Vision Mysuru-2030 concludes today Mysuru: ‘Vision Mysuru-2030,’ a two-day symposium organised by Chintakara Chavadi to discuss development of the heritage city, began at Ganabharathi in Kuvempunagar here yesterday. Speaking after inaugurating the symposium, Swami Nityasthanandaji of Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama said that Mysuru was a planned and beautiful city, earning the ‘Cleanest City’ tag for two…
Elephant dies during delivery in Kodagu
August 13, 2017Gonikoppal: A pregnant elephant, unable to push the calf out during delivery, died of pain at Kaikeri village in Ponnampet Forest Zone. The elephant, aged about 13 years was found unconscious in the coffee estate of Ashik Chengappa. Though the elephant had developed labour pain, it was unable to push the calf outside, which has…
‘Make citizens responsible for waste management’
August 13, 2017Mysuru:“The responsibility of waste management should be borne by every citizen,” opined Dr. M.R. Ravi, Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Panchayat, Dakshina Kannada. He was speaking on ‘Cleanliness and solid waste management’ at the two-day seminar ‘Vision Mysuru -2030’ organised by Chintakara Chavadi which commenced yesterday at Ganabharathi in Kuvempunagar here. Dr. Ravi pointed out that…
Accolades pour in at ‘Sarthaka Sadhaka Siddharamaiah – 70’
August 13, 2017Mysuru: Abhimatha Mysuru had organised a programme titled ‘Sarthaka Sadhaka Siddharamaiah – 70’ at Rani Bahadur auditorium in Manasagangothri here on Friday to commemorate the 70th birthday of Chief Minister Siddharamaiah. Inaugurating the programme, former Rajya Sabha Member and Economist Bhalchandra Mungekar sought a good socio-economic development to establish equality and social justice. He pointed…
Traffic cop pushed down by bike rider
August 13, 2017Mysuru: Close to the heels of Siddarthanagar Traffic ASI’s uniform being torn by a rider at Maharana Pratap Singhji Circle near Race Course on Aug. 8 during checking for traffic violations, an incident of a cop being pushed down by a rider who tried to stop them for haphazard riding has been reported near Sanskrit…
Mega job mela in city in October: Decision taken at meeting chaired by CM
August 13, 2017Bengaluru: It has been decided to organise a mega Job Mela in Mysuru in October which would facilitate many qualified unemployed youth in Mysuru and Chamarajanagar districts. A decision to that effect was taken at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Siddharamaiah at his home-office ‘Krishna’ here recently. Siddharamaiah opined that many industries and organisations…
Carmel Catholic Association fetes meritorious students
August 13, 2017Mysuru: Carmel Catholic Association (CCA), Mysuru, felicitated 14 children of their members, who have excelled in curricular and extra-curricular activities for the year 2017, at a function organised at its premises in city recently. Rev. Fr. Joseph Edakkeri, Vicar Provincial, St. Paul’s Province, Mysuru, and advisor to CCA, distributed the mementos to the students. Those…
Ibrahim Khan
August 13, 2017Ibrahim Khan (59), elder brother of Rafeeq Ahmed Khan, Proprietor, R.K. Palace function Hall and a resident near Kantharaj Urs Park in Lashkar Mohalla, passed away this morning at his residence following heart attack. He leaves behind his wife, son, daughter and a host of relatives and friends. Namaz-e-Janaza will be held today at 5…
Ph.D awardees
August 13, 2017Mysuru: B.D. Kavitha has been awarded Ph.D in Economics by the University of Mysore (UoM) for her thesis ‘An economic analysis of urban public transportation in Karnataka’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. N.K. Gayatri. H.K. Manju has been awarded Ph.D in Psychology by the UoM for his thesis ‘Emotion regulation and quality of life’…
Heaven lies under the feet of a mother
August 13, 2017Sir, KBG’s Abracadabra titled ‘MOTHER’ published in Star of Mysore dated Aug. 8 was thought-provoking. I had tears in my eyes when I read that article. Two incidents have been narrated in the article. One is the outcome of materialistic approach towards our life under the influence of Western culture and the other incident of…
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