Mysore/Mysuru: The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Nehru Yuva Kendra, Mysuru, had organised a Bahubhasha Kavi Goshti (Multilingual Poets Meet) in association with Kannada and Culture Department at Youth Hostel auditorium in Saraswathipuram recently. Multilingual poets were invited to exhibit their poetical expressions and to exchange views, opinions about the unity of Indian culture…
Ganigas demand formation of Development Corporation
December 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that Ganiga community is a Backward Class community, the District Ganiga Association has urged the Government to form a Development Corporation for the community on the lines of other castes. Addressing a press meet here on Wednesday, Association President N.C. Umesh said that Ganigas are a Backward Micro-Community, lagging behind economically, socially and…
Sale of spoilt and worm infested dates
December 5, 2020MCC Officials raid shop on D.D. Urs Road Mysore/Mysuru: Following complaints, a team of MCC Officials raided a shop selling dates and dry fruits on D. Devaraj Urs Road on charges of selling spoiled and worm-infested dates and have seized the date packets from the shop on Thursday. The team led by MCC Health Observer…
Water plus certification: MCC invites public opinion
December 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: For getting the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) water plus certification this year, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has sought public objections and comments. Public can send in their objections and opinions by 15 days, says a press release from the Civic Body. A city or a Ward can be declared as water plus provided…
At Kanakadasa Jayanthi event: Opposition Leader Siddharamaiah calls everyone to become Vishwamanava
December 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Opposition Leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah said that everyone should become a Vishwamanava by imbibing the values propagated by Buddha, Basava, Kanakadasa, Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Ambedkar and such other great preachers. He was speaking at Kanakadasa Jayanthi and ‘Kanakashri’ award conferment programme organised jointly by Karnataka Rajya Hindulida Vargagala Jagruta Vedike and Karnataka…
Listen to Radio Serial on Artist K.K. Hebbar till Dec.25
December 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: K.K. Hebbar Art Foundation has produced a radio serial titled “Kala Tapaswi K.K. Hebbar”. The serial can be heard from 02:02 pm to 02:07 pm on FM Rainbow 101.3Mhz and All India Radio every day from Dec.1 till Dec.25. Episodes are interviews with people who came in close contact with Hebbar and observed his…
Webinar on Workplace Safety and Health tomorrow
December 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Centre for Workplace Safety and Health at National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysuru, will beholding a ‘National Forum on Workplace Safety and Health’, to celebrate its first anniversary, from 9 am to 11.15 am on Sunday (Dec. 6). The event will be broadcast as a webinar. Padma Vibhushan N.R. Narayana Murthy of Infosys…
Demand to repeal Farm Bills: Farmers call Bharat Bandh on Dec. 8
December 5, 2020New Delhi: Farmer Unions, which are opposed to the Centre’s Farm Bills, have called for a Bharat Bandh on Dec. 8 to press the Government for repealing the Bills, which they said were detrimental to the interests of the farmers. The decision on Bharat Bandh was taken on Friday at a meeting of Unions from…
2nd, 4th sem degree students passed without exams
December 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Following a Government direction, the University of Mysore (UoM) has promoted students of Second and Fourth Semesters to the next Semester, through an intermediate result, even though no exams were held in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. UoM Registrar Prof. K.M. Mahadevan told Star of Mysore that as per the UGC guidelines in the…
Celebrities & Vaccines
December 5, 2020The Covid vaccines are finally here. Surprisingly, they didn’t evoke much jubilation. That’s because may be we have been emboldened by our recovery rates. So emboldened that some of us are wondering if we need this vaccine at all ! Of course, some others are just wary of vaccines, period. Every Government since the invention…
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