Mysuru: Demanding implementation of the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, rural Postal employees, under the banner of All India Gramin Dak Sevaks Union (AIGDSU), will stage an indefinite stir from May 22. Accusing the Central Government of ignoring the just demands of Dak Sevaks who toil hard covering nearly 15 villages a day travelling…
Mango Mela: Horticulture Department to talk with growers on May 23
May 20, 2018Mysuru: The Horticulture Department which has proposed to hold a mega ‘Mango Mela’ soon in city, will hold talks with mango growers on May 23. Speaking to Star of Mysore, Senior Assistant Director of Horticulture Dinesh Kumar said the Mango mela is being held for several years now. But this year, the mela could not…
Rotary-Yashaswi Pratibha Puraskar
May 20, 2018Mysuru: “Marks alone should not be the yardstick in the life of a student,” opined Dr. Nilagiri M. Talwar, Director, Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies (KIKS). He was speaking after presenting Rotary-Yashaswi Pratibha Puraskar to over 12 meritorious students who had excelled in the SSLC and PUC examinations at a function organised jointly by Rotary…
Campus Placements at JSS Science and Technology University
May 20, 2018Three students offered Rs. 26 lakh package Mysuru: Annual campus placements are significantly rising year by year at JSS Science and Technology University (SJCE). This year, companies visited the campus in full strength offering higher pay packages for the selected students. The highest pay package offered this year is Rs. 26 lakh per annum…
City Professor at Spain Meet
May 20, 2018Mysuru: Dr. V. Niveditha, Principal and Head, Department of Communication and Journalism, St. Joseph’s First Grade College, Jayalakshmipuram, was invited to participate in the 13th Annual Global Communication Association Conference in association with University Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain, from May 16 to 19. She presented her research paper titled ‘A study on News Consumption…
Community Living Camp for Vidya Vikas B.Ed students
May 20, 2018Mysuru: Dr. N. N. Prahallada, former Associate Professor of Education, RIE, Mysore, called upon teacher trainees at Secondary School Level (B.Ed.) to be more responsible in discharging their duties as responsible citizens and to make students participate in all the school activities. He was speaking after inaugurating a three-day Community Living Camp (CLC) of Vidya…
Karnataka CM B.S. Yeddyurappa steps down without facing trust vote
May 19, 2018Bengaluru: The 3-day old B.S. Yeddyurappa government in Karnataka collapsed today, with the chief minister announcing his decision to resign without facing a trust vote. The Supreme Court had yesterday ordered a floor test in the Karnataka Assembly at 4 PM today, drastically slashing the 15-day window given by Governor Vajubhai Vala to BJP Chief…
Test at 4 pm
May 19, 2018Bengaluru: The stage is set for the keenly-awaited trial of strength in Karnataka Assembly today at 4 pm wherein the BJP government of B.S. Yeddyurappa will have to pass the floor test even as on the face value, the saffron party camp is still short of seven MLAs. The floor test and one-day special session…
Plus 112, minus 112; It’s all about number game!
May 19, 2018Mysuru: “Poaching” and “horse-trading” are two terms that have haunted Congress and JD(S) ever since the results came out for the Karnataka Assembly election. Both the parties have been busy in the past three days moving its Legislators from resort to resort in order to keep them out of BJP’s reach. “MLA shopping”, “resort politics”,…
Live streaming of Trust Vote
May 19, 2018SC allows BJP’s K.G. Bopaiah to continue as Pro-tem Speaker New Delhi: Live- streaming of the Karnataka floor test is the best way to ensure transparent proceedings, the Supreme Court (SC) said this morning, rejecting a Congress petition to remove BJP’s K.G. Bopaiah as interim Speaker (Pro-tem Speaker) for Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa’s trust vote…
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