Mysuru: In an attempt to ease travel in Mysuru during Dasara festivities, the Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) launched Open Top Bus Tour and Hop-on Hop-off bus for Dasara yesterday morning. KSTDC MD Kumar Pushkar launched the services at Hotel Mayura Hoysala on JLB road in the absence of elected representatives. Speaking after launching…
Mysuru: To get over the ongoing stir of contract Pourakarmikas and to augment the permanent civic workers, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has deployed sweeping machines to clean prominent roads in city with time ticking away for the inauguration of Dasara. Briefing Star of Mysore, MCC Commissioner K.H. Jagadeesha said that the sweeping machines were inevitable…
Mysuru: Following the news item titled “Deadly Hospital Bill: Youth ends life unable to pay Rs. 2 lakh – Hospitalised father too passes away” published in SOM dated Sept. 27, the District Health and Family Welfare Department has issued a clarification regarding the matter. In a press release, the DHO said that 55-year-old Hirannaiah of…
Bengaluru: The State government is contemplating to declare third Saturday a holiday for its employees instead of the usual second Saturday this month. However, this arrangement will be only for the month of October. Holidays for Ayudha Puja and Vijayadashami are falling on Oct. 18 and 19 respectively and Oct. 21 is a Sunday. It…
Mysuru: ‘Dasara Yuva Sambhrama’ concluded last evening at the Open Air Theatre in Manasagangothri here with students of various colleges presenting theme-based dances and to top it all was comedy presentation provided by the cute little Achintya of Drama Juniors fame. Students of Seva Bharathi FGC, Chamarajanagar presented a dance to the songs Kannada Nadina…
#IFCON mobile App, website launched Mysuru: The 8th International Food Convention #IFCON will be hosted by Association of Food Scientists & Technologists India (AFST-I) in association with CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR-CFTRI) and DRDO-Defence Food Research Laboratory (DRDO-DFRL), Mysuru from Dec.12 to 15 with the theme “Holistic Approaches, for Start-Ups, Human Resource Training for…
Mysuru: “I have good relationship with the Congress. I have no hatred towards that party but have a ‘Love Affair,’ said Primary and Secondary Education Minister N. Mahesh. He was speaking after inaugurating the Convention titled ‘Aaneya Nadige Parliament Kadege (Elephant’s walk towards Parliament)’ organised by Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) at Bandanthamma Kalamma Kalyana Mantap…
Mysuru: The Directorate of Distance Education (DDE) of the University Grants Commission (UGC) has accorded recognition to the University of Mysore (UoM) to offer 17 programmes under Open Distance Learning (ODL) mode for the academic year 2018-19. The UGC has directed the Varsity to complete the admission process before Oct. 20. The University had applied…
Mysuru: Marking Dejagow birth centenary celebrations, Karnataka Sahitya Academy and Karnataka Janapada Parishat, Mysuru unit together had organised a function at Rani Bahadur auditorium in Manasagangothri here recently. Inaugurating the programme after offering floral tributes to a portrait of Dejagow (D. Javare Gowda), senior Writer Dr. Kamala Hampana hailed Dejagow as a great educationalist and…
Mysuru: Nele Hinnele, Janamana Samskrutika Sanghatane and Sawanna Prakashana together had organised a function at the Humanities Block auditorium in Manasangangothri here last evening for the release of the book ‘Avaravara Bhavakke’ written by actor Prakash Rai which is a compilation of his own columns. Critic O.L. Nagabhushana Swamy handed over a copy of the…
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