Mysuru: An unidentified elderly man, who had sustained injuries in an accident at K.R. Nagar Railway Station on Apr. 28 and admitted to K.R. Hospital in Mysuru for further treatment, has succumbed to injuries at the hospital. The deceased is aged between 70 and 75 years, 5.6 ft. tall, dark complexioned, normal built, oval faced,…
Mysuru: City’s 5th Additional District and Sessions Court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of murdering his pregnant wife and being responsible for the death of the baby in womb. The man who was sentenced to life is Manju, a resident of Nanjangud while his deceased wife is Shobha….
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Walking into my office every morning feels like stepping into a time machine — one that malfunctions frequently, swinging me from one era to another without warning. On one side, my peers in their sixties nod sagely, discussing “policy frameworks” over their morning tea, while on the other, the younger crowd…
By Ravi Joshi, Former Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat As the State celebrates ‘Basava Jayanti’ today, it is indeed apt to recall one of the most revolutionary ideas of Basavanna — the ‘Anubhava Mantapa’ and its significance to the modern world. In the mid-12th century when Basavanna led the revolt against Brahminical Orthodoxy, he did it…
On the third day of the music series of Bhagini Sangeethotsava, a vocal duet by the duo Lakshmi Nagaraj and Indu Nagaraj, popularly known as Chilkunda Sisters, was arranged but due to reasons unknown, Indu Nagaraj did not show up and Lakshmi had to manage the show all by herself and she did it with…
Sir, With reference to the news item titled ‘Escalators at City Railway Station fail passengers daily’ and a reader’s letter in this column — ‘Neglect of accessibility facilities at Mysuru Railway Station’ — published in Star of Mysore dated Apr. 28 and Apr. 29, we wish to clarify that the reports do not accurately reflect…
Dr. Vijayalakshmi Muralidhar (centre), Hon. Secretary, Mahajana Education Society, Mysuru, is seen releasing the book titled ‘Text Book of Industrial Microbiology’ written by Dr. Renu Agrawal (second from left), former Chief Scientist, Rural Development Co-ordinator, Project Advisor, CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru, at a function organised by School of Life Sciences, Department of Studies in Microbiology of Pooja…
Sanskrit Scholar Dr. H.V. Nagaraja Rao (third from left) is seen releasing the books ‘Soundarya Lahari’ and ‘Manthana,’ authored by Suma Sheshachalan, at a programme held at Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha on JLB Road in city recently. Mulakanadu Sabha President K.N. Gurumurthy, retd. Professor of SJCE C.R. Nataraj, retd. Sanskrit Professor Dr. K.L. Prasannakshi and…
Union Ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw, V. Somanna, Kiren Rijiju, Pralhad Joshi, Shobha Karandlaje and BJP MP Tejasvi Surya, among others, paid floral tribute to Basaveshwara at the Parliament House Complex in New Delhi on the occasion of Basava Jayanti this morning. Speaking to the media, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said that on the occasion of…
Film director B. Siddegowda GBS, writer-theatre artiste Katte M.S. Krishnaswamy, theatre directors S.D. Dayananda & V. Udaykumar and theatre artiste H.C. Mahesh Kumar, were conferred with State-level Dr. Raj Ranga Ratna Award at a programme organised by Dr. Rajkumar Ranga Parishat, Mysuru, at Namana Kala Mantapa in Krishnamurthypuram on Apr. 26. They are seen with…
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