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Mysore Kodava Samaja pays tribute to KBG
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Mysore Kodava Samaja pays tribute to KBG

August 11, 2025

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
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Union Minister, State BJP President pay tributes to KBG

July 18, 2025

Union 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
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CM Siddu, Dy.CM D.K. Shivakumar, Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy condole KBG’s demise

July 13, 2025

Mysuru: 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
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Tribute to an Entrepreneur-Journalist

July 13, 2025

and 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
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Social service under KBG’s leadership

July 13, 2025

K.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…

Modi: Veni, Vidi, Vici
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Modi: Veni, Vidi, Vici

May 2, 2023

Mascot 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…

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