Sahana Service Foundation for Physically Challenged has organised ‘Sneha Spoorthi’, a musical nite on Feb.16 at 7 pm at Senate Hall in Manasagangothri in aid of visually-impaired students. Disclosing this at a press meet at Pathrakartara Bhavan recently, Foundation President V.Narashimhaiah said that the Foundation, established 18 years ago in Saraswathipuram, was striving for the…
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Inauguration of NIE Yoga Centre on Jan.17
January 13, 2019The NIE Yoga Centre will be inaugurated on Jan.17 at 5.30 pm in NIE Diamond Jubilee Indoor Sports Complex. Srinath Batni, Hon. President, NIE MC, G.S. Ramachandra, Hon. Secretary, Dr. G. Ravi, Principal, will be present. Interested staff, students of NIE Group and general public can get free membership. Interested may register before Jan.16. Qualified…
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ISKCON Gita Quiz Prize Winners
January 13, 2019The following participants have won a special prize in the ISKCON Mysore Gita Quiz – 2018 that appeared in Star of Mysore recently. The prize distribution ceremony will be held on Jan. 20 (Sunday) at 7 pm at ISKCON temple premises in Jayanagar. R.G. Shyla (Mysuru), Raja Gopal Das (Mysuru), Usha Nagraj (Teachers Layout), G.A….
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Bahuroopi week-long Theatre Fest begins
January 12, 2019Rangayana wears a festive look; theatre buffs queue up before ticket counters Mysuru: The eagerly-awaited Bahuroopi National Theatre Festival took off at Rangayana, a premier theatre repertory, this morning with the inauguration of Film Festival. This year, it is the 18th Edition of the Festival. The seven-day theatre extravaganza will provide a treat for Mysureans…
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Rally, Cycle Jatha mark Vivekananda Jayanti
January 12, 2019Mysuru: A rally of school children, cycle jatha by college students and various other programmes marked the 156th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda in city this morning. People of various walks of life including children and youths paid tributes to India’s iconic spiritual leader Swami Vivekananda whose birth anniversary on Jan.12 is observed as National…
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Three-day Kodagu Pravasi Utsav begins: Floral Cauvery Statue beckons tourists
January 12, 2019Madikeri: A three-day Kodagu Pravasi Utsav, the first-ever tourism promotional event held after floods-and-landslide-ravaged Kodagu district, began at Madikeri last evening. Karnataka Tourism Department and Kodagu District Administration are jointly organising the event with support from various stakeholders to boost tourist arrivals. Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh, who is also the Kodagu District Minister, inaugurated the…
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MP to flag off extension of two trains to Mysuru on Jan. 15, 16
January 12, 2019Mysuru: Train No. 12609/12610 Chennai – Mysuru – Chennai Express has been extended upto Mysuru. Train No. 12610 Mysuru – Chennai inaugural special will be flagged off by MP Pratap Simha at 10:30 hrs on Jan. 15 from Mysuru and will run up to Mandya. The regular extended service of Train No. 12609/12610 Chennai –…
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Three from H.D. Deve Gowda family to contest LS polls ?
January 12, 2019Bengaluru: Even as the ruling alliance partners are yet to decide on contesting the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls jointly through a seat sharing agreement, three members from the family of JD(S) Supremo and former PM H.D. Deve Gowda are likely to enter the fray. Apart from H.D. Deve Gowda himself, his grandsons Prajwal Revanna and…
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Despite warning, paddy threshing continues on public roads
January 12, 2019Mysuru: Come harvest time, road travellers in many parts of Mysuru do their bit and add the final touches to the farmers’ calendar of agricultural operations by running their buses, lorries, cars and bikes on harvested crops spread out on roads to be threshed. While some are taken by surprise, others ponder appreciatively on the…
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‘Hinduism only religion with ancient history, broad-mindedness’
January 12, 2019Mysuru: Hinduism is the only religion in the world which has an ancient history inculcating broad-mindedness, said renowned scholar Dr. M. Chidananda Murthy. Vedas formed the basis for Hindu religion, he added. Dr. Murthy was speaking after releasing writer Dr. Sudhakar Hosalli’s work ‘Ramamandira Mattu Sugreevajne Saadhyate – Ondu Avalokana” (Ram Temple and probable ordinance…
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