Artisans address raw material shortage, redefine tradition for modern markets Mysuru: Bamboo artisans were once predicted to have a bleak future, as more attractive alternatives made of plastic, porcelain, fibre, steel and aluminium offered stiff competition, making bamboo products seem old-fashioned. However, through sheer perseverance and skill, local artisans have overturned that prediction by infusing…
Students of Government First Grade College, Kuvempunagar, study amidst uncertainty Mysuru: Even as the academic year 2025-26 has begun, the long-awaited inauguration of the J.P. Nagar campus of the Government First Grade College (GFGC), Kuvempunagar, remains uncertain. The GFGC in Kuvempunagar, established in 1996 with a modest number of students, now has a strength of…
Mysuru: Though eight years have elapsed since the indoor stadium, exclusively meant for playing shuttle badminton, was built in Nivedithanagar in city, under Chief Minister’s Special Funds for the year 2017-18, there is no word yet on opening the facility for public use. As the stadium continues to remain unused, the unabated growth of weeds…
Joint re-survey of 6,000 acres ordered in Mysuru district Mysuru: In a bid to resolve ownership disputes and clarify land status, District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa has directed the Forest and Revenue Departments to conduct a joint re-survey of lands classified as deemed forests in Mysuru district. The aim is to verify whether these lands…
Mysuru: Lashing out at the State Congress Government for its move to order a fresh caste survey, former MP Prathap Simha said that it was a wasteful exercise as the Union Government is launching a country-wide caste and population census. Speaking to presspersons here this morning, Simha wondered what all had happened to the Kantharaj…
Mysuru: Barely days after miscreants chopped down a sandalwood tree inside the compound of a house at V.V. Mohalla and escaped with the trunk, similar incidents have been reported from Yadavagiri Sixth Main and Paramahamsa Road. Residents told Star of Mysore that Yadavagiri has a few fully grown sandalwood trees, which have now become easy…
Navo-Pramati School of Civil Services student ranks first in Karnataka Mysuru: S. Shreyas, a student of Navo-Pramati School of Civil Services of Navodaya Foundation, Mysuru, has secured All India Rank 5 and topped the Karnataka Cadre in the UPSC Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandants) Examination 2024. Son of H.S. Siddarame Gowda and Sujatha, residents…
Mysuru: Reacting to Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) levying an additional 36 paise per unit as Pension and Gratuity (P&G) contribution from April 2025 on consumers using more than 200 units or opting out of free power, Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) has termed the surcharge a violation of the spirit of power sector reforms. In…
Mysore: The 516th birth anniversary of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda will be celebrated in city and across the State on June 27. Two colourfully decorated publicity vehicles of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Jayanti celebrations were flagged off by Sri Somanatheshwara Swamiji of Adichunchanagiri Mutt, Mysuru Branch, at a function held at Bandanthamma Temple premises in Kuvempunagar here this morning….
Mysuru: Maintaining that most of our bureaucrats are honest, C.V. Gopinath, President of the city’s Anathalaya Trust, who is also a retired Additional Secretary to Government of India, said that the entire bureaucracy cannot be blamed for the follies of a few. He was speaking after presiding over Thathaiah memorial lecture series on the topic…
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