Why don’t post offices dispense revenue stamps?
Sir, Recently, I walked into a post office to purchase revenue stamps since my bank was asking for them to process some claims. The clerk at the post office counter expressed surprise…


Sir, Recently, I walked into a post office to purchase revenue stamps since my bank was asking for them to process some claims. The clerk at the post office counter expressed surprise…
Sir, This refers to the letter ‘Zoo tourist parking menace in Ittigegud’ (SOM dated Dec.9). We are also facing the same problem in my father-in-law’s house which is on Tank Bund Road.…
Sir, These hapless animals are tied with very short ropes and can’t move around in the lane adjacent to Sapna Book House and close to Devaraj Urs Road. I pray to the…
Sir, Two road side trees are dead naturally for more than a year on 4th Cross, 9th Main, Vijayanagar 2nd Stage. In spite of repeated complaints, even in writing, Forest Department has…
Sir, This refers to the front page news item titled “Littering in public to invite penalty from January 1, 2023” in SOM dated Dec. 9. Does the MCC and other authorities realise…
Sir, As a resident of one of the cleanest and heritage cities of India, that is Mysuru, it saddens me to see that the road conditions of our city are going really…
Sir, This is in continuation with the letter titled “An Appeal To Railways” published in this column dated Dec. 8. I too had a similar experience while travelling from Mysuru to Hyderabad…
Sir, Every other road across Mysuru city needs repair and tarring. Soon after being elected, the present Mayor had said that his first priority was roads and making it motorable. Later rains…
Sir, This refers to the news item in SOM dated Dec. 15 about the fire accident that occurred at Dasara Exhibition venue. It is also stated in the report that fire tenders…
Sir, Payment of water bills online has not been possible for over six months. Whenever the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) or the Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW) officials are approached, the standard…
Sir, Of late we find that the street-lights are switched off at 6 am from a central point which is a good thing and need of the hour. But now being winter…
Sir, For the past few days street-lights on Valmiki Road in V.V. Mohalla are being switched off 10-15 minutes before sunrise, leaving the road dark for morning pedestrians. Hope MCC will ask…
Sir, While I deeply appreciate the thought of installing barricades at the Hardinge Circle (also known as Aar-gate) was to reduce accidents, it is also admissible that it is not only an…
Sir, I have seen at many places, the milk crates are offloaded in the wee hours when it is still dark and left on the centre of the main roads where Nandini…
Sir, The Mysuru Urban Development Authority’s (MUDA) plans to build a new Peripheral Ring Road is indeed a hasty and unreasonable decision (SOM dated Nov. 23, 2022). There are thousands of roads…
Sir, Following the cooker bomb blast case in Mangaluru recently and with the Police zeroing in on the house of the suspected youth with terror-links in Metagalli, all vehicles entering Mysuru are…
Sir, Years have gone by and the problem of tourist parking has not been solved yet by the Mysuru Zoo authorities. Every year lakhs of tourists visit Zoo and just to save…
Sir, I recently travelled to Bengaluru from Mysuru in Wodeyar SF Express (AC-C1) and my experience was pathetic. The coach has been maintained very badly and we could see so many cockroaches…
Sir, On behalf of the train travellers, I request the Railways to extend Varanasi-Mysuru Bi-Weekly Superfast Express upto Mangaluru since there is no direct train between Mangaluru and Varanasi. Also it will…
Sir, Of late, Abhishek Circle in Hebbal is witnessing heavy traffic from all four directions. Vehicles, especially cars and two-wheelers coming from Vijayanagar Water Tank side to Abhishek Circle are coming at…
Sir, This is with reference to my letter on pathetic condition of Balakrishna Rao Road near Ashoka Circle, popularly known as Ballal Circle, leading to K.G. Koppal in SOM dated Sept.27, 2022…
Sir, It is very heartening to know that the South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division, has undertaken many developmental works at Ashokapuram Railway Station. This Station has been placed on the backyards…
Sir, This refers to the article titled “End of the tale of two stalwarts” by Dr. Javeed Nayeem in Star of Mysore dated Nov.27. It was a very interesting and heart-touching article…
Sir, Most of the vehicles on the road running between AIISH (All India Institute of Speech and Hearing) signal and Manasagangothri Gate move at a very high speed and it is very…