Mysuru: The authorities of Mysuru Zoo have decided to gift three-and-a-half-year-old giraffe named Bubbly to Bannerghatta Biological Park in Bengaluru, said Zoo Executive Director C. Ravishankar. Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, Ravishankar said that the cage in which Bubbly would be transported is kept inside her enclosure for Bubbly to get familiarised with…
39,000 applicants for 531 sites at Lalithadripura !
December 12, 2017Mysuru: The Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) will release the provisional list of beneficiaries of the layouts that have been formed at Lalithadripura Second Stage. The list will be released on Dec.18 and there are over 531 sites. According to MUDA officials, more than 39,000 people have applied for the sites and among them, over…
Reviving Tribal Medicinal Practices
December 12, 2017The National Workshop on Tribal Healers and Exhibition of Tribal Medicines, being held at Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS) premises on Irwin Road, Mysuru, has several tribal healers from various States who aim to revive the traditional healing practices. The workshop focuses to document their methods and practices that will be studied for future…
CM Siddharamaiah wants stay on teaching, non-teaching posts in UoM vacated
December 12, 2017Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has directed Social Welfare Department to vacate the stay on the process of appointment of teaching and non-teaching staff to the University of Mysore within ten days. In the light of the State Legislature Committee on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in a meeting in January 2016 finding that the University,…
World Diabetes Day: Medical services for treatment of diabetes should be made affordable – Dr. S. Radhamani
December 12, 2017Mysuru: “Apart from creating awareness on diabetes, medical services for the treatment of it should be made affordable to all,” opined MMC&RI Director Dr. S. Radhamani. She was speaking after inaugurating ‘World Diabetes Day’ function, organised at JSS Hospital here with the theme ‘Women and Diabetes’ yesterday. Stating that the Government had introduced many programmes…
Touts creating nuisance in RTO offices
December 12, 2017Mysuru: The presence of a lot of touts (agents) at the Regional Transport Offices (RTO) in city is causing a lot of problems to the people visiting it to get their work done, alleged citizens at a meeting of Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP). At the meeting held here on Sunday at the MGP office in…
Rich Tribute to Muthuswami Dikshitar
December 12, 2017By Dr. Rama V. Bennur A different variety of programmes marked Muthuswami Dikshitar’s Day at Ganabharathi of Mysuru on Nov. 25 and 26 at its Veene Seshanna Bhavana. Prof. Vishweshwaran gave an erudite lecture demonstration on the 25th and vocalists and instrumentalists paid rich tribute to the great composer on the 26th. The topic of…
Mayor inaugurates public toilet at Boti Bazar
December 12, 2017Mysuru: Mayor M.J. Ravikumar inaugurated the new toilet at Boti Bazar close to Devaraja Market in the heart of the city yesterday. The new toilet has been built in 240 sq. ft. area after demolishing the old one. The new toilet has also a bathroom fitted with a solar water heating system, apart from latrines…
MyBuild-17 exhibition concludes: DFRL Scientist releases MyBuild-18 banner
December 12, 2017Mysuru: The valedictory function of the six-day MyBuild-17, the mega exhibition, organised by Builders Association of India (BAI), Mysore Centre at the Maharaja’s College grounds was held last evening. DFRL Scientist A. Ramakrishna, speaking after releasing the MyBuild-18 banner, said that drinking a lot of bottled water would have adverse impact on the health of…
Fair fare for females
December 12, 2017Law-making in the land can be traced to a period of its centuries of history, whether recorded or not, to as far back as one’s ability to look back. Narratives which are part of the country’s epics including Ramayana and Mahabharata too have their share of references to law-making. Not only India’s much-adored Constitution is…
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