Mysore/Mysuru: The District Child Protection Cell, in association with the District Administration, Zilla Panchayat and Women and Child Welfare Department, conducted a two-day Child Care Centre Quality Certification Training in city recently. Speaking after inaugurating the Training programme, Women and Child Welfare Deputy Director K. Padma said that it was mandatory for Child Care Centres…
For the past few weeks having been told not to touch my face I have started behaving like cricketer Krishnamachari Srikkanth — contorting my face, as I am unable to scratch my eyes, nose or face when it itches. I also feel like putting a sticker ‘Keep distance’, like they have behind lorries as we…
By M.B. Pavan Murthy Digitalisation of the oldest extant copy of Kautilya’s Arthashastra and other manuscripts will be a reality soon at the more-than-a-century-old Oriental Research Institute (ORI) in Mysuru. The institute has taken steps to digitise its vast collection of nearly 70,000 palm leaf and paper manuscripts in Sanskrit and Kannada. Kautilya’s Arthashastra was…
The feature of nearly 140 crore people of India, following diverse faiths, celebrating festivals that have endured for several centuries has no parallel in any other country across the world. Creating a directory, even an encyclopedia, of the innumerable festivals being celebrated with fervour throughout the year that can be envy of the atheists and…
Sir, This is in response to Col. C.P. Muthanna’s letter published in Star of Mysore dated Mar. 13, 2020. Nobody is disputing the approval given by the 37th AGM of Coorg Wildlife Society (CWS) to oppose the proposed Railway project from Mysuru to Kushalnagar. It is a fact that during my Presidency of CWS, I…
CESC workers, who dug trenches to lay cables at Lingaiah Colony on Theobald Road in Nazarbad, have dumped the mud inside drains and have not cleared it despite the works getting over 20 days ago. Residents said that when they asked the MCC officials to get the drain cleaned, they simply washed their hands by…
The drinking water unit installed atop Chamundi Hill near the temple for the benefit of devotees and tourists has stopped functioning causing a lot of inconvenience especially during summer. One of SOM readers, who sent his photograph, said that he has been checking for the availability of drinking water since a month and there was…
To start from Apr.15 instead of Mar.29 The start of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 has been postponed to Apr. 15 from Mar.29 as a “precautionary measure” against the Coronavirus pandemic, the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) said in a statement yesterday. The BCCI statement comes at the back of the…
Inspiring bowling performance by Avishek Sharma (4/22) helped ASC Centre, Bengaluru, to register a four-wicket win over Triton SC, Mysuru and enter the final in the KSCA Group II, 2nd Division League 2019-20 played at Bengaluru recently. Batting first, Triton SC scored 158/6 in 20 overs. Useful contributions came in from T.P. Sharbin 44, S.J….
Mysuru’s Pranavi Urs finishes sixth Chandigarh’s Gursimar Badwal with a three-day aggregate score of one-under-215 (79+67+69) clinched the coveted title on the third and final day of the 6th leg of Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour 2020 played at Classic Golf & Country Club in Gurugram yesterday. Saaniya Sharma (217= 79+71+67) and last leg’s winner…
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