Mysuru: Odanadi Seva Samsthe had organised a programme at the premises of Odanadi Boys Rehabilitation Centre at Gejjagalli in J.P. Nagar here this morning for the unveiling of a bust of Journalist late Rajashekar Koti installed at the premises. The bust was unveiled by District Minister G.T. Devegowda who also inaugurated an auditorium ‘Jeeva Sangama’…
Mysuru: Mysuru District Journalists’ Association (MDJA) held a meeting at Pathrakartara Bhavan here yesterday to condole the death of Andolana Editor Rajashekar Koti, who passed away on Nov.23. MDJA members and non-members, who were present, observed a minute’s silence to condole Koti’s death and offered floral tributes to his portrait. P. Mallesh, a friend of…
Mysuru: The members and office-bearers of Mysuru City Newspaper Distributors Association have condoled the untimely death of Rajashekar Koti, Editor of ‘Andolana’ Kannada daily, who passed away on Thursday. In a press release, Association President Suresh and General Secretary Sundar have stated that the demise of the senior journalist was a big loss to the…
Midnight telephone calls are like midnight knocks on the door. Often unpleasant — either the Police or an unexpected guest. So also the early morning telephone calls. One such early morning call came to me from K. Shivakumar, Senior Special Correspondent of The New Indian Express at 6.30 am on Thursday, November 23, 2017. It…
Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah this morning visited the residence of journalist late Rajashekar Koti on Ramanuja Road and consoled the grieving family members. Siddharamaiah, accompanied by Advisor to Home Ministry Kempaiah, spent some time with Koti’s wife Nirmala and son Ravi Koti. Siddharamaiah, who arrived in a special flight at Mandakalli Airport at about 11…
Mysuru: Mysuru’s senior journalist and the Editor of Andolana Kannada Daily Rajashekar Koti (71) died of a heart attack in the wee hours of today. He passed away at around 2.30 am in Bengaluru where he had gone to attend a meeting. Koti leaves behind wife Nirmala Koti, son Ravi Koti, daughters Rashmi Koti and…
Mysuru: Rajashekar Koti, a native of Huyilagol in Gadag district, was born in an agricultural family. After completing his education at Gadag, he began his career in journalism as a reporter of ‘Vishwavani’ newspaper, run by senior journalist Patil Puttappa and published from Dharwad. Later he worked as a Sub-Editor of ‘Prapancha’ newspaper for nine…
Mysuru: Senior Journalist Rajashekar Koti always wore his trade-mark red T-shirt whenever he attended events and public functions. This conscious efforts to wear red started much later in his career when he was always seen wearing a red T-shirt with beige-coloured pants. When asked about this, Koti had himself told a group of college students…
Mysuru: The co-curricular activities for the year 2017-18 of Vidyavardhaka First Grade College (FGC) was inaugurated by Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha at a function held at the college premises here recently. In his inaugural address, Pratap Simha said that education should never become a preparation for the job market but should be a process of…
Senior journalist and Editor of Andolana morning Kannada newspaper of city Rajashekar Koti was felicitated along with his wife Nirmala Koti on his 70th birthday at a programme organised by Samaana Manaskara Geleyara Balaga at Heritage Club in Vijayanagar here yesterday. Seen in the picture are (standing from left) Malali Nataraja Kumar – Editor of…
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