Mandya: In a major breakthrough in the case of murder of JD(S) leader Santosh, who was brutally hacked to death near K.G. Koppalu in Maddur taluk on Nov. 29, the Maddur Police have arrested three persons in connection with the case. The arrested have been identified as Harish of Nelagadaranahalli near Bengaluru, Suresh of K….
Scribes deliberate on social media and tabloids
December 7, 2017Mysuru: Karnataka Media Academy (KMA), Department of Information and Public Relations and Mysuru District Journalists Association (MDJA) together had organised a seminar on ‘Impact of Social Media on small newspapers (Tabloids)’ in memory of Journalist late Rajashekar Koti at Vijnana Bhavan in Manasagangothri here this morning. Inaugurating the programme, Kannada Prabha and Suvarna News Editor…
Come Dec.31, all Police Stations will greet and say, ‘May I Help You’
December 7, 2017Bengaluru: Soon, all Police Stations across the State will have a reception desk with trained personnel to address public grievances. In an attempt to make Police Stations public-friendly, Karnataka DG&IGP Neelamani N. Raju has ordered to establish reception desks under the ‘Janasnehi Police Scheme’ by Dec.31. She has also asked for a compliance report along…
Case filed against Union Minister for derogatory remarks against CM
December 7, 2017Mysuru: Devaraja Police have registered an FIR against Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Anant Kumar Hegde for his alleged remarks against Chief Minister Siddharamaiah. The Mysuru District Congress, taking strong exception to the Union Minister’s derogatory remarks against Siddharamaiah at a BJP public rally at Kothur in Belagavi district recently, had…
Cleansing the Augean Stable
December 7, 2017Acts of people threatening orderly life both in the country and the rest of the regions across the globe on one side and the cosmic dance of nature’s fury, also in and around the country as well as all over the planet on the other side seem to be in perpetual competition in causing devastation…
Discourse on ‘Thathva Darshi Vachanam’ from this evening
December 7, 2017Mysuru: Sree Andal Mandiram Trust, V.V.Mohalla in association with Sree Ramanuja Sahasramana Sabha Trust and Sree Ramanuja Seva Prathishtanam, Mysuru, has organised a discourse on ‘Thathva Darshi Vachanam’ by Sri Velukkudi Krishnan Swamy from Dec. 7 to Dec. 9 from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Mandiram premises. On Dec. 10, he will deliver…
Bring back heritage essence
December 7, 2017Sir, This has reference to KBG’s Point Blank titled ‘An eyesore at Mysore Railway Station’ (Star of Mysore dated Nov.29). One fails to understand whose brainchild it was to prompt the Railways all of a sudden and make them paint the serene and majestic looking white pillars with gaudy imprint, deforming and defacing them instantaneously….
Ramsons Secretary delivers talk on Mysore Style Paintings at Delhi
December 7, 2017Mysuru: A lecture on Mysore Style Paintings was delivered by R.G. Singh, Secretary, Ramsons Kala Pratishtana, Mysuru at Kiran Nadar Museum of Art in Saket, Delhi, yesterday. This lecture was delivered as part of the ongoing exhibition, ‘Amrutha Kalasha’ which features an exposition of about 200 paintings from the collections of Kuldeep Singh, a former…
Urdu Seminar held in city
December 7, 2017Mysuru: Karnataka Urdu Academy had organised a Seminar titled “Sir Syed Ahmed Khan and Urdu Mein Marsiya Nigari” at Arafath Function Hall on Shivaji Road in N.R. Mohalla here on Tuesday. The Seminar was inaugurated by Dr. Syed Qadeer Nazim Sargiro, Chairman, Karnataka Urdu Academy by watering a plant. Seminar began with the recitation of…
Will this road in Vijayanagar Railway Layout be asphalted?
December 7, 2017This road in Vijayanagar Railway Layout, which was dug up about six months ago to lay water pipeline, has not been asphalted and is left in as is where is condition, causing a lot of problems for motorists. Residents said that though a complaint in this regard was lodged, nothing has happened till now leaving…















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