Mysuru: Ten giant century-old trees have been cut at Chunchanakatte in Mysuru District to widen the road that leads to the famous Chunchanakatte Falls. In all, 14 trees were marked to be cut and due to rain, the axing of remaining four trees has been put on hold now. The trees were chopped despite opposition…
Will annual Chunchanakatte Jalapathotsava be cancelled? Mysuru: Clarifying on the cutting of trees, the Forest Department officials told Star of Mysore that the Public Works Department (PWD) had sent a proposal to them stating that the trees were an impediment to development works and must be axed. “Following a proposal from the Tourism Department on…
Old Council Hall to be named after Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) at its Council Meeting decided to confer ‘Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar’ award to five persons during Dasara celebrations every year. This momentous decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Deputy Mayor Shafi Ahmed (in the absence of Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath)…
Mysuru: Vrukshandolana (growing of trees) is the need of the hour to save environment, said Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade, here this morning. He was speaking after inaugurating ‘Hasiru Mysuru-Laksha Vruksha’ campaign jointly organised by H.V. Rajeev Sneha Balaga, Mysuru District Journalists’ Association (MDJA), Shri Kshethra Dharmasthala Gramabhivruddhi Yojane, Patanjali Yoga Shikshana Samithi at…
Open to students of Classes 8 to 12 Mysuru: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) , a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organisation, has announced the dates for Karnataka edition of Rural IT Quiz. TCS has been organising the Quiz since 2000 in association with the Department of IT, BT and Science and Technology,…
Mysuru: Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, Professor, DoS in Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, has received “Adarsh Vidya Saraswati Rashtriya Puraskar” given by Global Management Council, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, in recognition of the noble work done in the interest of students, teachers and the entire education fraternity. He was also given the distinction of being one…
Mysuru: K.C. Biddappa, President of Coorg Wildlife Society, has resigned from the post citing health issues. During his short tenure, he took up important issues like resolving Man-animal conflict; Opposing four-laning of NH-275 and Railway projects in Kodagu through a petition to the Prime Minister, Union Ministers and Senior Officials concerned eliciting positive response from…
Mysuru: A 19-year-old girl student, who left her Paying Guest (PG) accommodation on Aug. 8 to her college has not returned and has since gone missing from city. The missing girl is D. Monisha, a native of Periyapatna, who was pursuing her first year B. Com course at a private college in city and staying…
Mysuru: ‘Milestone’, a two-day South Zone Meet-2019 of Association of Inner Wheel Clubs in India hosted by Inner Wheel District 318 of Mysuru, will be held in city on Sept. 7 and 8 at Asha Prakash Shetty Bunts Convention Centre in Vijayanagar. Apart from delegates from Karnataka, the event will also be attended by members…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Teachers’ Day has gone by yesterday. Although different countries across the world celebrate their Teachers’ Days on different dates thankfully most countries have this tradition. In India our age-old Teachers’ Day was on ‘Guru Poornima’ the full moon day of the month of Ashada which falls in June or…
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