Mysuru: Truckloads of mouth-watering mangoes and juicy jackfruits have arrived at the Curzon Park for the annual Mango and Jackfruit Mela that began this morning. The Mela is being organised by the Horticulture Department and will be on till May 23. The opening day today saw huge response and thousands of people crowded the park…
IAS Officer Anurag Tiwari found dead in Lucknow: 2007 Karnataka cadre IAS Officer
May 17, 2017Lucknow/Mysuru: The Lucknow Police have recovered the dead body of IAS officer Anurag Tiwari under mysterious circumstances this morning. The body of 36-year-old Tiwari, a 2007 batch officer from Karnataka cadre, was found on a roadside near the Government Guest House in Hazratganj on Meerabai Marg. Tiwari is a native of UP’s Bahraich district and…
Vajrothsava to mark Sri Ganapathy Seer’s 75th birthday celebrations from May 21
May 17, 2017Swamiji calls for abolition of caste discrimination Mysuru: The 75th birthday celebrations of Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji ‘Vajrothsava’ will be held from May 21-28 at Avadhoota Datta Peetham in city. The 8-day event will be inaugurated by Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji on May 21 at Nada Mantapa in the Ashrama premises. Union Urban Development Minister…
Rs. 7.5 crore cash delivery van heist: Four arrested from Pushpagiri forest; Rs. 6.3 crore recovered
May 17, 2017Mysuru: In a joint operation, the Special Investigation Team from Mangaluru City Police and Kodagu Police have arrested four accused in the sensational cash delivery van robbery case. The arrests were made yesterday at Kumbara Gadige village in the Pushpagiri reserve forest of Somwarpet taluk in Kodagu district. Rs. 6.3 crore cash has been recovered…
Rise and Fall of a Royal Property: Rajendra Vilas Palace
May 17, 2017The Omen: Wadiyar’s Rajendra Vilas Palace Mystery of a temple tower and palace-dome! I may mention here that I had written an Abracadabra column under the title mentioned above on11th February 2016. I will just mention the relevant point. The dome of the Palace was built taller than the Vimana Gopura atop the tower of…
MCC seals unhygienic flour mill
May 17, 2017Health Panel Members obstructed from performing duties; stage dharna Mysuru: The MCC Health Standing Committee, which raided Sadananda Flour Mill and shop in Shivarampet here yesterday, have seized the mill and the shop for not maintaining cleanliness, running the mill and shop without valid permits, including Trade and Food licences. The Health Standing Committee Members…
Lalithadripura Survey No. 28/39 Land Row: DC upholds AC order; gives back land to Govt.
May 17, 2017Mysuru: Mysuru Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep has taken back (granted back to the government) the two-acre land that was earlier purchased by retired Police officer Nanjundegowda and R. Sridhar in Lalithadripura village of Varuna Hobli under Survey Number 28/39. The DC’s move comes after it was found that the land purchase violated the provisions of PTCL…
Feeding foody kid…
May 17, 2017An Indian Roller – Coracias benghalensis, formerly falsely called as Blue Jay, busy feeding its baby bird (with insects and frog) which waits hungrily for its supper. This parenting moment was captured by SOM photographer M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav at Bandipur National Park. Indian Roller is called ‘Neelakanta’ in Kannada & Sanskrit and is the State…
Excel Public School students shine at New York Academy
May 17, 2017Mysuru: Two students of Excel Public School in city — Sandeep Rao and Prithve Kiran Shekar — studying in tenth standard, had the rare distinction to present their research-based product at The New York Academy of Sciences recently before a congregation of Nobel Laureates and leading scientists from across the globe. The research product titled…
8-day 75th birthday celebrations of Sri Ganapathy Swamiji
May 17, 2017Conferring of Datta Peetha Titles from tomorrow Mysuru: As part of the Diamond Jubilee and 75th birthday celebrations of Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji and 19th anniversary of Nada Mantapa, Sri Avadhoota Datta Peetha has organised the following programmes at Nada Mantapa, Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Ashrama, Ooty Road, Dattanagar, here from May 21 to 28: May…
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