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Road rage Continues
July 2: Shoot-out at pharma goods truck near Mandya July 4: Road rage assault on a family near Maddur July 6: KSRTC FlyBus driver and conductor assaulted in Mandya 3 incidents in…
8 Jul 2026 · 2 min read
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Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway assault: Five, including three cabbies, arrested; two absconding
Family with child assaulted after minor collision; dashcam footage helps Police nab accused Mysuru: A road rage incident on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway near Maddur on the night of July 4 turned violent…
8 Jul 2026 · 2 min read
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Stuck in pond for 2 days!
Forest officials await safe chance to rescue trapped elephant in Kodagu plantation pond Ponnampet: A wild elephant has been stranded in a pond at Kannambadi village in Ponnampet taluk of Kodagu district…
8 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
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Rs. 85.7 lakh highway dacoity: Seven arrested
Keralam duo robbed; Rs. 11 lakh recovered Mysuru: The Mysuru District Police have cracked the July 1 highway dacoity case in which a gang of armed men had robbed two Keralam natives…
8 Jul 2026 · 2 min read
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125-year-old Government School buried behind mounds of mud
SWR builds staff quarters, indoor stadium & auditorium Mysuru: A 125-year-old Government High School in Vontikoppal, regarded as a landmark in Mysuru’s educational history, is facing an uncertain future as the South…
8 Jul 2026 · 2 min read
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RC steps in… orders inspection
Cites April 9, 2026 law, asks DDPI, Tahsildar to inspect school site Mysuru: Strong objections have been raised against the South Western Railway’s ongoing construction project adjacent to the 125-year-old Vontikoppal Government…
8 Jul 2026 · 2 min read
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Police crack woman’s charred body case
Murder suspect dies by suicide with his mother as Mandya Police close in Dead body of woman, a beauty parlour employee in Bengaluru, set ablaze Mandya: The Belakavadi Police in Mandya have…
8 Jul 2026 · 2 min read
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GTD directs for clearance of lake encroachments
Mysuru: Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD) has directed the authorities to clear lake encroachments and measure and mark the lake boundaries in the Constituency. He was speaking after performing guddali puja for…
8 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
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House Lease Scam: 3 persons booked for cheating 17 families of Rs. 1.87 crore
Mysuru: Saraswathipuram Police have registered a complaint against three persons for allegedly cheating 17 families of Rs. 1.87 crore in a house lease case. The accused have been identified as A.S. Sagar,…
8 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
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Ashada Friday atop Chamundi Hill: Cancel Rs. 2,000 special entry ticket
Mysuru: Activists of Karnataka Sena Pade staged a protest near old Deputy Commissioner’s Office in the city on Monday, demanding the cancellation of Rs. 2,000 special entry ticket, for the devotees visiting…
8 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
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Silver Jubilee Clock Tower stops ticking!
The 99-year-old Doddagadiyara has been stuck at 11.35 for past week Mysuru: The 75-foot-tall Silver Jubilee Clock Tower, popularly known as Doddagadiyara, which will complete 99 years this year, has stopped ticking…
8 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
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National Lok Adalat on July 11
Mysuru: The National Lok Adalat has been organised in all City and District Courts on July 11. The Lok Adalat aims to resolve pending and pre-litigation cases/ disputes such as traffic challans,…
8 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
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Rotary Mysore hosts Charter Night & Installation Ceremony
Mysuru: Rotary Mysore celebrated its Charter Night and Installation Ceremony with the installation of its new office-bearers for the Rotary year 2026-27 at Wind Chimes in Nazarbad recently. The installation ceremony was…
8 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
Feature Articles
Will lead Operation Footpath, give push to Greater MCC proposal
M.K. Savitha speaks exclusively with Star of Mysore after assuming charge as new MCC Commissioner Mysuru: Selection Grade KAS Officer and Registrar of the University of Mysore, M.K. Savitha, who has been…
8 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Culture
Vocal Concert
Mysuru: The Indian Institute of Educational Theatre (IIET), Mysuru, has organised a special Hindustani Classical Vocal Concert by renowned vocalist Samvatsar (disciple of Vidu. Vasudha Sharma) at the IIET campus in Mysuru…
8 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
Culture
Music event at Ganabharathi
Mysuru: Ganabharathi, Mysuru, has organised a Classical Vocal and Dasavani event by Vidu. Medha Vidyabhushana in memory of late P.R. Nalini (sponsored by B.S. Raghavendra and family) on July 10 at 6…
8 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
Photo News
JAYCIANA 2026 concludes
Playback singer Mohammed Irfan enthralling the students on the second and concluding day of ‘JAYCIANA 2026,’ the annual cultural festival of JSS Science and Technology University, Mysuru, at the University campus last…
8 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
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Senior journalists felicitated
Senior journalists — (sitting from left) M.T. Yogesh Kumar (Star of Mysore & Mysuru Mithra), Anurag Basavaraj (Kannada Prabha), Jayashankar Badanaguppe (Andolana), Muguru Nanjundaswamy (Kannada Belaku), Mahaveer Prasad (Mysuru Mithra), T.V. Rajeshwar…
8 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
Feature Articles
Live, Laugh and Learn
The Lighter Side By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam There is a wooden board hanging in almost every drawing room of our country these days and it carries three words painted in a cheerful…
8 Jul 2026 · 5 min read
Voice of The Reader
Kukkarahalli Lake: Garbage concerns
Sir, I am writing to bring to your attention the rampant disposal of garbage occurring at Kukkarahalli Lake. This is majorly taking place in the area on Gangothri campus road, where the…
8 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
Events Tomorrow
Parampare
‘Devudu avara Mahabrahmana’ Vaachana-Vyakhyana / Lecture programme, ‘Vishwamitrarige Pranagni Darshana, Nachiketashramadalli Sabhe’ Vaachana by R. Tanushree, Vyakhyana by Dr. Jyothi Shankar, Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha, JLB Road, 6 pm.…
8 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
Events Tomorrow
Industrial Extension Cottage (INDEXT-C), Government of Gujarat
Gujarat Handicrafts Utsav-2026, JSS Mysore Urban Haat, Ring Road, Hebbal Industrial Area, 10 am to 8 pm.…
8 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
Events Tomorrow
Arogya Bharati, Amrutanshu Trust, Spandana Hospital, District Blindness Control Society (DBCS) and Mysuru District Mobile Eye Clinic, K.R. Hospital
Free eye screening and surgery camp, #136, 2nd Main Road, 11th Cross Road, Jayanagar, 10 am to 1 pm. [Mob: 99452-70646 or 88672-59815]…
8 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
Events Today
Jagannatha Centre for Art and Culture (JCAC),
‘Kala Saptami,’ weekly cultural programme, Bharatanatyam performance by Yogesh Kumar and Sneha Narayan, 6 pm to 7 pm; Vid. B. Deepak Kumar and Vidu. Preetikala, Jagannatha Centre for Art and Culture (JCAC),…
8 Jul 2026 · 1 min read