (80), wife of late Lakshmana Raju and a resident of Kuri Mandi, Rajendranagar in Kesare, passed away yesterday in city. She leaves behind one son, three daughters and…
8 Jun 2025 · 1 min read
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Mansoor Ahmed Baig
Mansoor Ahmed Baig (40), a resident of No. 28, 2nd Main, Subashnagar, passed away following brief illness at a private hospital in city yesterday. He leaves behind his wife, one daughter and…
8 Jun 2025 · 1 min read