Mysore/Mysuru: A five-day online Training-cum-Workshop on Testing and Evaluation for Assistant Professors, Lecturers, Teachers and Research Scholars from all over India, was held at National Testing Service-India (NTS-I) of Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru, recently. Prof. P.R. Dharmesh Fernandez, Professor-cum-Deputy Director, inaugurated the programme and briefed the participants about the activities of CIIL…
Education Task force formed at Gram Panchayat level
September 13, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to cover all rural students and school dropouts under the New Education Policy (NEP) and to bring them to the mainstream society, the Department of Primary and Secondary Education, in association with Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department (RDPR), has come forward to constitute a Gram Panchayat Education Task Force, comprising…
World Folk-Day celebrated
September 13, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Marking World Folk-Day, Kannada Janapada Parishat had organised a function at Institute of Engineers here yesterday. On the occasion, folk singers Amma Ramachandra, Pannaga Vijayakumar, Mariswamy, Manusri, P. Somashekar, Sumanth Vasishta and others rendered popular folk songs including Sojugada Suju Mallige, Bhagyada Balegara and Tingalu Molagidavu among others. Later, Sobane Pada singer Sannamma, Tatwapada…
Woman goes missing
September 13, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In the continuous spate of people going missing, a 29-year old married woman has gone missing from the city since July 6. Gowri, wife of one Nanjunda of Manasinagar in Sathagalli B-Zone, who left the house on the morning of July 6, has not returned since then, according to a complaint lodged by her…
Man commits suicide in city
September 13, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A 35-year-old man, who was said to be mentally depressed, committed suicide by hanging self at his residence in Devaraja Mohalla on Thursday. The deceased is Santosh, a financier at Devaraja Mohalla. Santosh was said to be mentally depressed since a few days and took the extreme step in the early hours on Thursday,…
Webinars to mark Engineers’ Day
September 13, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Department of Mechanical Engineering of Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering (VVCE) has organised a Webinar on ‘Importance of an Engineer for a Nation’ on Sept. 15 at 3 pm through an online platform. The resource person is D. Sudhanva, Managing Director, Excelsoft Technologies Private Limited, Mysuru. Profile D. Sudhanva established Excelsoft as a technology…
Nostalgically Speaking — 9: S.G. Sanath Kumar, Head Master of Hardwicke High School
September 13, 2020It was a time Star of Mysore was catching the imagination of its readers and its circulation was gradually soaring. With my wife and child in Kodagu, I was finding life here difficult so also my lecturer wife-mother. None of my politician-friends was of any help. It was then my brother, Dr. K.B. Subbaiah, suggested…
Reviving Traditional Oil Press
September 13, 2020Sir, This refers to the valuable article on traditional oil press (SOM dated Sept. 6) and kudos to M. Kamlesh who is trying to rejuvenate a cottage industry which is almost dead. It is all the more impressive that having an M.Tech degree in his hand he decided to get into a traditional craft. The…
Naomi Osaka wins Women’s Singles Title
September 13, 2020New York: Japan’s Naomi Osaka came from a set down to beat Victoria Azarenka of Belarus to win the US Open on Saturday and clinch her third Grand Slam title. Osaka, the fourth seed, overcame her unseeded opponent 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 in 1-hour-53-minute inside a near-empty Arthur Ashe Stadium at Flushing Meadows. It brought 22-year-old…
New team for Rotaract Ivory City
September 13, 2020The installation of the new team of Rotaract Ivory City Mysuru was held recently at Sri Narayana Murthy Foundation in Hebbal. Rtr. M.S. Nandeesha and his team members were installed by Rtn. PHF K.R. Rajiv. Seen are (sitting from left – middle row) Rtr. M.S. Abhijith – DRR, RID 3181, Rtn. PHF. K.R. Rajiv –…
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