Mysore/Mysuru: Forest Department personnel have cracked the case of a tiger death, the carcass of which was found at Mallaiahna Katte lake at Chowdahalli village in the fringes of Bandipur Forest on Feb. 7, by arresting a person on the charge of causing the death of the big cat. Rechappa, son of Shivabasappa, Kebbepura, is…
Synchronised Vulture Census begins at Karnataka, Kerala and TN forests
February 25, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Wildlife Conservation Foundation, a NGO and Karnataka Forest Department have jointly embarked on saving vultures facing extinction, by launching a two-day (Feb. 25 and Feb. 26) Synchronised Vulture Census-2023, this morning at Bandipur Tiger Reserve, by involving 110 personnel including 70 Forest personnel. The census has been taken up simultaneously at Bandipur Tiger Reserve,…
Three-day Fusion Music Festival begins
February 25, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The three-day Fusion Music Festival organised by Mysore Music Association in commemoration of its Founder, Sister John de Britto, began at Jaganmohan Palace auditorium here last evening. The festival was inaugurated by Star of Mysore and Mysuru Mithra Founder-Editor K.B. Ganapathy by lighting the traditional lamp. Speaking on the occasion, Ganapathy said that Sister…
Ahead of polls, Minister promises Rs. 5 crore for Kodava ‘Ain Mane’
February 25, 2023Virajpet: When Karnataka is on the cusp of Assembly polls, Social Welfare Department and Backward Classes Minister Kota Srinivasa Poojari has stated that Rs. 5 crore will be released for the development of ‘Ain Mane’ (ancestral houses) in Kodagu and also, Rs.25 lakh will be released for the genealogical study of 18 Kodava language natives….
Unveiling of ‘Swami and Friends’ statues in Yadavagiri tomorrow
February 25, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Yadavagiri Residents Association has organised a programme to unveil the statues of ‘Swami and Friends’, the fictional characters in R.K. Narayan’s famous novel Malgudi Days, installed at Joy Ice Cream Factory Circle in Yadavagiri at 5 pm tomorrow (Feb. 26). MP Pratap Simha, MLA L. Nagendra, Mayor Shivakumar, MCC Commissioner G. Lakshmikantha Reddy, Corporator…
Upper castes too should raise their voice against caste system: Writer
February 25, 2023Kendra Sahitya Academy awardee Dr. Moodnakudu Chinnaswamy feted Mysore/Mysuru: Observing that caste system is not the bane of only Dalits, noted writer Prof. O.L. Nagabhushanaswamy said that upper castes too should join hands in the eradication of this discriminatory system. He was speaking at Kendra Sahitya Academy awardee Dr. Moodnakudu Chinnaswamy’s Sahityagoshti and felicitation programme…
Award conferment tomorrow
February 25, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The city’s Sharanu Vishwavachana Foundation will confer ‘Veeranishte Sharana Madiwala Machideva’ Award on two Ex-servicemen for their achievements at a programme to take place at Sharanu Kuteera in Railway Colony, Sharadadevinagar, Bogadi, at 11 am tomorrow (Feb. 26). While martyred soldier P.N. Mahesh of H.D. Kote, who lost his life in Siachen glacier, Jammu…
Varsity Sociology Department Alumni get-together on Feb. 26
February 25, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The Alumni Association of Manasagangothri Post-graduate Sociology Department, University of Mysore (UoM), has organised a get-together of alumni at Maharaja’s College Centenary Hall here tomorrow (Feb. 26). Announcing this at a press meet here yesterday, Association President H.M. Vasanthamma said that UoM Acting Vice-Chancellor Prof. Muzaffar Assadi will inaugurate the programme at 10.30 am…
Sevalal Jayanti on Sunday
February 25, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Santa Sevalal Jayanti will be celebrated at a programme jointly organised by the District Administration and Kannada and Culture Department at Kalamandira on Hunsur Road in city at 11 am on Feb. 26 (Sunday). Addressing a press meet at Patrakartara Bhavan here recently, Banjara Seva Sangha President M. Sundar said that Santa Sevalal was…
Online fraud: Miscreant cheats house owner of Rs. 2.40 lakh in the guise of Army man
February 25, 2023Engineer loses Rs. 1,19,960 to fraudster Mysore/Mysuru: A miscreant, in the guise of Army personnel, has cheated a house owner of Rs. 2.40 lakh online on the pretext of giving him advance for the house. The house owner is H.S. Chandan, a Software Engineer and a resident of Hebbal 2nd Stage in city. Chandan had…
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