Mysuru: There are plans to convert the 80-year-old house of Poet Laureate and Jnanpith awardee Kuvempu (K.V. Puttappa) in city into a Museum. Talks are going on between the officials of the Kannada and Culture Department and the family members of Kuvempu in this regard. The house was built in Vani Vilas Mohalla in 1936….
More trouble for Ravi Belagere as one more warrant is issued
December 15, 2017Police scramble for corroborative evidence; will now book tabloid editor under Wildlife Act Bengaluru: It appears like more trouble is brewing for Ravi Belagere, journalist and editor of ‘Hai Bangalore’ Kannada weekly tabloid, with another arrest warrant being issued against him in connection with a seven-year-old case. Belagere, who has been granted interim bail, is…
Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway widening to be taken up in current fiscal itself
December 15, 2017New Delhi: Union Ministry of Road Transport will take up the widening of the Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway (NH 275) from existing four-lane to six-lane in the current financial year itself. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will invite bids for project before the end of this fiscal to widen the existing four-lane highway into a…
HOOLIGANISM AT SIDDARTHANAGAR: Police on the lookout for other accused
December 15, 2017Mysuru: The Nazarbad Police are on a hot chase of the other accused in the case where a group of hooligans smashed the windshield, headlights and windows of a Wagon ‘R’ car at Siddarthanagar on Lalitha Mahal Palace Road near the Karanji Lake Signal on Dec. 12. Three persons — Babu, Sharath and the prime…
Himavad Gopalaswamy Hill: Bus driver who saved 58 passengers bags Gold
December 15, 2017Chamarajanagar: A KSRTC bus driver, who had averted major mishap and saved the lives of 58 passengers on board when the bus went out of control at Himavad Gopalaswamy Hill in October 2017, was awarded Gold Medal at a programme held at Chamarajanagar KSRTC office in the presence of Chamarajanagar KSRTC Divisional Controller R. Ashok…
Sewage Farm: Living to tell the tale
December 15, 2017Life in the surroundings of Excel Solid Waste Management Plant (Sewage Farm) at Vidyaranyapuram has become nightmarish for thousands of residents with unbearable stench emanating out of the plant 24×7 and 365 days. Star of Mysore spoke to a few residents of the area who had assembled at the plant for an indefinite protest that…
SSLC examinations from March 23 to April 6
December 15, 2017Bengaluru: The Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board has announced the time-table for SSLC examinations (2017-18). The exams will begin with First Language on Mar. 23, 2018 and will end with the Social Science paper on Apr. 6. For all subjects, an extra 15 minutes will be provided to read the question paper. This year’s the…
Aadhaar not must for SSLC exam
December 15, 2017Bengaluru: Students preparing for SSLC board examination will be able to submit the online application form without filling their Aadhaar details as the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has removed it from the mandatory field. A class 10 student and his father had filed a petition with the High Court of Karnataka alleging that the…
Bharatanatyam Rangapravesha of Niveditha and Vachana on Dec.17
December 15, 2017Mysuru: The Bharatanatyam Rangapravesha of H.N. Niveditha and M.N. Vachana, disciples of Guru Vid. Sridhar Jain of Sri Nimishamba School of Dance has been organised at Jaganmohan Palace in city on Dec.17 at 5.30 pm. Profiles H.N. Niveditha: Daughter of B.S. Vishalakshamma and H.K. Nagaraju of Hangala in Gundlupet of Chamarajanagar, Niveditha began her journey…
An evening of soothing music
December 15, 2017By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan JSS Sangeeta Sabha, Mysuru, conducts music conference every December from 2nd to 6th. This is the only music conference conducted in the district. Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji of Suttur Mutt is the inspiration behind this conference. The first evening began with grandeur in the presence of the holy seer. President of…
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