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Dasara elephants back to jungle camps

Mysuru: After a 46-day strenuous routine of rehearsals and the final Jamboo Savari, Dasara elephants, their mahouts and kavadis moved back to their respective elephant camps this morning with a promise that they would return next year. Their journey back into the woods began at around 12 noon and the team was escorted by Forest...

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Tourist rush continues; gate collections surge

Mysuru: The city is witnessing a large number of tourist footfalls. Visitors are flooding Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, Mysore Palace, Chamundi Hill and Brindavan Gardens at Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Reservoir even after two days of the culmination of Dasara festivities. As schools and colleges will be reopened from tomorrow after Dasara vacation, visitors thronged the...

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South India’s biggest Ravan Dahan at ISKCON

Mysuru: More than 15,000 devotees participated in the South Indian biggest Ravan Dahan organised by International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), Jayanagar, as part of its 9th annual Dasara festival celebrations commemorating the pastime of the victory of Lord Rama over the evil King Ravana on Oct.19. Renowned vocalist Sangeetha Vidyanidhi Dr. Vidyabhushana performed Sangeetha...

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Mysore Dasara 2018, News

Dasara elephants back to jungle camps

Mysuru: After a 46-day strenuous routine of rehearsals and the final Jamboo Savari, Dasara elephants, their mahouts and kavadis moved back to their r...

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Tourist rush continues; gate collections surge

Mysuru: The city is witnessing a large number of tourist footfalls. Visitors are flooding Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, Mysore Palace, Chamundi H...

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South India’s biggest Ravan Dahan at ISKCON

Mysuru: More than 15,000 devotees participated in the South Indian biggest Ravan Dahan organised by International Society for Krishna Consciousness (I...

Mysore Dasara 2018, News

Over 35 lakh people witness Dasara festivities

Mysuru: Even as the world famous Mysuru Dasara festival concluded with Vijayadashami procession on Friday, it is estimated that over 35 lakh people t...

Mysore Dasara 2018, News

Police officers stop Arjuna for selfies !

Mysuru: A video of Police officers and team, some of them dressed in white shirt and dhoti, stopping Golden Howdah-carrying elephant Arjuna for selfi...

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Abracadabra By K. B. Ganapathy, Columns

Of Common Salt and Common Sense !

If the salt loseth its savour, wherewith shall it be salted? —Bible For want of a nail the Kingdom was lost,” is a proverb, reminding that seemingly u...

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Dasara during Vijayanagar period

By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore Dasara is one of the most popular f...

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#MeToo

Predators swarm places where there’s prey. And that’s what happened in the recently held Dasara Street Festival. The well-intentioned Open Street Fest...

Columns, Point of View

Haksar Files. What About Others ?

By T.J.S. George History lies hidden in government files. Hidden because, while modern democracies declassify records after a reasonably brief period ...

Columns, In Black & White

Purr…fume

Just a few days ago, it was reported that Avni had turned a man-eater. Now, before your sick mind starts Googling “Avni eats man”, please know that Av...

EVENTS TODAY

Events Today

Rangayana

Staging of play ‘Rex Hours – Dino Yekangi Payana,’ Bhoomigeeta, Rangayana premises, 6.30 pm.

Events Today

Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama

Swami Atmajnanandaji speaks on ‘Viveka Choodamani,’ Ashrama premises, Yadavagiri, 6 pm.

Events Today

Ramsons Kala Pratishtana

14th edition of Bombe Mane, Pratima Gallery, located above Aamrapali Sarees’ Showroom, Nazarbad Main Road, up to 7.30 pm.

Events Today

Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Ashrama, Sri Avadhoota Datta Peetha

Devi Navaratri Celebrations, Bhajans and discourse by Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji, Nada Mantapa, Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Ashrama, Ooty R...

EVENTS TOMORROW

Events Tomorrow

Kannada and Culture Department and Karnataka Shilpakala Academy, Bengaluru; Rangayana, Mysuru, Centre for Gandhian Studies, University of Mysore

Gandiji’s 150th birth anniversary celebrations, Cement Sculpture Camp on ‘Gandhiji,’ Gandhi Bhavana premises, Manasagangothri, University of Mysore, 1...

Events Tomorrow

Drushti – Centre for Education of Visually Challenged

Inauguration of Audio Books, One-day Workshop and Online Library for Visually-Challenged students, former Vice-Chancellor of University of Mysore Prof...

Events Tomorrow

Ramsons Kala Pratishtana

14th edition of Bombe Mane, Pratima Gallery, located above Aamrapali Sarees’ Showroom, Nazarbad Main Road, 10 am to 7.30 pm.

Photo News

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Overflowing garbage bin needs to be cleared at Vontikoppal
A garbage bin placed at Vontikoppal 3rd Main Road is overflowing and is not cleared resulting in the garbage spilling on the road and stray dogs feedi...

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Plea to clear garbage in Vijayanagar 3rd stage
Uncleared garbage at Basavaraj Circle in Vijayanagar 3rd Stage, D Block, is causing a lot of problems to the residents living in the surroundings and ...

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Plea to clear garbage in Vijayanagar
Heaps of garbage piled up near Jodi Hunase Mara in Vijayanagar 4th Stage, 1st Phase, is not cleared. This is resulting in garbage getting scattered on...
Mysore Dasara 2018, Photo News
Sudha Murty present on all 10 days
For the first time, a dignitary who inaugurated the Dasara festivities, spent all 10 days in the city, taking part in various programmes. Sudha Murty ...

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Palace reverberates with Sufi Music and 'Nrutya Sambhrama'
Mukhtiar Ali Khan, Jaipur and troupe presenting Sufi Music at Mysore Palace premises as part of the Dasara Cultural Programme on Oct.17. Nirupama and ...

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New Interact Club installed
Rotary Ivory City Mysuru sponsored a new Interact Club at Hardwicke High School, JLB Road, Mysuru, recently. The new Club was installed by former AG R...

EDITORIAL

Editorial

Sharing spaces

The land area per person to live and grow food in adequate quantities on earth is a pressing issue that is going to be more focussed upon by agencies ...

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Retired, but not tired

Governments and companies in the corporate sector follow the practice of parting company with staff as they reach the pre-determined age of superannua...

Editorial

People-unfriendly society

Social life across the country in our times prompts one to ponder over two issues namely, (a) What are the factors behind its steadily worsening distu...

Editorial

Upmanship by UP

India’s largest and most populous State, Uttar Pradesh, has also hosted the highest number of heavy-weights in the country’s politics, including leade...

Editorial

Milk is only for crying babies

Babies cry for various reasons, including the craving to get attention. The idiom The crying baby gets the milk has its modern version, the squeaky wh...

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Deciphering Doctor’s Diktat

We are guided by archaeologists to make sense of matter engraved on the stone edicts of a distant past, still being unearthed in many regions across t...

Voice of the Reader

Voice of The Reader
The Road not to be taken
Sir, This is concerning the road right in front of Nirmala Convent on Gokulam main Road where half the road has been broken (dug up) for some work. Th...
Voice of The Reader
Effective traffic management during Dasara
Sir, Kudos to Mysuru City Traffic Police, Traffic Wardens and Home Guards for effectively controlling the traffic during last couple of days. The vehi...
Voice of The Reader
Devanur Lake crying for attention
Sir, Apropos the news item ‘Sudha Murty’s Aqua Touch’ (SOM dated Oct. 15). The rejuvenation of Hebbal Lake by Infosys Foundation and the District Mini...
Voice of The Reader
Why re-name “University of Mysore”?
Sir, Recently, our Chief Minister spoke about re-naming the century-old “University of Mysore” as “Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar University.” I think p...
Voice of The Reader
Ayodhya Ram Mandir: Shashi Tharoor’s lopsided logic
Sir, Since yesterday afternoon, I have been reading in some newspapers and also watching on TV that the Congress Party is not for building a Ram Mandi...

OBITUARY

Obituary
L. Jayakumar
Jayakumar (46), an employee of a private hotel and a resident of Hebbal, passed away yesterday following heart attack. He leaves behind his wife, son ...
Obituary
H.Y. Shankar
H.Y. Shankar (63), proprietor of Shankar Photo Frame Works and a resident of Nadubeedu in Hunsur town, passed away on Thursday night following a brief...
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Dr. Syed Khudrathulla Saheb Baqhavi
Dr. Syed Khudrathulla Baqhavi (90), a resident of Udayagiri, passed away this morning at a private hospital in city. He leaves behind two sons, three ...
Obituary
N.S. Vasu
N.S. Vasu (88), Clearing and Forwarding Agent, Railway Goodshed and a resident of 7th Cross, V.V. Mohalla, passed away in the early hours of today at ...
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B.V. Shivappa Bookanakere
B.V. Shivappa Bookanakere (81), an advocate and a resident of Alanahalli Layout, passed away yesterday in city. A relative of former CM B.S. Yeddyurap...
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Porkonda Santosh Biddappa
Porkonda Santosh Biddappa (47), a resident of KHB Hootagalli, passed away yesterday at 7.30 pm due to brief illness. He leaves behind his father, wife...

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