Mysuru: In a major relief to over 90,000 students from Mysuru and other parts of the country, the Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) is all set to get back University Grants Commission (UGC) recognition for its courses. A meeting has been arranged with the UGC and KSOU authorities on June 20 in New Delhi. The…
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Dear Chief Minister, Last week saw a mega ‘tamasha’ unfold in our city of Mysuru by your Government… I am sure your officers would not have told you that the main arterial thoroughfares of Mysuru were blocked with buses coming in from all directions putting the city into disarray. Each of…
Mysuru: Miscreants barged into a yoga centre on Dewan’s Road in Lakshmipuram in the wee hours of today and after threatening foreigners with knife made away with laptop, camera and other electronic equipment. Manu, Manager of the yoga centre belonging to Prashant Paul (who lives abroad), has in a complaint to the Lakshmipuram Police Station,…
Mysuru: Zoo authorities have denied reports on incidents of pickpocketers targeting zoo visitors, published in a section of media. Speaking to Star of Mysore, Zoo Executive Director Kamala Karikalan said that there were three complaints filed in of May with respect to missing of a green bag and two purses. The officials had reviewed the…
An ocean of nostalgia on Coorg of the Raj, now Kodagu, smallest district in Karnataka, will kindle the memories of Kodavas of the old generation as one reads this highly potent literary capsule, a compendium of Kodagu and Kodava history by Rahul Singh published in Outlook magazine dated June 12, 2017. I found it most…
New Delhi: The Union Government has declared the Talacauvery Wild Life Sanctuary, spread across 213.07 sq km, as an Eco-Sensitive Zone. This declaration is also likely to hamper the Union Government Highway project from Bhagamandala to Kerala’s Panathoor. This comes after the Environment Ministry notification on the proposed Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAs) in the Western…
Bengaluru: It is reliably learnt that the State Government is contemplating on extending reservation benefits to poor families from upper castes. The Congress Government, which is leaving no stone unturned for retaining power in the 2018 Assembly polls, is now planning to bring poor families from upper castes such as Brahmin and Vaishya communities, under…
Mysuru: A poor girl, suffering from bone marrow disease, was helped by Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha in getting financial aid to undergo surgery. Baby Syeda Nabiha, daughter of Syed Madni Ahmed, a resident of Kesare, was suffering from bone marrow disease and was undergoing treatment at Narayana Hrudayalaya in Bengaluru. The doctors there told Ahmed…
Mysuru: The PACL Tevanidarara Hitarakshana Horata Samithi President Muddalingegowda has urged the Government to confiscate the properties of Pearl Agrotech Corporation Limited (PACL) which had cheated its depositors to the tune of Rs. 250 crore and return their deposits. Addressing a press meet at Patrakarthara Bhavan here yesterday, Muddalingegowda said that PACL company, which functioned…
Mandya: MP C.S. Puttaraju has strongly refuted the allegations regarding his involvement in illegal quarrying in and around Chinnakurali in Pandavapura. He has clarified that he would fully cooperate if there were a probe. Reacting to the allegations made by Mandya-based social activist K.R. Ravindra and his complaint to the Lokayukta, Puttaraju told Star of…
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