Mysuru: Vid. T.P. Vaidyanathan (85), renowned vocalist and a frontline artiste in the musical lineage of Mysore Vasudevacharya, passed away yesterday at Apollo BGS Hospital here after a brief illness. Born in 1934 to a family from Trissur that had just then migrated to Mysore, Vaidyanathan was attracted to music at a very early age…
Mysuru: A 20-year-old youth was killed in a hit-and-run accident that occurred in the wee hours of today. The victim has been identified as Mahendra, son of M. Nagaraja Murthy. Mahendra is a resident of Ukkalagere Village in T. Narasipur and was travelling daily from Bilugali village in Nanjangud. He worked as a loader at…
Mysuru: National Testing Service-India (NTS-I) of Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Manasagangothri, Mysuru, is organising a five-day Workshop-cum-Training Programme on Testing & Evaluation and Question Item Writing in Hindi for the Assistant Professors and School Level Teachers from South Indian States from Mar.11 to 15. Assistant Professors and School Teachers engaged in teaching Hindi…
New Delhi: India is waiting to welcome Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, the Indian Air Force pilot in Pakistan’s captivity, with bated breath. Latest reports from across the border say that Abhinandan has been handed over to Indian High Commission in Pakistan at Islamabad and he is expected to cross Wagah border after 3 pm. The…
With addition of Kushalnagar and Ponnampet, the hill district will now have five taluks Madikeri/ Mysuru: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy yesterday announced the formation of Kushalnagar and Ponnampet taluks in Kodagu following the Cabinet’s decision conceding the long-pending demand of the people of the hill district. The two new taluks carved out will be Cauvery…
New Delhi: A plea was filed in the Supreme Court yesterday, seeking stay of the Karnataka government’s order, issued “hurriedly” a day before, restoring cadre and pay scales of thousands of SC/ST employees who were demoted in terms of the top Court’s judgement in the B.K. Pavitra case. Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan and advocate Kumar…
Clarifies new Project Tiger Director Safari commences today Mysuru: Though the fire has destroyed a portion of Bandipur Forest, the entire forest is not burnt and no wildlife has been harmed, clarified new Bandipur Project Tiger Director T. Balachandra. Speaking to Star of Mysore, he said that as the fire mishap took place in the…
Mysuru: The second PUC exams (2018-19) began amidst tight Police security at 26 centres across the city this morning. A total of 34,685 students (16,875 boys and 17,810 girls) are appearing for the exam at 50 centres across the district (including 26 in the city). Outside the city, there are 24 centres, including three each…
Suttur: Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji and Adichunchanagiri Seer Sri Nirmalanandanatha Swamiji jointly inaugurated the two-day 34th Journalists’ State-level Conference in a novel way by signing their names on a plate and lighting the lamp. Sri Nirmalanandanatha Swamiji said that the role of media in today’s world has assumed great significance and it is…
Mysuru: Manthana, Mysuru (Intellectuals Forum), has organised a function on Mar.6 at Hotel Pai Vista in city to release the book “Facets of Terrorism in India” by Mysuru-based author R.N. Kulkarni, Retired Intelligence Bureau (IB) Officer, Government of India. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will release the book at 3 pm while Dr. Sudhendra Hanumanta Rao,…
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