Mysuru: The Horticulture Department which has proposed to hold a mega ‘Mango Mela’ soon in city, will hold talks with mango growers on May 23. Speaking to Star of Mysore, Senior Assistant Director of Horticulture Dinesh Kumar said the Mango mela is being held for several years now. But this year, the mela could not…
Rotary-Yashaswi Pratibha Puraskar
May 20, 2018Mysuru: “Marks alone should not be the yardstick in the life of a student,” opined Dr. Nilagiri M. Talwar, Director, Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies (KIKS). He was speaking after presenting Rotary-Yashaswi Pratibha Puraskar to over 12 meritorious students who had excelled in the SSLC and PUC examinations at a function organised jointly by Rotary…
Campus Placements at JSS Science and Technology University
May 20, 2018Three students offered Rs. 26 lakh package Mysuru: Annual campus placements are significantly rising year by year at JSS Science and Technology University (SJCE). This year, companies visited the campus in full strength offering higher pay packages for the selected students. The highest pay package offered this year is Rs. 26 lakh per annum…
City Professor at Spain Meet
May 20, 2018Mysuru: Dr. V. Niveditha, Principal and Head, Department of Communication and Journalism, St. Joseph’s First Grade College, Jayalakshmipuram, was invited to participate in the 13th Annual Global Communication Association Conference in association with University Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain, from May 16 to 19. She presented her research paper titled ‘A study on News Consumption…
Community Living Camp for Vidya Vikas B.Ed students
May 20, 2018Mysuru: Dr. N. N. Prahallada, former Associate Professor of Education, RIE, Mysore, called upon teacher trainees at Secondary School Level (B.Ed.) to be more responsible in discharging their duties as responsible citizens and to make students participate in all the school activities. He was speaking after inaugurating a three-day Community Living Camp (CLC) of Vidya…
King-maker becomes the King: BJP’s defeat in victory
May 20, 2018Yesterday was Saturday and the whole country watched with bated breath the Saturday Political Fever of Karnataka. Voting was on May 12, 2018 and when the results came on 15th May 2018 the numbers were as follows: BJP 104, Congress 78, JD(S) 38 and others 2. The exit polls predicted a hung Assembly with the…
Wealth out of Waste: MCC, ITC join hands to revamp solid waste management
May 20, 2018Mysuru: Solid waste management in Mysuru is set to witness a major revamp within two or three weeks, thanks to the highly ambitious and well-intended project of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) called ‘WoW’ or ‘Wealth out of Waste.’ It aims to segregate garbage at the point of generation and pack it into different coloured…
Make traffic offenders pay for their mistakes
May 20, 2018Sir, I fully agree with Dr. S. V. N. Vijayendra when he says that signal jumping is on the rise in Mysore of late (SOM dated May 18). AIISH Circle is not the only junction where this happens. Of late, we see such violations in every junction across Mysuru. Strength of Traffic Policemen in the…
More on ‘widened’ Hunsur Road curve
May 20, 2018Sir, Apropos Narasimha Murthy’s letter in SOM dated May 17 which focusses on a very important issue, I would like to add up one more thing. The accidents occurred on the other side of the Hunsur Road. The vehicles hit the tree which is on the curve. The tree which was about five feet away…
Guddali puja for CII’s Water Project tomorrow
May 20, 2018As part of CII’s Project ‘Mysuru Water Positive by 2021,’ guddali puja will be performed at Kempegowdana Katte Lake bed on May 21 at 9 am. H. Ramakrishne Gowda, Jt. Director, DIC, Mysuru, Arjun Ranga, Chairman CII Mysuru and Officials from SBI and from MYKAPS will be attending the ground-breaking ceremony, according to a press…














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