Mysuru: “Erudition, scholarship, research abilities and writing skills in one person is very rare and all these qualities are found in the multifaceted Dr. H.R. Krishnaiah Gowda,” said Kunigal First Grade College Principal Dr. M. S. Narasimhan, in his felicitation address. He was speaking at the Kautilya Arthashastra and Karnataka Economy Experts Seminar Series-1 and…
Students test culinary skills at Maharani’s
February 9, 2019Mysuru: Maharani’s Arts College had organised a ‘Students Fair’ at its premises here yesterday where students of the college displayed their culinary skills churning out vegetarian and non-vegetarian delicacies including beverages and sweets, making a good sale. Taking a break from routine classes, the girls prepared mouth-watering Pani puri, gobi Manchurian, Churumuri, bhel puri, vada,…
Building broken backbone
February 9, 2019Occasions for celebrating various landmark events on national scale, particularly the country’s Independence Day and Republic Day seem to be the favoured choice of public speakers of different backgrounds in general and netas in particular to unfailingly chant the farmer-centric mantra that the masses sweating and toiling in the field to fill the nation’s food…
UoM Research Scholars demand Registrar’s removal
February 9, 2019Mysuru: The members of the University of Mysore Research Scholars Association have strongly condemned the alleged inhuman attitude of the Registrar Prof. R. Rajanna of the University of Mysore towards Journalism Department’s Assistant Professor Dr. N. Mamatha and demanded his removal. In a press release, the President of the Association, D. Mahadewaswamy Mangala and others…
Training for Assistant Professors and Research Scholars of Urdu at CIIL
February 9, 2019Mysuru: A five-day national level training-cum-workshop on Testing & Evaluation and Item writing for the Assistant Professors and Research Scholars in Urdu, was held at National Testing Service-India (NTS-I) of Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru from Feb. 4. Pankaj Dwivedi, Officer In-charge of NTS-I, introduced the research and academic activities of NTS-I. He…
Excels in Western Music Contest at National Youth Festival
February 9, 2019Mysuru: Zubin Paul, a second-year Master of Science (M.Sc) Visual Communication student of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Mysuru campus, has secured third place in Western Vocal Solo at the National Inter-University Youth Festival held at Chandigarh University in association with Association of Indian Universities (AIU) recently. The Youth Festival witnessed the participation of more than 1,700…
JSS Mysore Urban Haat’s Craft Expo hits 100
February 9, 2019Mysuru: The 100th edition of the Handicrafts Exhibition organised by JSS Mysore Urban Haat and JSS Mahavidyapeetha (JSSMVP) was inaugurated last evening by G.M.Kumar, Managing Director, BTV News, Bengaluru. Prof. M.J. Kamalakshi, Chairperson, Karnataka Lalithakala Academy, Bengaluru, presided. Renowned film actress Amulya was the special invitee. Dr. C.G. Betsurmath, Executive Secretary, JSSMVP, Dr. C. Ranganathaiah,…
Excise Department destroys Rs.1.5 lakh worth illicit liquor
February 9, 2019Mysuru: The Excise Department that had recovered illicit liquor worth Rs.1.5 lakh which was being sold illegally in different places, has destroyed the same yesterday. A total of 16 cases had been registered earlier in the district and 133 litres different brands of liquor and 62,250 litres of beer worth Rs.1.5 lakh had been recovered…
SOM has set a new standard for exhibitions in Mysuru
February 9, 2019Sir, I was at the Star of Mysore Education Fair yesterday and went around all the stalls. I was pleasantly surprised by the superb way in which the entire Fair has been organised. I have myself been a Chairman for two major Expos in Mysore — IFCON ‘98 at CFTRI and Integrate ‘99 at Chamundi…
Man, woman end life over alleged affair
February 9, 2019Mysuru: Reportedly unable to face the society over their alleged affair, a married man and a married woman ended their life by hanging self at Challahalli in Bilikere hobli of Hunsur taluk late on Thursday night. The deceased have been identified as Shantaraju (35) and Shantha (32), both of Challahalli village. The two were married…















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