Mysore/Mysuru: A 21-year-old woman, who had got married about five months ago, committed suicide by hanging self at her parents’ house in Janata Nagar on Wednesday. The deceased is Rakshita, wife of Arun Kumar. As Rakshitha was suffering from Thyroid problems, she was staying along with her husband at her parents’ house and undergoing treatment,…
Postal Department extends Small Savings Schemes to rural branches
July 25, 2020New Delhi: To strengthen its network and postal operations in rural areas and provide Small Savings Schemes to villagers, the Department of Posts has extended all Small Savings Schemes up to the Branch Post Office level. There are 1,31,113 Branch Post Offices functioning in the rural areas. Apart from facilities of letters, speed post, parcels,…
Appointed
July 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Kru. M.N. Vikram, Founder Director of city-based Academy of Martial Science (AMS), was appointed as the Chairman-Technical Commission of MMA INDIA, the sole governing body of Mixed Martial Arts in India affiliated to International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF). The selection was based on his 30 years of experience and leading Indian team as…
Should God save us?
July 25, 2020Karnataka Health Minister recently raised a storm when he said “Only God can save us.” Of course, no one bothered with the other part of his statement where he said “Awareness among the people is the only way.” Probably what he meant was, how can a Government protect its people if the people don’t want…
Homage to another Savant: Deputy Channabasappa
July 25, 2020By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore Some of the readers of Star of Mysore, while appreciating and admiring my write-up on Aloor Venkatarao have asked me why I have omitted stalwarts like Deputy Channabasappa, Muduveedu Krishnarao and others. Actually I had these savants in mind…
Nostalgically Speaking — 1: Remembering Dr. K.B. Subbaiah
July 25, 2020Sir, Apropos your Nostalgically Speaking-1 item on 19.7.2020 about your brother Dr. Subbaiah. Dr. K.B. Subbaiah was the doctor I used to visit at Mission Hospital for a few years. He was a very soft-spoken person, a keen listener to the problem of his patient and a person of few words uttered in sweet slow…
Nostalgically Speaking — 1: Remembering Dr. K.B. Subbaiah
July 25, 2020Sir, Late Dr. K.B. Subbaiah needs no introduction in Mysuru city. He was a leading eminent Physician and very good Cardiologist. He was a very noble man generous to a fault. A Godfather to poor people, he had saved many lives. He used to distribute free samples of medicine given by the medical representatives to…
Nostalgically Speaking — 1: Remembering Dr. K.B. Subbaiah
July 25, 2020Sir, I browsed through your nostalgic write-up (Abracadabra dated 19.7.2020) about your brother Dr. K.B. Subbaiah, who happened to be our neighbour. I never had the opportunity to meet him personally, though, because I was working at that time as a lecturer in Mangalore University. However, I got to know quite a bit about your…
Hemchand Jain
July 25, 2020Hemchand Jain (86), Owner of Aslaji Hemchand Jain & Sons Metalware Shop and Arunoday Appliances and a Trustee of Asha Kirana Charitable Trust, Mysuru, passed away yesterday at 11 am at his Siddarthanagar residence in city. He is survived by his two sons and in-laws — Vasanth Jain, Padma Vasanth Jain and Suresh Kumar Jain,…
GTTC Training
July 25, 2020The Government Tool Room and Training Centre (GTTC), Mysuru, will be conducting free skill development programme for unemployed poor candidates belonging to SC/ST community and have passed SSLC, Diploma and ITI. They will be provided training in CNC programming, CAD, CAM, tool room machinist among others. Interested candidates are requested to visit www.kaushalkar.com and apply…
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