Mysuru: Yakshagana ‘Sri Krishna Leelamrutha-Kamsa Vade’ will be staged on Thursday (Jan.18) at Alwar Kala Bhavan in Gokulam 3rd Stage at 6 pm under the aegis of Sri Krishna Gana Sabha and Kannada and Culture Department, Bengaluru. Yakshagana will be enacted by Sri Mahaganapathi Art and Cultural Foundation, Udupi, under the direction of Sri Gopala…
Fire at three places in Mysuru
January 16, 2018Mysuru: Fire broke out at three different places in city on Sunday. A bus conductor, who spotted fire in Chamundi Hill connecting Chikkahalli Road, informed the Fire and Emergency Services personnel, who rushed to the spot and managed to douse the fire. In the second incident, fire broke out at a garbage heap in Sewage…
Samiti demands implementation of Justice Sadashiva Committee Report
January 16, 2018Mysuru: ‘Justice A.J. Sadashiva Ayoga Varadi Jaari Horata Samiti’ held a protest in front of Deputy Commissioner’s Office recently demanding the implementation of Justice Sadashiva Committee’s report. The protestors said that the State Government was not willing to implement the report which recommends providing equal opportunities to all 101 Scheduled Caste communities. Speaking to the…
Knowledge about GST is still in nascent stage: UoM Professor
January 16, 2018Workshop on GST and Customs Duty held Mysuru: “The concept of GST is not new to the world. It is an age-old concept adopted by 160 countries. France was the first country to implement it,” said Dr. Rajashekar, Professor of Commerce and Co-ordinator (K-SET), University of Mysore (UoM). He was speaking at the inauguration of…
Research paper presented
January 16, 2018Mysuru: Dr. S.G. Srikantaswamy, Sl. Gr. Lecturer (TC), Department of CS, JSS Polytechnic for the Differently-Abled, Mysuru, has presented a research paper titled “Keyword based Signing: An effective teaching technique for teaching students with hearing impairment at Diploma and Engineering level in Computer Science and Electronics Field” at the International Conference on “Achievements of and/or…
Car-cluttered cities
January 16, 2018Given the rapid rise in the number of cities and towns across the country, one could reasonably expect the annually added headcount to the land’s total population would be heading to the new urban territories and arrest the increase in the density of populations in the existing cities. Considering the situation in the metropolises, including…
Elected to ICAI, Mysore Chapter
January 16, 2018Mysuru: The following persons were elected to the Management Committee of Mysore Chapter of The Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI) for the year 2017- 2019: CMA Ashok Kumar Shetty – Chairman; CMA M. B. Chengappa – Secretary; CMA N. R. Desai – Treasurer; CMA T. L. Sangameswaran, CMA M Ashok Kumar, CMA A….
Painting contest for High School students on Jan. 20
January 16, 2018Mysuru: Larsen & Toubro Limited, Mysuru Campus, has organised a painting competition for High School students of Mysore Taluk on Jan. 20 (Saturday) at Cheluvamba Park, Vontikoppal, between 10 am and 12.30 pm. This competition is conducted in memory of late Sushma Mukhija, wife of R. N. Mukhija, ex-Member of the Board and President (Operations)…
Intensify drive against all traffic violations
January 16, 2018Sir, Apropos the news item “Helmet Drive Intensified” (SOM dated Jan. 3) it gives an impression to the public that the only traffic violation by the two-wheelers are using non-ISI marked helmets. Two-wheelers indulge in so many traffic violations like signal jumping, triple riding, riding vehicles with blank registration number plate, violating one-way rule —…
Apathy of motorists to road safety rules
January 16, 2018Sir, Booking of 16.60 lakh traffic violation cases during the last one year alone in Mysuru city indicates the extent the vehicle users are negligent about the road safety rules (Star of Mysore dated Jan.1). A hefty fine of Rs. 8.50 crore during last year, which is Rs. 1.2 crore more than its previous year…













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