Mysore/Mysuru: In a heartfelt tribute to Kalyatanda B. Ganapathy (KBG), Founder-Editor of Star of Mysore and Mysuru Mithra, Sri Kaveri Kodava Association, Mysuru East and Kodagu Model School held a condolence meeting at the school’s Cheethamma Hall recently. Association members, leaders and school representatives highlighted KBG’s towering personality as a journalist, mentor and champion of …
On Sunday, the 13th (of July), my father and the Founder-Editor of Star of Mysore and Mysuru Mithra, K.B. Ganapathy, passed away. Knowing him, I think he would have got a kick out of it if he had kicked the bucket on Friday the 13th, popularly considered an unlucky day. It feels odd to write…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Journalists Association (MDJA) has named cricket tournament organised annually as part of the Journalists Sports Meet after late K.B. Ganapathy (KBG), Founder-Editor of Star of Mysore and Mysuru Mithra, who passed away on July 13. Presiding over the inaugural event of the 2-day Annual Sports Meet for Journalists at University of…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru Photo Journalists Association (MPJA) paid a heartfelt tribute to late K.B. Ganapathy (KBG), Founder-Editor of Star of Mysore and Mysuru Mithra, at the Institution of Engineers-India (IEI) auditorium on JLB Road in city yesterday. MPJA President Pragathi Gopalakrishna, speaking on the occasion, recalled KBG’s immense contribution to journalism. “Through Star of Mysore…
Mysore/Mysuru: The District Kannada Sahitya Parishat and Kannada Chaluvali Kendra Samiti jointly organised a Shraddanjali programme in memory of K.B. Ganapathy (KBG), Founder-Editor of Star of Mysore and Mysuru Mithra, who passed away on July 13. The event was held at Pathrakarthara Bhavan in city on July 21. Parishat President Maddikere Gopal, Mysuru District Journalists…
Various organisations including Mandya District Working Journalists Association, Krishika Alliance and Prathibanjali Sugama Sangeetha Academy paid tributes to Star of Mysore and Mysuru Mithra Founder-Editor K.B. Ganapathy, who passed away in Mysuru on July 13, during the condolence meeting held at Journalists Association premises in Mandya yesterday.
The staff, students and Administrative Board Members of Kodagu Model School (run by Sri Kavery Kodava Association – Mysuru East) in Sathagalli observed silence during the School Assembly on July 14 as a mark of respect to late K.B. Ganapathy (KBG), Founder-Editor of Star of Mysore & Mysuru Mithra and Special Advisor to Sri Kavery…
Mysore/Mysuru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed deep condolences over the demise of K.B. Ganapathy (KBG), the Founder-Editor of Star of Mysore and Mysuru Mithra newspapers, who passed away last Sunday. In a letter dated July 15, 2025, addressed to K.B. Ganapathy’s wife, K.K. Devamma (Ralie Ganapathy), the Prime Minister conveyed that he was deeply…
Mysore/Mysuru: Describing Star of Mysore and Mysuru Mithra Founder-Editor Dr. K.B. Ganapathy (KBG) as a man who had won the hearts of Mysureans, former Vice-Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University in Arunachal Pradesh, Prof. K.C. Belliappa, said KBG was a warm and affectionate personality, and truly an Ajatashatru — one without enemies. He was speaking after…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The year was 2006 and I was one of the members of Anjuman-E-Hadiqatul Adab, then nearly a century-old small organisation, which with its handful of members, had always been working towards preserving and promoting culture, literature and communal harmony in our city. That was the year we Anjuman members…
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