Mysuru: The two-day 10th Mysuru Literature Festival, organised by the Mysuru Literary Forum Charitable Trust and the Mysuru Book Clubs Charitable Trust at Hotel Southern Star, concluded yesterday with a series of engaging panel discussions in Kannada and English, book releases and cultural programmes. The festival featured discussions on a wide range of subjects, including art, culture,…
Mysuru: Wildlife conservationist Dr. Sanjay Gubbi has cautioned that the rich landscapes and biodiversity showcased in his documentary ‘Cauvery: River of Life’ could become history if the proposed Mekedatu Balancing Reservoir project is implemented. Speaking after the screening of the documentary at the Mysuru Literature Festival (MLF) on Saturday, Dr. Gubbi said that the film took four years to complete as his team documented…
Mysuru: Women are demonstrating their capabilities across professions and steadily rising to leadership roles in the digital era, opined senior women journalists at a panel discussion held on the second and concluding day of the Mysuru Literature Festival last evening. Participating in a session titled ‘Women’s Perspective in a Changing Media: Relevance and Necessity,’ veteran journalist and television…
Mysuru: The Mysuru Sahitya Mattu Samskrutkika Pratishtana has announced awards for nine achievers from different fields for the year 2026. The awardees are: Dr. Yallappa Kekepura (Karunada Sahitya Ratna award), Dr. Nagesh N. Patil (Karunada Vaidya Ratna), C.R. Meghashri Suresh (Gana Saraswathi), Dr. H.T. Shylaja (Sahitya Ratna), Dr. S. Sudha Ramesh (Sahitya Sindhu), M.R. Anand (Sahitya Shree), B. Balakrishnaiah (Vidya Varidhi),…
Mysuru: Expressing concern that illegal migrants from neighbouring countries may have settled down in the city and outskirts, members of Akhila Bharat Hindu Mahasabha staged a demonstration at Gandhi Square in city recently, demanding the authorities to carry out an intensive verification drive of illegal migrants. Addressing the protestors, Mahasabha State President Manoj Halangal said that as Mysuru is the cultural capital of the…
Mysuru: City’s senior advocate S. Arunkumar has urged the University of Mysore (UoM) to implement inner reservation quota while granting Ph.D Fellowship to research students. Speaking to Star of Mysore after holding a discussion and presenting a memorandum to UoM Vice-Chancellor Prof. N.K. Loknath at Crawford Hall here recently, Arunkumar said that the UoM has been appealed to grant Fellowship based on inner reservation quota. Stating that the UoM should strictly follow inner…
Mysuru: Demanding the State Government to release student scholarship, the activists of Dalit Sangharsha Samiti (DSS) took out a protest rally from Town Hall to Crawford Hall, the administrative office of University of Mysore in the city recently. The protest rally was launched by garlanding the statue of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar at the Town Hall premises. The agitators have been staging a sit-in…
IMD forecasts heavy rain across Karnataka from July 8 for five days Mysuru: Continuous rainfall in Kerala’s Wayanad district over the past two days has led to an increase in the inflow into the Kabini Reservoir in H.D. Kote taluk of Mysuru district. The Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Reservoir at Srirangapatna in Mandya district has also recorded a marginal rise in inflow following increased rainfall in Kodagu district….
Shifted to Bannerghatta Rehabilitation Centre Mysuru: Forest Department staff on Saturday night have captured a tigress and her five cubs, which were being spotted frequently at Mullur, Bennegere villages and surrounding places in Saragur taluk and have shifted the animals to Bannerghatta Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre in Bengaluru. On Saturday at about 8.30 pm, the Forest staff, who observed the movements of the tigress and her cubs using…
T.M. Krishna speaks during Mysuru Literature Festival Karnatak vocalist, writer, activist, author and Ramon Magsaysay Awardee T.M. Krishna (Thodur Madabusi Krishna) was in the city recently to participate in a panel discussion on his latest book, ‘We, the People of India: Decoding a Nation’s Symbols,’ as part of the 10th edition of the Mysuru Literature Festival (MLF)-2026, organised by Mysuru Literary Forum Charitable…
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