Bengaluru: The winter session of the Karnataka Legislature will be held in Bengaluru from Oct. 14 to 26. Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa’s Cabinet yesterday took the decision to hold the session in Bengaluru and not at the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belagavi as the district is yet to recover from the damage caused by the…
Mysuru: Every year during Dasara, awards are given to several artistes including musicians, dancers and others. But right from the time of the days of the Maharajas, one category of artistes who have consistently been ignored are the painters and sculptors. Regretting this attitude of ignoring these two types of artistes, that is there for…
Tearful farewell to pregnant pachyderm at Mysore Palace Mysuru: Elephant ‘Varalakshmi’ which had joined the first batch of Dasara elephants to participate in the Jumboo Savari returned to the forest camp reluctantly yesterday. While it was moving around in the Mysore Palace premises where the elephants, mahouts and kavadis are camping, it was found that…
Mysuru: Deputy Chief Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwath Narayan who is also the Minister for Higher Education, IT and BT has assured to construct a compound wall at the fenced side of Maharani’s College of Arts and Science on JLB Road here. The Deputy CM who visited the college campus here yesterday as part of his…
There is a tradition that 12 elephants should participate in the Dasara procession. Now, Gopalaswamy is replacing Varalakshmi. Gopalaswamy which has the capacity to carry the Golden Howdah was not brought this time. It had little health issues and hence it lost the opportunity to be a part of the first and second batch of…
Mysuru: Retired Sanskrit Professor Dr. C. Shivakumaraswamy has been selected for the ‘Sri Shivarathreeshwara’ Award- 2018 for his book ‘Vedagamagalu mattu Chennabasavanna’. The award is instituted by Sri Shivarathreeshwara Religious Endowment and is being given since 1983 for good books related to literature, religion and culture. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 25,000,…
Mysuru: A book titled ‘Siddharamaiah Aadalita Antaranga-Bahiranga’ will be released on Sept. 22 at 11 am at a function organised at Jnanajyothi Hall at Central College premises in Bengaluru. Disclosing this at a press meet held at Patrakarthara Bhavan here on Thursday, State Backward Classes Vedike State President K.S. Shivaramu said that the book has…
Mysuru: Finally, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has started removing waste items from its cellar and the shifting process started Wednesday evening. The Civic Body was setting a bad example for people by converting its own building basement parking lot into a dumpyard and Star of Mysore had on Sept. 14 published the news under…
Mysuru: Noted classical singer Vidwan B.S. Vijayaraghavan has been selected for this year’s ‘Rajya Sangeetha Vidwan’ Award which will be conferred on her by Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa at the inaugural ceremony of Dasara cultural programmes at Mysore Palace premises on Sept. 29. His name was selected and sent to the government for approval by…
Mysuru: Day-4 of the ongoing Yuva Sambhrama at Open Air Theatre in Manasagangothri witnessed various colleges creating awareness on the importance of oxygen, scarcity of water, ill-effects of deforestation, ban on plastic and other issues through dance performances, yesterday. B.Ed students of K.M. Doddi Bharathi College performed a ballet to create awareness on environmental conservation….
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