Mysuru: Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering (VVCE), Mysuru, is holding its Annual ‘Alumni Meet’ in the college campus on Dec.15 at 5 pm. Gundappa Gowda, President, VV Sangha, P. Vishwanath, Secretary, S.N. Lakshminarayana, Treasurer, Dr. B. Sadashive Gowda, Principal, VVCE, Dr. T P. Surekha, Coordinator, Alumni Association, VVCE, Heads of various Departments, faculty members and old…
City doctor presents paper at Seoul Meet
December 13, 2018Mysuru: Dr. A.K. Sateesh Rao, Consultant Gastroenterologist at Narayana Multispecialty Hospital, Mysuru, presented a paper at the Asian Pacific Digestive Week-2018 (APDW-2018) held recently at Seoul, South Korea. The paper was a correlation between deranged LFT CBD calculi in patients with cholelithiasis. It showed about the chances of CBD calculi in patient who made ERCP….
Music concerts at Sri Rama Mandira
December 13, 2018Mysuru: As part of its monthly musical programme, Sri Tyagaraja Sangeetha Sabha Charitable Trust, V.V. Puram, has organised music concerts at Sri Rama Mandira in Jayanagar, Mysuru. Dec.16: At 6.30 pm, Musical concert by Vid. K.T. Udaya Kiran (Vocal), Vid. Venkatesh Josier (Violin) and Vid. A. Radesh (Mridanga). Dec.19: At 6.30 pm, Vocal concert by…
Hrudaya Sangama Inner Wheel District 318
December 13, 2018Conference in city on Dec. 15 Mysuru: The Inner Wheel District 318, India, has organised its 49th Inner Wheel District 318 Conference titled Hrudaya Sangama, on Dec. 15 at 5 pm at Shubhodini Convention Centre, Outer Ring Road, Hebbal, Mysuru. District Chairman Dr. Sarika Prasad said that Hrudaya Sangama, hosted by Inner Wheel Clubs of…
Nation’s netas in new light
December 13, 2018Usually, rare events, including the case of a man biting the dog, when reported in the print media, not only draw the attention of readers of dailies but also figures in the evening sessions of the urban literati sipping their favourite beverage in drawing rooms or in parks as well as restaurants. However, the recurring…
Clarification sought on IISc. ex-gratia to city researcher’s wife
December 13, 2018Sir, I am P. Madhumalesh, brother of Manoj Kumar, who died in the cylinder blast incident at IISc., Bengaluru, recently. I am writing this to clarify about a news which was published in Star of Mysore dated Dec.8 titled, “IISc. pays Rs. 10 lakh ex-gratia to city researcher’s wife.” The actual scenario is that we…
Install lamp post at Railway Station parking lot
December 13, 2018Sir, The two-wheeler parking lot at the City Railway Station (Platform No. 6) does not have any lighting facility and it is very difficult to locate the parked vehicles on arrival at night. Repeated reminders to the personnel manning the parking have been of no avail. The Railway authorities would do well to arrange to…
Of victories and defeats in electoral politics: Thoughts on the results of elections in five States
December 13, 2018Looking at the election results of the five States announced day before yesterday, I thought I must reflect on my article in this column titled “Musings on Secular Democracy and Hindu Nationalism” that appeared on Dec.8 and Dec. 9, 2018. Inspiration for that article, in two parts, was an article published in The Hindu of…
No pain, No gain
December 13, 2018By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Another interesting story from the stable of Gaur Gopal Das: In the middle of a beautiful city there was a Museum. The floor in the Museum was laid with marble tiles. Right in the centre of the foyer was a huge marble statue, as part of the display….
The march of Yudhishthira’s horse
December 13, 2018By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist In popular re-tellings, the Mahabharata ends tragically with vast bloodshed on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, where the Kauravas are defeated by the Pandavas. Following this episode, there is the Ashwamedha Parva. It describes how Yudhishthira becomes king and lets loose his royal horse across the land,…















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