Mysuru: Noted Gamaki Vidu. P. Vilasakumari Sharma (93) passed away on Feb. 23 in city. She leaves behind 2 sons, 1 daughter and a host of students, relatives and friends. She was a senior grade artiste at Akashvani and was a recipient of ‘Gamaka Kalashri’ award from Karnataka Sangeeta Nritya Academy and ‘Sri Gomateshwara Vidyapeetha…
Mysuru: The Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) has opposed the proposal to increase the power tariff. Addressing the media persons at Pathrakartara Bhavan here recently, MCCI President K.B. Lingaraju said, according to Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC), the Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) Limited is currently not under loss; however, CESC was informed…
Mysuru: The following students of BGS PU College have excelled in the recently held JEE 2025 examination. R. Chinmaygowda topped the district scoring 99.91 percentile. He was followed by S.G. Omkaresh (99.45 percentile), K.N. Sarvesh Kumar (98.12), B. Nimish Prajwal (98.08), Aaditya A. Kulkarni (98), H. Sharath (97.39), C.A. Sudhanva Rao (96.38), Manasvi M. Devarahatti…
Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation Permanent Pourakarmikas and Contract Pourakarmikas Mahasangha, has urged the State Government to consider the demand for direct recruitment of remaining 24,000 pourakarmikas in the State, along with Underground Drainage (UGD) workers, in the forthcoming budget session, starting from Mar. 3. President of the Mahasangha N. Mara told media persons at Patrakarthara…
Mysuru: Mysuru Hotel Owners’ Association President C. Narayanagowda has issued a strong warning, stating that hotel owners will stop paying taxes and obtaining trade licences from the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) if unauthorised food stalls operating on city footpaths are not removed. Accusing the MCC of inaction, despite many requests and representations, Narayanagowda said that…
Bengaluru: The State Government has issued an order promoting several Police Inspectors to Dy.SPs. Among those promoted are City Crime Branch (CCB) Inspector K.C. Poovaiah, Hebbal Police Station Inspector A. Mallesh and C. Kiran Kumar, currently serving at the Channapatna Police Training School (earlier, he served as the Inspector of Begur Police Station in Gundlupet…
Indian Overseas Congress Chairman Sam Pitroda recently claimed that while speaking at IIT Ranchi, someone hacked into the system and began broadcasting pornography. He then questioned, “Now, is that democracy? Is that fair?” One must ask: Is that even a reasonable question? If a senior Congress leader like Sam Pitroda is fabricating incidents to paint…
Sir, The politicised 21-million dollar United States Agency for International Development (USAID) allocated to India to influence voter turnout has created an impression among the common man that USAID is evil funding and harming the nation. This perception is rampant among most millennials, who are ignorant of our past. Their knowledge is driven by WhatsApp…
Sir, Yesterday’s Abracadabra column in Star of Mysore by K.B. Ganapathy (KBG) was frank, fearless and threw new light on newspapers and democracy. ‘Democracy dies in darkness’ is the official slogan of The Washington Post printed in the cover page which many are not aware of. But the new Avatar of it may require that…
Vidu. Manya Manjunath presenting a Karnatak Classical Vocal Music Concert at Sri Rama Mandira in Shivarampet on Feb. 24 under the aegis of Sri Ramabhyudaya Sabha. She is accompanied by Vidu. S.A. Divyashree on violin and Vid. Shubhang Samaga on mridanga.
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