Mysore/Mysuru: Four Army personnel, including two officers, were killed in an ongoing encounter with terrorists in the border district of Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. Among the fallen heroes is Mysuru-based Captain M.V. Pranjal of 63 Rashtriya Rifles. Capt. Pranjal is the only son of retired Managing Director of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals…
Senior advocate C.V. Keshavamurthy delivers Thathaiah Memorial Lecture Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who showed to the entire world that Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is an integral part of India by revoking Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, senior advocate C.V. Keshavamurthy said that this action largely helped in better bonding…
With NEP-2020, India’s institutions must focus on skill-based education, says Manoj Sinha Mysore/Mysuru: Lt. Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha has given a call to educational institutions to lay emphasis on skill-based education by incorporating National Education Policy (NEP)-2020. Addressing a gathering of academicians and students during the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Sri Jayachamarajendra…
Srinagar: After weeks of speculations, the Annual Amarnath Yatra has been finally cancelled due to rise in Covid-19 cases all over the country, including Jammu and Kashmir. An official spokesperson said the decision to cancel the pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high holy cave shrine in South Kashmir Himalayas was taken during a meeting of Shri Amarnath…
Coursemate recalls time spent with him during training at Officers Training Academy, Chennai Mysore/Mysuru: Col. Ashutosh Sharma SM, who was killed in action in the recent Handwara Terrorists Operations, had undergone training at the Officers Training Academy (OTA), Chennai and was from the 2001 batch. Disclosing this to ‘Star of Mysore,’ Major (Retd.) Nayakanda Cariappa,…
On February 14, 2019, a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist rammed explosive-filled vehicle on a bus ferrying CRPF jawans New Delhi: Today (Feb. 14) is the 1st anniversary of the gruesome Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 CRPF jawans. As the nation mourns and honours the supreme sacrifice of our soldiers, the CRPF has inaugurated a Memorial to…
[…not at their own personal survival at the cost of the Nation] In the Book Talk column of Star of Mysore dated Nov. 13, 2019, I saw a brief write-up on the book “Kashmir’s Untold Story Declassified” by Iqbal Chand Malhotra and Maroof Raza. Since I am a great fan of Maroof Raza, that highly…
Jammu & Kashmir Studies Centre Member G. Dilip Kachroo lauds Centre for Article 370 abrogation Mysuru: With the Narendra Modi Government abrogating the draconian Article 370 in Kashmir, the people of Jammu and Kashmir will attain the same privileges and rights that are granted by the Constitution to all Indians, said Jammu & Kashmir Studies…
By T.J.S. George When the makers of our Constitution used the term ‘India that is Bharat,’ the implication was that the cultural strength of ancient Bharat would energise the modernistic thrust of resurgent India. It did for a while; India became a model for newly-independent nations. Then new forces rose that damaged India’s position as…
Kashmir is no more the special one. But it remains so for the Congress Party and Pakistan. And why not? Kashmir has been used and misused for politics both within India and Pakistan. After the special status to Kashmir was revoked, a headline in a Pakistani newspaper read, “Madman on the loose” with the photograph…
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