Mysuru: In a bid to familiarise the delegates attending the ongoing 83rd Akhila Bharat Kannada Sahitya Sammelana with the city’s renowned writers, poets and institutions, the Tourism Department launched ‘Kaviraja Marga’, a tour around the city for delegates, this morning. Today being the first day, 55 registered delegates were taken in a KSTDC from Maharaja…
It’s bad enough that sexual deviance has become a regular occurrence, now sex crimes are getting perverse, cruel and just unbelievable. It’s not just the severity of the crime but also the age of the perpetrators. In the past week alone we heard two nauseating cases of sexual abuse. On November 22nd, the Hyderabad Police…
Over 70,000 people had sumptuous breakfast and over 2 lakh people had lunch and dinner on the inaugural day of the 83rd Kannada Sahitya Sammelana yesterday at the three venues – Maharaja’s College Grounds, Scouts and Guides Grounds and the Ursu Boarding School. The Food Committee has the responsibility of ensuring that quality and tasty…
Mysuru: Kannada bibliophiles are having a field-day at the 83rd Kannada Sahitya Sammelana as they thronged the nearly 200 book stalls from day one itself. The bookstalls are located bang on the cricket pitch and right next to the main venue on Maharaja’s College Grounds where well-known publishers from the State have set up their…
By V. Shourabh Sculptors are creative visual artists who, with their imagination, take various materials, which they then carve, chisel and model to make a finished sculptural work of art. A Sculptors’ Camp with the theme “Ancient Indian Sculptural Art” was organised from Nov. 8 to Nov. 23 at Manasagangothri campus. This Weekend Star Supplement…
Mysuru: The two-day ‘Makkala Sahitya Ghosti’, organised as part of the 83rd Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana, began at Kalamandira on Hunsur road here this morning. Writer Boluvaru Mohammad Kunhi inaugurated the event and delivered the keynote address. Writer Jayavantha Kadadevara presided. Prof. Chandragowda Kulkarni delivered a talk on the topic ‘Child Literature – Modern…
Mysuru: Dell in India, recently announced the National winner of the 5th season of Dell Champs, aimed at showcasing the role of the Personal Computer (PC) in the process of learning. This year’s second runner-up is Nidhi Kulkarni from Podar International School, Mysuru. ‘Dell Champs – 2017’ featured an interactive technology-based quiz, which served as…
Mysuru: Pro-Kannada acti-vists, numbering about 50, protested against 83rd Kannada Sahitya Sammelana President Prof. Chandrashekar Patil this morning accusing him of ‘insulting’ Goddess Bhuvaneshwari and Mysuru by not offering puja and not wearing the traditional Mysuru Peta during inauguration of the three-day Kannada Literary Meet being held at the Maharaja’s College Grounds, here yesterday. The…
Mysuru: Prof. K.M. Jayaramaiah, Non-official Member, Karnataka Lake Protection and Development Authority has written a letter to MCC Commissioner G. Jagadeesha suggesting construction of ‘Kalyanis’ (ponds) at vacant spots of old dry lakes and water soak pits beside parks and other places to improve the ground water level. Citing a few examples, Jayaramaiah has stated…
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