Mysuru: Young budding students have set a benchmark beyond their age with their displays of innovative and creative science models at the ongoing State-level 25th National Children’s Science Congress. One such innovative display is from two girls belonging to Seventh Day Adventist English High School Mysuru. Safa and Brinda of Ninth Standard have made a…
Davanagere: In a bizarre incident, a seven-year-old girl from Harihar in the district reportedly died after setting herself ablaze while attempting to imitate a TV serial character recently, according to reports. Prarthana (7), a second standard student and daughter of Manjunath and Chaitra couple of Harihar, is the deceased. Prarthana is said to have set…
Mysuru: Facing severe criticism for not inviting noted littérateurs and members of Mysore royal family to the recently concluded Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana in city, the Mysuru District Kannada Sahitya Parishat has clarified that the Parishat has not sidelined anybody and has given due respect to people who have contributed to the development of…
By K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief Reading the news item “SWR GM joins volunteers in painting City Railway Station pillars,” published in yesterday’s Star of Mysore, I was reminded of an article I read recently “10 ways to ruin an old building” by Jonathan Taylor where he says one of the ways to destroy a heritage building is…
Mysuru: As part of the National Youth Exchange Programme mooted by the Union Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, 55 youths from Uttarakhand State arrived in city this morning for a stay till Dec. 2. The exchange programme envisages strengthening of bonding between two States, spreading message of National Unity and creating a platform to…
Mysuru: Urging the government to fulfil their various demands, Anganwadi workers numbering about 300 took out a protest rally in city this morning. The workers, under the banner of Karnataka State Anganwadi Workers and Assistants Federation and supported by AITUC took out a protest rally from Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple to the DC office. The rally…
Mysuru: The indefinite stir (day-night) launched by sugar cane growers under the banner of Karnataka State Cane Growers Association in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office demanding fulfilment of their various demands, entered the second day today. The farmers are demanding minimum SAP (State Advisory Price) of Rs. 3,500 per tonne, payment of last year…
Mysuru: Claiming that ‘Modi Wave’ has been waning in the country, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah asserted that the Congress would come to power in Gujarat, which is going to polls next month. Speaking to press persons at his Ramakrishnanagar residence here this morning, Siddharamaiah said that the people are upset with the Centre’s anti-people policies and…
Bengaluru: Not to be left behind ahead of the 2018 Assembly Polls, the Congress party will launch a Jan Ashirwad Yatra across the State as a reply to the BJP’s ongoing ‘Parivartana’ rally. Addressing press persons here yesterday, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah said that he will launch Jan Ashirwad Yatra in March. Pointing out that ahead …
The Mahabharata epic features Karna as an epitome of the virtue of giving away even his most personal and prized possessions to whoever accosts him, that too without a wink. Scholars delivering discourses narrating such episodes extoll the senior-most among the Pandava brothers showering on him the title Daanashoora, a term that virtually pushes his…
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