Mysuru: District Minister V. Somanna has maintained that K.R. MLA and former Minister S.A. Ramdas played a keyrole in the Centre’s decision to scrap the minimum educational requirement of a pass in eight standard for issuance of Driving License (DL). He was speaking after inaugurating the mass Driving License registration drive organised jointly by the…
Mysuru: Mysuru District Minister V. Somanna was the target of former Minister and present Melukote MLA C.S. Puttaraju as he (Puttaraju) was not invited for the Minister’s KRS visit this morning. As soon as Somanna landed in KRS Dam, Puttaraju, accompanied by a battery of officials from Mandya, chided Somanna for not inviting him. “I…
Mysuru: The University of Mysore (UoM), though continues to retain the top position in the State among the Universities in the country, it has sadly slipped to ninth place from fourth in the Karnataka State University Ranking Framework (KSURF). UoM Vice-Chancellor Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar, speaking to Star of Mysore here this morning, said it…
Mysuru: In the Specialist Universities category, the Mysuru-based Karnataka State Dr. Gangubai Hangal Music and Performing Arts University in 2017 with a score of 333/1000 had secured ninth rank. This time, though the score improved with the University securing 541/1000, still it was relegated to the 11th place. Music University in-charge Vice-Chancellor Nagesh V. Bettakote…
Mysuru: This year’s Dasara Film Festival would be held from Sept.29 to Oct.3, said Dasara Film Festival Sub-Committee Deputy Special Officer B.N. Girish, here this morning. Addressing the media persons at Vartha Bhavan, he said that CM B.S. Yediyurappa would be requested to be chief guest and District Minister V. Somanna, Golden Star Ganesh, actress…
Mysuru: “Micro-finance has been greatly affected by the recent environment hazards. Agriculture and business in rural area has got disturbed, causing imbalance in the economics of micro-finance,” said Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade, Dharmadhikari of Sri Kshethra Dharmasthala and Chairman of SDM Educational Trust. He was speaking on the recent flood situation, after inaugurating the 8th…
‘Globalisation has affected profession of Vishwakarma community’ Mysuru: “Members of Vishwakarma community are talented enough to churn out any job assigned to them with total perfection and precision,” appreciated District Minister V. Somanna. He was speaking after inaugurating the stage programme marking Vishwakarma Jayanti under the aegis of District Administration, Department of Kannada and Culture…
Mysuru: Come Dasara, the audience at the Mysore Palace will be treated with classical music and ghazals by some of the best singers in the country. Like every year, the District Administration in co-ordination with Dasara High Power Committee invites renowned artistes to perform in front of the Palace. The first day of the event…
Amaravathi (Andhra Pradesh): The Andhra Pradesh Government has re-appointed Infosys Foundation Chairperson Sudha Murty as a member of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Board. Sudha Murty is among the three members from Karnataka to be appointed to the Board — the other two being Sampath Ravi Narayan and Ramesh Shetty. The TTD Board has 26 members…
Eight women without theatre background to perform Mysuru: The staging of play ‘Uriya Uyyale,’ created by Dr. H.S. Venkatesh Murthy, has been organised by Rangayaana Trust on Sept.19 at 7 pm at the Mini Theatre in Kalamandira premises here. Disclosing this at a press meet here on Monday, Trust President Vikas Chandra said that the…
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