Mysore/Mysuru: The city’s renowned Danseuse and Natyarani Shantala awardee Dr. Vasundhara Doraswamy will be conferred ‘Kadalishri’ Award at a programme organised jointly by Kadali Mahila Vedike and Akhila Bharatha Sharana Sahitya Parishat at Navajyothi auditorium of JSS College in Saraswathipuram at 10.30 am tomorrow (Apr. 18), marking the anniversary of the Vedike. Suttur Mutt Seer…
Sacked Music Varsity employees threaten to launch hunger strike
April 17, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Urging for continuation of service and release of their salary dues, sacked contract employees of the city’s KSGH Music and Performing Arts University, who are on an indefinite stir in front of the University campus on JLB road in Lakshmipuram for the past 53 days, have now threatened to launch a hunger strike if…
Stray dogs attack sheep on city outskirts
April 17, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the authorities are making efforts to end street dog menace in the city, the attack on sheep by street dogs is on the rise at Huyilalu village in the outskirts of the city. Gram Panchayat member Ramesh told Star of Mysore that dog attacks on sheep is on the rise in the…
Two persons go missing
April 17, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: H. Shreyas Kumar, a 23-year-old youth and a final year Post-Graduate student of a city college, has gone missing for the past 10 days. Shreyas Kumar, who left his house at Gokulam 2nd Stage on the morning of Apr.6 saying that he was going to Nagamalai, has not returned since then, according to a…
Statewide ‘Janata Jaladhare’: H.D. Deve Gowda launches campaign at Kabini, KRS
April 16, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the ruling BJP and the main Opposition Congress are engaged in a no-holds barred battle over corruption charges and misrule, the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) today launched ‘Janata Jaladhare’, the party’s own drinking water campaign, ahead of the 2023 Assembly polls. The Statewide ‘Janata Jaladhare’ was formally launched by JD(S) Supremo and former…
Lake of dead fish at Hebbal
April 16, 2022Pristine picnic spot turns smelly with rotting fish, industrial effluents Mysore/Mysuru: Barely two years after it was rejuvenated, Mysuru’s Hebbal Lake has shown signs of dying again. Thousands of dead fish washed ashore makes it clear that more pollutants than fresh water are discharged into the Lake again from the industries located around it. Dead…
Eshwarappa quits as Minister
April 16, 2022Bengaluru: After three days of uncertainty, RDPR Minister K.S. Eshwarappa, who is in the thick of the row over his role in the suicide of Belagavi- based contractor Santosh Patil, submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai here on Friday. Even as Eshwarappa submitted his resignation to the CM at the latter’s official residence,…
RDPR Department hurriedly transfers 29 PDOs of Mysuru District on a single day
April 16, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Just 48 hours before RDPR Minister K.S. Eshwarappa on Thursday said that he was going to resign over allegations of commission in sanctioning of tenders and bills made by a contractor who ended his life, the RDPR Department in a sudden move, transferred 29 PDOs (Panchayat Development Officers) of Mysuru District in one go…
Spiritual leader passes away
April 16, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Sri Atmanandeendra Saraswati Swamiji, renowned spiritual leader, breathed his last on Friday (Apr. 15) morning at his Ashram in Halagayyana Hundi on Bannur Road, situated 9 kms from Mysuru. The 98-year-old Seer had a peaceful end, according to sources from the Ashram. The Swamiji, a renowned scholar in Advaitha Philosophy propounded by Sri Shankaracharya,…
Late Gundappa Jois’ Srimad Ramayana in Kannada released
April 16, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The book Srimad Ramayana, written in chaste and easy to read colloquial Kannada prose by Gundappa Jois, is a welcome addition to a galaxy of Ramayana in Kannada. A scholar in Kannada, Hindi and Sanskrit, Gundappa Jois was very affectionate towards villagers of Arakalagudu, who flocked to him for advice on matters concerning agriculture,…















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