Mysuru: Rajyotsava awardee, Littérateur S. Nagaraja’s book titled ‘Apaara Karunaa Saagara Sri Raghavendra Swamigalu Matttu Mahimegalu’ will be released by senior social worker and entrepreneur Dr. G. Ravi at a programme organised by Sri Raghavendra Prakashana at Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha Mini Hall on JLB Road in city at 11 am on Aug. 16. Social…
‘Dahi Handi’ Contest at J.K. Grounds on Aug.25
August 14, 2019Mysuru: As part of Krishna Janmashtami celebrations, Sri Krishna Janmashtami Celebration Committee has organised ‘Dahi Handi’ competition at J.K. Grounds here on Aug.25 from 2 pm onwards. The first prize winner will take home Rs.20,000 while the second and third prize winners will be awarded Rs.10,000 and Rs.5,000 respectively. Entry is free for all participants….
Free health camp
August 14, 2019Mysuru: A free heart, eye, yoga prana vidya, ayurveda and dental screening camp has been organised at the premises of Sri Kantimallanna Kalyana Mandira on Kabir Road in city on Aug.20 from 9.30 am to 2 pm. The camp is organised by Mysuru Veerashaiva Sajjana Sangha, NJS Charitable Trust and Lions Club of Mysore Heritage…
Award for Dr. AVN
August 14, 2019Mysuru: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB), Mysuru Kendra, Chairman and Star of Mysore columnist Dr. A.V. Narasimha Murthy (AVN) has been selected for the award given by Haveri’s Galaganatha and N.S. Raja Purohita Foundation. The award, carrying a cash prize of Rs.50,000 and a citation, will be presented to him at a programme to be held…
Apollo Emergency Care Centre in Nanjangud
August 14, 2019Mysuru: Apollo BGS Hospitals, Mysuru, a 19-year-old healthcare establishment and also a part of prestigious Apollo Group of Hospitals, Chennai, having more than 72 Hospitals all over India, has started its Apollo Emergency Care Centre in Nanjangud to give immediate medical attention to people in case of any medical emergencies. “Medical emergencies like Stroke, Heart…
Indian Independence: Down the memory lane – Integration of Indian States
August 14, 2019By Dr. C. D. Sreenivasa Murthy Following Modi Government’s historic decision abrogating the much- abused temporary Article 370 and also 35(A), Star of Mysore made a special request to Dr. C.D. Sreenivasa Murthy, a voracious reader and traveller-at-large, to write a special article recalling the early days of Integration of Indian States because among the…
Kodagu Disaster: Too much and Too little
August 14, 20192020 may well be a repeat of 2018 and 2019 if urgent measures are not taken By Maj. Gen. (Retd.) S.G. Vombatkere (VSM) We need rain for drinking water and for survival. But there are also people who fear rain, especially heavy or continuous ones, like many who live in Kodagu and elsewhere in the…
Social self-service
August 14, 2019Citizens with impressive track record of doing good in various activities in the cause of making life of people at large free of their life’s woes used to be recognised and honoured with titles appropriate to their field of excellence by the monarchs of the erstwhile Princely State of Mysore. The practice ceased from the…
Remembering the time I was lathi-charged by Maharaja’s Police
August 14, 2019Sir, Reading in yesterday’s SOM a write-up about “Tracing Mysore’s Footprints of Freedom Struggle,” to recall the past in connection with the 73rd Independence Day celebrations tomorrow (Aug. 15), my thoughts went down the memory lane to the year 1947-48. Those two years I was a resident-student of Gurukula Ashram, Kengeri, near Bengaluru, where education…
Clear the garbage dumped behind Gurudwar
August 14, 2019Garbage such as used paper plates and leftover food, which is dumped on the either side of the road behind the Gurudwar in Brindavan Extension is not cleared resulting in foul smell emanating from it. Authorities concerned are urged to get the garbage cleared at the earliest.















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