By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC An interesting story: There was once a young lad who used to get angry at the touch of a button. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him to punch a nail to the fence every time he felt angry. The first day the lad…
Great Bombay Circus to conclude on May 28
May 25, 2017Mysuru: The Great Bombay Circus, which has pitched its tent at the Horse Park behind Zoo in Nazarbad here, for the last 40 days, will be here for last four days including today. There will be three shows daily at 1 pm, 4 pm and 7 pm and will conclude with last show (7 pm)…
Vedike to present awards
May 25, 2017Mysuru: City’s Naganava Kala Sahitya Vedike will be presenting the State-level Naga’s Navasiri Award instituted in memory of V. Nageshan during the 10th anniversary celebrations of the Vedike on June 4 at Sri Rajendra Auditorium in JSS Hospital premises at 10 am. This year, the awards will be presented to Senior litterateur Lakshmi Narasimha Shastry,…
Yoga capital aims for Guinness Record on Intl. Yoga Day
May 25, 2017Mysuru: Mysuru is the yoga capital of the world. The District Administration is making all efforts to live up to this reputation by trying to create a Guinness Record. Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep is leaving no stone unturned to achieve the objective. He had called for a meeting of various stakeholders at his office this…
‘Bit of land’ near your house to cost less now: MUDA revises prices of ‘bit of land’
May 25, 2017Mysuru:In the backdrop of house and site owners refraining to buy the ‘bit of land’ adjoining residential sites and corner sites, terming the selling price as exorbitant, the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has revised the prices of such ‘bit of land.’ The ‘bit of land’ adjoining residential sites will now be allotted to site…
Contract, daily-wage Pourakarmikas seek regularisation of jobs
May 25, 2017Mysuru: In response to the State-wide protest call, hundreds of Pourakarmikas, under the joint banner of Karnataka Rajya Nagarapalike, Nagarasabhe, Purasabhegala Pourakarmikara Maha Sangha, MCC Regular and Contract Pourakarmikas Association and MCC Contract Pourakarmikas Association, staged a demonstration in front of the DC’s office here this morning seeking fulfilment of their long standing demands, which…
Urban Development Secretary holds review meeting
May 25, 2017Mysuru: Urban Development Department Secretary V. Ponnuraj conducted Mysuru city and rural drinking water supply review meeting at the Deputy Commissioner’s office here this morning. The meeting, which was held in detail, discussed about the number of sources and quantity of water being supplied to city, steps being taken to measure the quantity of water…
Power-driven playtime
May 25, 2017In an unwitting betrayal of their mindset, aspirants for votes of the land’s ever gullible masses are openly talking of capturing power and adorning authoritative posts in the government. Next comes the lobbying for plum portfolios promising avenues for syphoning off public funds in the name of taking up projects under broad banner of development….
Fertile fields levelled for Chief Minister’s event: Farmers await compensation
May 25, 2017Bylakuppe: Many farmers in Mutthina Mullusoge village in Periyapatna taluk are angry with Chief Minister Siddharamaiah. Reason: It is because of CM’s visit that their standing crops were destroyed. Several acres of land where crops were grown have been destroyed by officials to make a road for the CM who is arriving at the village…
Ganapathy Swamiji cuts 120 ft. long birthday cake
May 25, 2017CAKE PRASADAM: Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji celebrated his 75th birthday, as part of Vajrotsava, by cutting a 120 ft. long, 3 ft. wide cake weighing 1,500 kgs. The letters SGS 8 ft. in length and 4 ft. wide, with two peacocks on either side decorated the long cake. The other attraction that adorned the cake…
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