Maha Shivaratri which means The Great Night of Shiva is a Hindu festival celebrated annually in honour of the God Shiva. It is a major festival in Hinduism and marks a remembrance of overcoming darkness and ignorance in life and the world. It is observed by remembering Shiva and chanting prayers, fasting, doing Yoga and…
Sports
TechNIEks Run for a cause
February 26, 2017Nearly 1,000 enthusiasts took part in the TechNIEKs Run organised by the city’s National Institute of Engineering (NIE) as part of its TechNIEks-2017 in city this morning. The event featuring 10K run and 5K run was organised in aid of special children and was held under three categories — Men, Women and Veterans (above 50…
Voice of The Reader
Thank you SOM
February 26, 2017Sir, I wish to express sincere thanks and gratitude to Star of Mysore on its 40th anniversary. I am a senior citizen, settled in Malappuram district, Kerala. Since 2002, we are visiting Mysuru twice or thrice a year as our daughter and family are settled here. She came to Mysuru in connection with employment in…
Voice of The Reader
Mission Hospital’s mission…
February 26, 2017Sir, I read with interest, your Abracadabra titled “Mission Hospital: Mission Continues” (SOM dated Feb. 20). Living in the West after leaving Mysuru 40 years ago, because of the casteism, politics, endemic corruption and the downgrading of meritocracy, the Mission Hospital stood out then as a rare gem when even the poor could approach the…
Down the Memory Lane
BRAHMA KUMARIS: 80th anniversary at Mount Abu
February 26, 2017By K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Jt. Director of Information & Publicity. The 15-Day Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Brahma Kumaris Organisation of Mysore Sub Zone, organised at Maharaja College Grounds in city, which will conclude this evening, took my memory back to 50 years when Mysore Centre was started in 1966 by a young Brahma Kumari…
Feature Articles
Education to all will be my priority, says new Bishop
February 26, 2017Mysore Diocese has now got a new Bishop with Rev. Msgr. K.A. William, who, at the age of 51, has become the second youngest person to be appointed as the Bishop of Mysore Diocese by Pope Francis. Preparations are in full swing for the Episcopal Ordination and installation of the Bishop at St. Joseph’s Cathedral…
Feature Articles
Saving Mysuru, Our Last Chance
February 26, 2017By Ashvini Ranjan, Convenor, Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) A Mysurean visiting Bengaluru experiences a shock seeing the tsunami of vehicular traffic on the roads. According to the official website of Bengaluru City Police, the vehicular population as on 31.3.2016 was 56 lakh motor vehicles. Of these, 70% constituted two-wheelers, 15% four-wheelers and the balance being…
Feature Articles
HIV patient needs compassion and not just treatment
February 26, 2017A two-day Conference Ceremony of HIVe aMysuru ART (Anti-Retroviral Therapy) Update 2017 was inaugurated at SDM-IMD auditorium in Mysuru yesterday. The Conference is being organised by Asha Kirana Trust, which is working for the cause of HIV/AIDS patients and people living with AIDS since decades. In this article, Sujata Rajpal traces the roots of Asha…
Obituary
K. Siddegowda
February 26, 2017Siddegowda (81), Proprietor of Ganesh Rice Mill, passed away on Friday, following brief illness. He leaves behind his wife, two sons, seven daughters, son-in-law Kempegowda (journalist) and a host of relatives and friends.
News
Diary issue rocks Cong. meet
February 26, 2017The Coordination Committee meeting of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) began in Bengaluru this morning at the party office on the Queen’s Road. The meeting was chaired by Congress party in-charge of Karnataka Digvijay Singh who arrived in Bengaluru yesterday and met Chief Minister Siddharamaiah at his Home Office Krishna. Other leaders including Siddharamaiah, KPCC…
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