Mysuru: The University of Mysore Alumni Association (UMAA) has appealed to the Governor, Chief Minister and Higher Education Minister to select the Vice-Chancellor (VC) in a time-bound manner without finding reasons. In a press release, the President of UMAA, K. Arkesh has said that from the time Prof. K.S. Rangappa demitted office on Jan. 10,…
Police question Corporator Devaraj Mysuru: A house belonging to a retired Tahsildar was sold by creating false documents and a fake owner. Highly placed sources told Star of Mysore that the Police have questioned Corporator P. Devaraj with regard to the house in Rajivnagar that belonged to retired Tahsildar Rajaratnam, a resident of Vijayanagar in…
Our legislators were high on Thursday… high on discussing how to circumnavigate Supreme Court’s order banning all bars 500 meters from a Highway — ‘One for the road’ is now ‘none for the road.’ But isn’t this well-intentioned judicial law-making a breach of the basic constitutional principle of separation of powers between the Legislature, Executive…
Mysuru: Builder and Rotarian M.S. Nandakumar (64), passed away this morning following a heart attack. A resident of Kuvempunagar, he leaves behind wife Anuradha Nandakumar, son Nishanth, daughter Nimisha and a host of relatives and friends. Funeral will be held tomorrow morning at the foot of Chamundi Hill. Nandoo, as his friends fondly called him,…
Hunsur: A man from Hunsur has been arrested under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for sexually assaulting his minor daughter and impregnating her. The 14-year-old girl delivered a baby girl at Cheluvamba Hospital in Mysuru recently. The accused is a 40-year-old man, a resident of Hanagodu Hobli, in the taluk. He has…
Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmudullah both scored hundreds as Bangladesh kept their hopes of a Champions Trophy semi-final alive with a stunning five-wicket win over New Zealand at Cardiff yesterday. Bangladesh, chasing a modest 266 for victory, had collapsed to 12 for three when left-hander Shakib (114) came in. And they were not much better…
Mysuru: Natana School of Theatre Arts will be staging two new plays ‘Kempu Kanagale’ and ‘Kamaladevi – Kuch Yaadonki Panne’ at its premises in Ramkrishnanagar on June 11 and 12 at 6.30 pm. ‘Kempu Kanagale’ is based on Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘Raktha Karabi’ and has been translated by Sudha Aadukala. Dr. Sripada Bhat has scored music…
(Forewarned is forearmed) Through narratives portraying people’s ways either through story-tellers or chroniclers, we learn that territories ruled by kings and their sundry counterparts (paalegars) in days gone-by used to be guarded zealously against marauders, hungry for acquiring wealth by resorting to forced occupation of land, looting, vandalising and, of course, causing loss of life…
700 grams gold ornaments and two mobile phones recovered Mysuru: The City Crime Branch Police arrested two house burglars and recovered from them 700 grams gold ornaments and two mobile phones. The two arrested are Yogesh, 26, son of Hanumanthu, a resident of Honnegudi Block, Hootagalli and Ravi, 21, son of Venkatesh, also a resident…
Nine-time champion Rafael Nadal powered into a record 10th French Open final yesterday and will face 2015 winner Stan Wawrinka for the title after the Swiss defeated number one seed Andy Murray in a five-set epic. Nadal demolished Austrian pretender and sixth seed Dominic Thiem 6-3, 6-4, 6-0 to return to the final at Roland…
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