Mysore/Mysuru: City-based Samarpana Educational and Endowment Charitable Trust celebrated the 116th birth anniversary of well-known writer Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar here recently. Dr. K. Anantharamu, Retired Kannada Professor of Mysore University Maharaja Evening College and writer, inaugurated the programme by offering floral tributes to the portrait of Gorur. Speaking on the occasion, he said that Gorur…
SDM Institute gets Business School Impact System Certification
July 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: SDM Institute for Management Development (SDM-IMD), Mysuru, is the first institute in Southern India and second in the country to secure Business School Impact System (BSIS) Certification from European Federation for Management Development (EFMD). The expert team from BSIS headed by Dr. Michael Kalika examined the impact made by the Institute on the education,…
COVID-19 effect in Bengaluru: Lalbagh Flower Show cancelled
July 6, 2020Bengaluru: With the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continuing to cause havoc across the globe, the Government has decided to cancel the Independence Day Flower Show at Bengaluru’s Lalbagh next month. Even as COVID-19 positive cases continue to rise alarmingly in Bengaluru, the Horticulture Department which organises the popular Lalbagh Flower Show for about a week…
Artistes’ welfare during pandemic
July 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Ganabharathi has been a familiar landmark in the cultural landscape of Mysuru for the last four decades. It was registered as a cultural institution in the year 1978 for the promotion of “Fine Arts and other Performing Arts”. It has a strength of 850 Life Members on its roster now. A music and dance…
Government Quarters premises near Jaladarshini Guest House cleaned
July 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Government Quarters near Jaladarshini Guest House, which was filled with parthenium and other weeds making it a haven for reptiles and insects, has been cleaned and the place made tidy. The place comes under Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Ward No. 23 and Corporator Pramila Bharat, on Friday, got the place cleaned using an…
DSS members stage protest
July 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Around 70 members of Mysuru District Unit Karnataka Dalita Sangharsha Samithi (KDSS) held a protest in front of Deputy Commissioner’s Office here this morning, urging the State Government to fulfil their demands. The protestors demanded the Government to regularise jobs of pourakarmikas who are working in Gram Panchayat limits; to build residential plots for…
Savita Samaja appeals salon owners to shut shops in Containment Zones
July 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As COVID-19 positive cases continue to rise in the district, the Mysuru District Savita Samaja has appealed salon owners to voluntarily shut shops in infected areas (Containment Zones) for 15 to 30 days. Samaja District President N.R. Nagesh told Star of Mysore that there are 1,000 salons in city and about 12,000 in the…
What is Involved in Applying to Medical School?
July 6, 2020If you have considered attending medical school, you may have wondered exactly what is required to be accepted, and what attending was like. While you probably understand admittance is competitive, you may wonder if there are things you can do to increase your odds of acceptance. Once admitted, will you be able to keep up…
Cardiologist Dr. C.N. Manjunath: A visionary and a role-model of an Indian — 1
July 6, 2020A month ago, one of my friends sent me a WhatsApp video and urged me to watch the video till the end. It was a speech delivered by Dr. C.N. Manjunath, whom I knew as the Director of Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, popularly known as Jayadeva Heart Hospital, a government-owned autonomous…
Be cautious while booking Aadhaar appointments at Cyber Centres
July 6, 2020Sir, The Aadhaar Seva Kendras (ASKs) in Vijayanagar and Saraswathipuram have recently re-opened after the lockdown was relaxed in Mysuru. The ASK had announced that only applicants with online appointments will be accepted. So there is a rush to get appointments from the Cyber Centres. It has been observed that some Cyber Centres are allegedly…
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