Mysore/Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah will launch ‘A-HELP’ (Accredited Agent for Health and Extension of Livestock Production) or ‘Pashu Sakhi’ programme on Sept. 26 at Uttanahalli village. To coincide with the scheme launch, a new veterinary hospital has been established at Uttanahalli. Addressing a press conference at Jaladarshini Guest House in city this morning, Animal Husbandry…
‘Savarkar spoke Kannada, had close ties with Karnataka’
September 22, 2023Book ‘Karineera Veera’ by Rangayana Mysuru former Director Addanda C. Cariappa released Mysore/Mysuru: Writer Rohith Chakrathirtha has said that “Freedom fighter Veer Savarkar had close ties with Karnataka and was even speaking Kannada, with conducive atmosphere at home too. This should come to the notice of those who dub him as an ‘outsider’.” Rohith Chakrathirtha…
Walking through Mysuru, with Star of Mysore archives
September 22, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Newspapers, Narratives and Nostalgia is a series of curated walks around Mysuru city that have developed out of Star of Mysore’s archives in collaboration with the India Foundation for the Arts (IFA). Over the past year, Aishwarya, who is the project coordinator as well an archivist and museologist, has been flipping through dusty pages…
Speaker Khader moots Food Policy, day-long debate in Assembly
September 22, 2023Hotel Owners Credit Co-operative Society celebrates Silver Jubilee Mysore/Mysuru: Mooting the need for bringing a policy on maintaining the quality of food, Speaker of Legislative Assembly U.T. Khader is mulling over reserving a day for discussion on food safety, on the floor of the House. Speaker Khader was addressing the gathering of hoteliers after inaugurating…
Prof. N.K. Lokanath takes charge as UoM VC again after HC grants stay
September 22, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Soon after the Karnataka High Court stayed the Single Judge Bench order quashing his appointment as the Vice-Chancellor of University of Mysore (UoM) on Thursday, Prof. N.K. Lokanath assumed charge once again as the UoM VC yesterday. A Division Bench of the HC comprising Chief Justice Prasanna B. Varale and Justice Krishna S. Dikshith,…
KSOU B.Com question paper sale: Two students arrested
September 22, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Jayalakshmipuram Police have arrested two students who were found selling the question paper of a subject of final year B.Com exam of KSOU (Karnataka State Open University) in city. The arrested are Naveen and Muralidhar. Police are on the look out for those who originally leaked the question paper. One Chandru, a final year…
National Festival of Children’s Theatre – National Colloquium ‘Educational Theatre’: ‘Theatre kindles critical thinking among children’
September 22, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Education expert Umashanker Periodi has opined that critical thinking can be created among children through theatre. Umashanker shared his opinion during the first day of a two-day National Colloquium on ‘Educational Theatre’ organised by Indian Institute of Educational Theatre at a hotel in the city on Wednesday, as part of the Indian Theatre Foundation’s…
Raid on transport offices yields 252 kg banned plastics
September 22, 2023Rs. 10,000 fine collected by MCC team Mysore/Mysuru: MCC staff, led by Environmental Engineer Mythri, who raided two transport offices at Santhepet, have seized a total of 252 kg banned plastics and have collected Rs. 10,000 fines from the two offices. Despite the civic body creating awareness on the hazards of the banned plastic and…
Dasara folk artistes seek hike in remuneration
September 22, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Folk artistes who take part in Dasara procession have demanded a hike in remuneration from Rs. 1,500 to Rs. 5,000. Addressing a press meet here recently, Mysuru-Chamarajanagar-Mandya District Folk Artistes Association President L. Mahadevappa said that Rs. 1,500 being given currently for Dasara folk artistes is too less and as such, the authorities must…
Hassan College students stage protest, demand announcement of exam results
September 22, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Urging the University of Mysore authorities for announcement of first and second semester exam (2020-21) results of B.A. degree course and to correct errors in marks cards, students of Hassan Government First Grade College for Women, under the banner of AIDSO, staged a demonstration in front of Crawford Hall in Mysuru yesterday. Addressing the…















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