Farmers can buy saplings from the Forest Dept. directly and get a 30 percent subsidy per tree per year Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to promote Forest farming, the Forest Department is distributing saplings of speciality crops at a discounted price to the farmers, under its ‘Forest Farming Promotion’ scheme. Announcing this at a press meet…
Workshop on ‘Need for imposing ban on inappropriate portrayal of women in the Media’ held at ATI Mysore/Mysuru: Regretting that women are being portrayed merely as show-pieces in the media, writer Banu Mushtaq bemoaned male dominance in all forms of media and advertising. She was speaking after inaugurating a workshop on the topic ‘Need for…
Mysore/Mysuru: Kannada play ‘Kempu Hoovu’ will be staged at Sri Kuvempu Rangamandira, Vivekananda PU College premises, Jayalakshmipuram in city this evening (Feb. 9) at 6.30 pm. The play, which has been directed by Chandru Mandya, meditates upon the relationship between nature and children and is a parody of contemporary society. The play is based on…
Bengaluru: A late night illegal coracle ride proved fatal for a Kodagu youth, who is feared to be dead after the coracle in which he, along with a friend, were rowing capsized at Kalkere Lake in the wee hours of Saturday. His friend managed to swim ashore. The deceased youth is Kongepanda Sachin Machaiah (30),…
Mysore/Mysuru: Regretting that we have failed in giving an administration that meets the Constitutional aspirations even after seven decades of Independence, Rangayana Director Addanda C. Cariappa said that at the same time, it is disgusting to note that we have given space for the ideologies propagated by divisive forces (Tukde-Tukde gang). He was speaking after…
Hunsur: Polling began on a brisk note in Hunsur this morning for electing the new City Municipal Council (CMC) for a five-year period. The Hunsur CMC has 31 Wards, in which there are a total of 41,916 voters, including 20,674 men, 21,240 women and 2 other voters. The authorities have set up 39 Booths. The…
Bengaluru: Deputy Chief Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan, who is also the Minister for Higher Education, said that the Government will fill up 1,800 lecturer and Principal posts in Government First Grade Colleges across the State. Speaking at a workshop organised for Syndicate Members of State Universities here on Friday, Dr. Ashwathnarayan said that the recruitment…
Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru unit of Concerned Citizens of India (CCI) had organised a convention, ‘Shoshita Janagala Samavesha’ on the topic ‘We need employment, education and health, not CAA, NPR or NRC’ at Town Hall premises in city yesterday. Speaking after inaugurating the convention, retired Professor of Hampi University Dr. Chandra Pujari, said: “Earlier, they made Ayodhya…
Mysore/Mysuru: A waste paper and plastic godown on C.V. Road in Bannimantap was destroyed in an accidental fire in the wee hours of today. Lohith, Proprietor of the godown, speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, said that he received a call at about 3.30 am where the caller told him that his godown was…
H.D. Kote: The driver of Mysuru Zilla Panchayat (ZP) President was hacked to death by a tender coconut seller at Antharasanthe village in H.D. Kote taluk last night. The deceased is Sunil (28), a resident of Antharasanthe. He was standing near the bakery at about 8 pm yesterday, when 43-year-old Ravi, a tender coconut seller,…
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