Spotting Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep cycling in the area, the environment activists who had assembled at the Kukkarahalli Lake this morning drew his attention to the large-scale letting out of sewage into the Kukkarahalli Lake. Responding to them, Randeep visited the Lake and the place where pipes are laid for the waste water to flow….
CHRISTMASS QUEST: Festive Spirit Soaks Mysuru
December 16, 2017By V. Shourabh The city has already entered into a festive mood with hotels mixing cakes for the grand event and competing among themselves to get their cake mixing ceremonies viral. Christmas honours the birth of Jesus Christ incorporating many spiritual and cultural traditions. It is time for family get-togethers, exchange of gifts and spread…
Three including juvenile arrested for theft
December 16, 2017Mysuru: Udayagiri Police have arrested three burglars including juvenile on charges of stealing gold jewellery and other valuables from a house in Udayagiri Police Station limits. The arrested have been identified as Mohammad Wasim, 19, a resident of third stage, Kalyanagirinagar in city and Muhaimuddin alias Muhaim, 20, of Hebbadi village in Srirangapatna taluk, while…
CHRISTMASS QUEST: In search of real Christmas beneath the glitz
December 16, 2017By V. Shourabh Come Christmas or any festival for that matter, celebrating them one wonders, have we really lost the purpose or the true meaning of celebrations under marketing blitzkrieg where commercialisation is slowly taking over spiritualism. This Weekend Star Supplement conveys a moral message and tells the reader that spirituality, not worldly pleasures, is…
Three nabbed for daylight robbery
December 16, 2017Mysuru: Saraswathipuram Police have arrested three persons on charges of waylaying and looting a two-wheeler rider. The arrested have been identified as Mahesh of T.K. Layout, Nagesh of Jayanagar and Umesh of Janathanagar. Rahul, a city resident, was riding his two-wheeler on RTTC Road in T.K. Layout at about 3 pm on the afternoon of…
Sanskrit Convention in city tomorrow
December 16, 2017Mysuru,: Samskrutha Bharathi, Mysuru, has organised “Samskrutha Sangamah,” a district-level Sanskrit Convention at Vijaya Vittala Educational Institutions premises in city on Dec.17 (Sunday) from 9 am. Sri Datta Vijayananda Theertha Swamiji of Avadhootha Datta Peetha will grace the occasion. Dinesh Kamath of Samskrutha Bharathi will be the main speaker. Vidwan T.N. Prabhakar, Retired Additional Director,…
Nrupatunga Award for Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa
December 16, 2017Bengalur: Kannada Sahitya Parishat has chosen Mysuru-based novelist and Saraswati Samman awardee Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa for the prestigious Nrupatunga Award-2017. The award has been instituted by BMTC after the 8th century poet Nrupatunga, who wrote Kavirajamarga, the earliest available work on rhetoric, poetics and grammar in Kannada. A jury headed by Parishat State President Dr….
New Principal for Teresian Degree College
December 16, 2017Mysuru: Dr. Veena D’ Almeida has been appointed as the new Principal of Teresian Degree College, Siddarthanagar, Mysuru, with effect from Dec. 1, 2017, in place of Prof. V. K. Jose who retired on Nov. 30. Dr. Veena, who has a M.Com and Ph.D degree, has 29 years of teaching experience at Teresian College.
Visualising Chanakya’s take on GST
December 16, 2017Readers of newspapers may have felt a sense of boredom or saturation or even confusion after reading whatever has appeared in print about two landmark moves taken by the incumbent government at the Centre namely (a) Demonetisation of currency having face value of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000, made public on Nov. 8, 2016 and…
Hasten up road laying work near Gun House
December 16, 2017Sir, The delay in road re-laying at Gun House area in Mysuru, especially the short stretch between Gun House stop and the Rudra junction and consequent haphazard diversion of vehicles on all the directions is posing untold miseries to the public for past many months. While two-wheelers and light motor vehicles sneak out on any…















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