Mysore Kodava Samaja paid floral tributes to Kalyatanda B. Ganapathy (KBG), Founder-Editor of Star of Mysore and Mysuru Mithra, who passed away on July 13, at the condolence meeting held at the Samaja premises in Vijayanagar yesterday. Samaja President Ponjanda A. Ganapathy, former Samaja President and present BVB Mysuru Hon. Secretary Poyyettira S. Ganapathy, former…
Union Minister, State BJP President pay tributes to KBG
July 18, 2025Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shobha Karandlaje offering floral tributes to the portrait of Star of Mysore and Mysuru Mithra Founder-Editor K.B. Ganapathy (KBG), who passed away on July 13. The Union Minister, accompanied by City BJP President L. Nagendra, BJP leader B.P. Manjunath, Advocate S. Arunkumar, City BJP General Secretary…
CM Siddu, Dy.CM D.K. Shivakumar, Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy condole KBG’s demise
July 13, 2025Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar have expressed their condolences following the demise of Star of Mysore and Mysuru Mithra Founder-Editor K.B. Ganapathy in Mysuru this morning. CM Siddaramaiah on his ‘X’ handle, posted, “I am deeply saddened by demise of senior journalist friend K.B. Ganapathy of Mysuru, my native. The media…
Tribute to an Entrepreneur-Journalist
July 13, 2025and Publisher of STAR OF MYSORE & MYSURU MITHRA Newspapers Dr. Kalyatanda B. Ganapathy, the former Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) and Editor-in-Chief of Star of Mysore English Evening Daily and Mysuru Mithra Kannada Morning Daily of Mysuru, published by Academy Newspapers Pvt. Ltd., Bannimantap, Mysuru, passed away at the age of 85 in Mysuru…
Social service under KBG’s leadership
July 13, 2025K.B. Ganapathy served as the Chairman of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB), Mysuru Kendra. He has also served as its Vice-Chairman; Former Vice-President of Kodava Samaja, Mysuru; Former Vice-President of Mysore District Journalists Association (MDJA) and Member of Karnataka Patrika Akademi 1993-1995. Fund raising 1. Funds were raised for the victims of the Kargil war in…
Rahul Gandhi, a leader to the manor born !
February 10, 2025…but a disappointing spectacle of a leader as LoP ‘We would like to see a politician in Rahul Gandhi NOT as he is, but as he should be.’ Last Monday (Feb. 3), Rahul Gandhi as the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha made a speech on the Motion of Thanks to President…
An Award well deserved-1
October 21, 2024Dr. U.R. Ananthamurthy’s accolades for Ganjifa Raghupathi Bhat When I heard and read about the prestigious ‘Kalidas Samman’ award being given to our city artist Ganjifa Raghupathi Bhat, I was delighted no end. Getting awards and rewards are not rare for him. But this one is special. When I moved my residence to an area…
Modi: Veni, Vidi, Vici
May 2, 2023Mascot of India that is Bharat Veni, Vidi, Vici is a Latin phrase attributed to the famous Roman General Julius Caesar. It means ‘I came, I saw, I conquered.’ It refers to a swift, conclusive victory. Same could be said of our Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Karnataka last Saturday and Sunday, including…
Mumbo-Jumbo of Man’s Birth, Life and Death
January 2, 2023And it is a paradox he will not even know how he will kick the bucket — illness, accident, suicide or murder. That is the mystery of life and death! Therefore, the question is, of what avail these powers? Yes, while alive these powers do help, as we could see them enjoying a comfortable, luxurious…
Godman Chandraswami & Margaret Thatcher
December 22, 2022When iron melts, you get molten. When Iron Lady dies, you get either ash if cremated or dust, if buried — “dust thou art and to dust thou shalt return.” Now that the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, known as the Iron Lady of Great Britain, has died, we know that being a Christian…















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