Mysuru: Marking Hindi Diwas, the Department of Hindi, Maharani’s Arts College, had organised a function at the college premises here recently. Two books ‘Badukuva Dari’ translated from Hindi and a Hindi book ‘Jnanpith Se Sammanith Krishna Sobathi’ were also released on the occasion. Speaking after releasing the books, retired Principal of Nehru Memorial College, Sullia,…
Mysuru varsity NSS Wing Golden Jubilee celebrations from tomorrow
September 23, 2018Mysuru: The year-long Golden Jubilee celebrations of the NSS Wing of University of Mysore (UoM) will commence from tomorrow (Sep.24). Announcing this at a press meet here yesterday, UoM NSS Co-ordinator Dr. B. Chandrashekhar said that MCC Commissioner K.H. Jagadeesha will inaugurate the Golden Jubilee celebration of the NSS Wing at 11am tomorrow at Rani…
Short story contest
September 23, 2018Mysuru: Marking the 127th birth anniversary of Dr. Masti Venkatesh Iyengar, the Mysore Association, Mumbai, will be conducting a short story contest in memory of the late Jnanapith awardee littérateur. The contest is open for everyone and one participant can send only one self-composed story. The story must be addressed to the Mysore Association (Mumbai),…
Moonlight Music on Sept.25
September 23, 2018Mysuru: As part of Suttur Mutt monthly moonlight music programme, Vid. Tirumale Srinivas will present a vocal concert at Suttur Mutt at the foot of Chamundi Hill in city at 6 pm on Sept.25. Born in a family of musicians, Vid. Srinivas has served as an Akashavani artiste at Bengaluru for over two decades. Currently…
Prize-winning athletes
September 23, 2018Mysuru: U.K. Skandan, a first Pre-University student of Jnanodaya PU College, has secured second place at the Taluk-level athletics conducted by the Department of PU Education recently. Febin Shabu, a first PU student, secured second place at the District-level Karate Competition qualifying him to compete at the State-level competition. Sangeetha Bisht and Ananya Jois have…
Bags ‘Best Project of the Year’ Award
September 23, 2018Mysuru: Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology (KSCST) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, had jointly organised a State-level Seminar and Exhibition of final year Engineering Projects at Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology (BIET) College in Davangere recently. The project titled ‘Rider Safety System Using Embedded System,’ carried out by the final…
Man goes missing
September 23, 2018Mysuru: A man, who had come to the house-warming ceremony of his son-in-law’s house on St. Mary’s Road in N.R. Mohalla here, has been reported missing. The missing man is identified as 75-year-old Premanand Mohal. He had come to the city to his son-in-law Girish’s house and on Sept.21, Mohal went out of the house…
Delay in Public Works: The bane of our working system
September 23, 2018By V. N. Prasad Headlines in Star of Mysore dated Sept. 17 read thus — “Hinkal Flyover not before Dasara”. I was not only amused but also recalled the question I frequently ask: “When do our people learn from mistakes?” I lost no time to call K.B. Ganapathi, Editor-in-Chief, Star of Mysore and engaged in…
Migrant workers, tribals stare at bleak future in Kodagu
September 23, 2018Hundreds of coffee estate labourers from Assam and West Bengal stuck in ‘no man’s land’ Kodagu accounts for 1,07,089 hectares of the 2,44,785 hectares coffee plantations in Karnataka. Now, over 41,526 hectares of coffee plantations have been destroyed in Kodagu. With the top soil and all nutrients lost due to landslides, the existing land is…
Vehicle lifting by Traffic Police: Some suggestions
September 23, 2018Sir, Recently I was shopping in our neighbourhood and it being a Sunday afternoon, there were not many vehicles on the road. There were some shoppers in the area and many of them were shopping in the Mega Store on Hebbal Main Road and parked their two-wheelers in front of the Store which is a…













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