Mysore/Mysuru: Technical expertise is very important to prevent power leakage, opined Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) Managing Director (MD) K.M. Munigopal Raju. He was speaking after inaugurating the one-day training on ‘Energy audit and loss reduction’ organised by Karnataka Electricity Board Engineers Association (KEBEA), Mysuru Divisional Centre, for CESC Officers at KEBEA auditorium in Kadakola…
Writer Vally Vagga to receive Kavita Trust’s Mathias Family Poetry Award
January 4, 2026Mangaluru: The Mathias Family Poetry Award- 2025, instituted by the Kavita Trust, will be conferred on noted Konkani-Kannada poet and short story writer Valerian D’Souza, popularly known by his pen name Vally Vagga. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 25,000, along with a souvenir and certificate. The award will be presented by renowned…
Launch of Kannada Value-added Course on Psychological First Aid
January 4, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Mental health is key factor for overall well-being and prosperity. The National Mental Health Survey (NMHS) 2015-16 reveals that 15% of India’s adult population experiences mental health issues requiring intervention. In all, 70% to 92% of people with mental disorders do not receive proper treatment due to lack of awareness, stigma and shortage of…
Annual Sandal Urus Shariff celebration
January 4, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: The devotees of Shaik-ul-Islam Trust and Wabastaqan Silsilaha Ashrafiya have organised Urus Mohdees Azam Hind 66th Annual Sandal Urus Shariff as part of Mohdees Azam Hind Urus Shariff, on Jan. 5 after Maghrib Salath at 7 pm. The event will be held under the Chairmanship of Sir Qazi of Mysuru Moulana Mohammed Usman Shariff…
Unidentified body found
January 4, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: The body of an unidentified man aged about 35 to 40 years was found in Lashkar Police Station limits on Dec. 31. The man is 5.2 ft. tall, well built, dark complexioned, sports moustache and beard and was found wearing a cement coloured T-Shirt and a brown coloured pant. The kith and kin of…
The ‘Golden Hour’ in a Golden Land!
January 4, 2026By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Over the last one week we have been reading very distressing reports of how a patient of a heart attack, died most tragically in Canada, simply because prompt medical aid was not available to him within the time frame in which it could have saved his life. Prashant Sreekumar,…
Can’t CEN Police trace bank accounts in trading frauds?
January 4, 2026Sir, This is in response to the recent news item titled ‘Rs. 4.41 crore trading fraud.’ Such reports have become a regular feature in Star of Mysore over the past two years. I, too, came across a WhatsApp group promoting stock market trading about two years ago. Their modus operandi is to add unsuspecting individuals…
Selected for Delhi RD parade
January 4, 2026Mysuru: C. Saanch Mandanna, a third year B.Sc student at JSS Women’s College at Saraswathipuram and a NCC Senior Under Officer has been selected to participate in the Republic Day parade to be held in New Delhi on Jan. 26.
Cyclists of Royal Riders Mysore felicitated
January 4, 2026MRC Committee Member H.K. Ramesh felicitated the cyclists of Royal Riders, Mysore, during a recently event held city on completing K2K (Kashmir to Kanyakumari) cycling expedition covering 3,700 km in 22 days. The team covered Srinagar, Pathankot, Lucknow, Delhi, Agra, Mathura, Nagpur, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Salem and Kanyakumari. Seen the picture are (standing from left) Harshini…
Karate Championship winners
January 4, 2026The students of Savithri Convent, Higher Primary and High School, Ashoka Road, Mysuru, participated in the 4th VSK Open Karate Championship – 2025 organised by Okinawa Karate Arts Association, Mysuru, recently at Maharaja’s College Indoor Stadium in city. The students, who have won the Championship, are seen with Raju K. Bhatia, President, Sensai P. Akeel,…














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