Mysore/Mysuru: The Pragatipara Dalit Okkoota has threatened to boycott Lok Sabha polls if parties and candidates do not assure of addressing issues such as land, housing and unemployment concerning Dalits and fulfillment of other just demands. Addressing a press meet here recently, Okkoota District President M. Shivanna Kandegala said that influential land owners should distribute…
MCCI and ASSOCHAM to host B2B Meetings with Sharjah delegation on Apr. 15 and 16
April 13, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) and The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) will be hosting B2B meetings with a high-level delegation from Sharjah Airport International Free (SAIF) Zone, UAE on Apr. 15 and 16 at Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel in city. Under the theme ‘Expanding Your Business…
Flute concerts at Bamboo Melody Ragas Annual Day
April 13, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The Annual Day celebration of Bamboo Melody Ragas Music School, presented by Studio Swaramadhura under the guidance of renowned flautist Guru Vidwan Rakesh Sudhir, will be held on Apr. 14 at Kalpa Kshetra Auditorium, 1st Phase, Vijayanagar Third Stage in city. Commencing at 5 pm, the event’s highlight is a flute concert featuring performances…
Nominated to Intl. Naturopathy Organisation
April 13, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Renowned Yoga Guru Dr. K. Raghavendra Pai, Secretary of Sri Vedavyasa Yoga Pratisthana, Mysuru, has been nominated as an Advisory Board Member for the International Naturopathy Organisation (INO) based in New Delhi. The INO, with branches and activities spanning across 12 countries, 32 States and Union Territories of India, has entrusted Dr. Pai with…
Constable on duty dies of heart attack
April 13, 2024Virajpet: A Police constable attached to Virajpet DySP office, died of heart attack while on duty yesterday. Anand Dollin (35), a native of Sangolli village in Gokak taluk of Belgavi district is the deceased cop. Dollin complained of chest pain while on duty at DySP office at about 6.30 am on Friday, following which he…
The Name Game
April 13, 2024Early this morning I was to meet the popular TV journalist Rajdeep Sardesai for a breakfast interview regarding the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Mysuru-Kodagu region. We agreed to meet at the now ‘must stop-over’ breakfast place for outsiders — Mylari Hotel in Nazarbad. I arrived first and settled into what I believed to be…
End of E-Bonds: What next? | State Political Funding: A Democratic Alternative-1
April 13, 2024By Prof. M. Umapathy, Retd. Professor and Head, Department of Political Science, University of Mysore The tragic story of ‘Electoral-Bonds’ (2017-2024) is a remarkable development in the growth of India’s Democracy. None other than the Supreme Court of India, in its judgment on 15th February 2024, declared it as “Unconstitutional” and ended it. E-Bonds, which…
A well-maintained Memorial of Mysore Royal in Kolkata
April 13, 2024Sir, This refers to the column “Over A Cup of Evening Tea” by Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem in Star of Mysore dated Mar.17. In the article titled “The glorious past of a present-day landmark,” the doctor says, “The reigning king is said to have succumbed to an attack of Diphtheria while on a visit to…
Nypunya’s Besige Bandi begins
April 13, 2024‘Besige Bandi’, the annual summer camp of Nypunya School of Excellence, was inaugurated at Ramakrishnanagar in city yesterday in the presence of School Chairman R. Raghu and Academic Dean Vijaya Iyer. The programme began with bullock cart rides from Ramakrishnanagar Circle to Niveditha Park at Sharadadevinagar along with folk and cultural troupes.
MYCAS students win trophy in Management Fests
April 13, 2024The B.Com (FM), B.Com, BBA and BCA students of Mysore Institute of Commerce and Arts (MYCAS) have won overall championships in multiple Management Fests — Cauvery College’s CREO Fest, Sapient College’s Sapientia‘24 Fest, SDM & MMK College’s Prabhigyan Fest and Sheshadripuram College’s Shreshta Fest. The winning teams included Bhavesh, Sharanya Rao, Pratiksha, Eshaan, Prathima Suresh,…
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