Mysuru: Sweet shops in city witnessed good business as people were seen thronging various shops across the city on first day of the three-day Deepavali festival in city, this morning. Deepavali, being the festival of lights, people were also seen purchasing the earthen lamps to be lit in front of their houses during the month…
Last evening I journeyed to Rangayana, like it was a pilgrimage, to see Pandit Rajeev Taranath, the Sarod Maestro par-excellence, whose birthday it was. The venue, a small auditorium Bhoomigeeta, was overflowing with music connoisseurs, Taranath’s old friends and admirers. I was one among them. The programme was to celebrate Karnataka’s celebrated Sarod Maestro’s 85th…
Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep chaired a preliminary meeting at his office here yesterday to discuss on Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations to be organised on Nov.1. The meeting decided to invite District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa to hoist the National flag and Kannada flag on that day at 9am and also offer puja to the portrait…
Mysuru: Maha-mastakabhisheka of Lord Gommateswara at Shravanabelagola, celebrated once in 12 years, will be conducted from Feb. 7 to Feb.26, 2018. South Western Railway (SWR) is planning to run additional train services to Shravanabelagola from Bengaluru and Hassan to facilitate pilgrims during the period. A.K. Gupta, General Manager (GM), SWR, inspected Hassan and Shravanabelagola Stations…
By Maneka Gandhi In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka explains how do make a disposable temporary shelter for a stray dog during winter? Can dogs be relocated on RWAs requests? Under stray dog management rules, it’s illegal for an individual, RWA or estate management to remove or relocate dogs. The dogs have to be sterilised…
Mysuru: A Head Mistress of a school has been booked for allegedly cheating the school management of more than Rs. 7 lakh. The Police have booked a case against C. Renuka, former Head Mistress of Rotary West School, Saraswathipuram, following a complaint lodged by Rotary West Mysore. The Police said that Renuka has been accused…
Mandya: Mandya Police have arrested two persons on charges of committing house burglaries in the town and other places and have recovered gold ornaments worth about Rs. 7 lakh from them. Disclosing this at a press conference, Mandya SP G. Radhika said that the arrested have been identified as Tippesh alias Yuvaraja of Chikkahabbigere village…
By N. Niranjan Nikam [Continued from yesterday] Star of Mysore (SOM): So that is how your childhood was? Pandit Rajeev Taranath: Yes, a part. I kept myself busy with books than what the other boys of my age did; they played some game or something. I also played, but my mother got me back home…
Mysuru: Jnanpith Awardee Dr. Chandrashekara Kambara, describing his guru and friend Pt. Rajeev Taranath, as a person with panoramic vision of the country and who could observe the changes happening very delicately, said the very fact that such a person is amidst us today is a matter of pride for all of us. He was…
Mysuru: Pandit Rajeev Taranath has grown as an institution in many respects. However, all efforts to bring to notice the problems that a person of his calibre is facing at this stage in his life to the Higher Education Minister has come to naught, said former Minister Prof. B.K. Chandrashekar. He was speaking at the…
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