Mysuru: All the sixteen elephants that have been finalised for Dasara- 2017 are getting royal treatment, thanks to early Dasara this year. They are pampered at their respective elephant camps to make them accustomed to the treatment that they will receive at the Mysore Palace. Usually, Dasara falls in October and this year, Navaratri is…
Kurubarahalli Sy. No. 4 and Alanahalli Sy. No. 41: Scrutiny panel to submit report within a month
July 18, 2017Mysuru: The Committee constituted by the Revenue Department to look into the Kurubarahalli Survey No. 4 and Alanahalli Survey No. 41, chaired by Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep, met here yesterday and took some important decisions. “The scope of the Committee is to examine excluding MUDA approved layouts in Kurubarahalli Sy. No. 4 and Alanahalli Sy.No…
City’s first flyover to be ready by December 2017
July 18, 2017Mysuru: If everything goes as per plan, the city will get its first flyover (grade separator) on Mysuru-Hunsur Highway near Hinkal by December 2017, the end of this year, benefiting thousands of motorists heading towards Hunsur and those coming to the city. Works are on in full swing and according to authorities, from January 2018,…
‘Siddu Govt. is of few people, by few people, for few people’
July 18, 2017One of the few honest politicians in Karnataka, former Minister Suresh Kumar speaks about being a ‘Vistarak’ in Mysuru By S.N. Venkatnag Sobers Arguably he is one of the cleanest politicians of Karnataka. A true gentleman and a humble worker of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is former Minister S. Suresh Kumar. A two-time Corporator and…
Storage in 4 dams is 26 tmcft against 57.89 tmcft last year
July 18, 2017Bengaluru: After three consecutive years of drought, the Cauvery Basin will witness one more year of distress. Weak monsoon so far has resulted in poor inflow into the four reservoirs in the Cauvery basin — Krishna Raja Sagar Dam, Kabini, Harangi and Hemavathi reservoirs. Added to the woes is the continuous release of water from…
City celebrates Jayachamaraja Wadiyar’s 98th birth anniversary
July 18, 2017Mysuru: The contributions of the last ruler of Mysore Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar was recalled in glowing terms at several functions organised as part of his 98th birth anniversary celebrations, here this morning. Mayor M.J. Ravikumar inaugurated the celebrations at Sri Chamarajendra Ursu Boarding School, Drama Hall organised by Sri Jayachamaraja Ursu Education Trust in the…
City Cops recover Rs. 8,69,900 cash,32 mobile phones during special drives
July 18, 2017Mysuru: The Mysuru City Police, who conducted special drives during this month, have arrested five mobile phone snatchers and two persons for changing IMEI numbers of mobile phones and selling them apart from nabbing eight dacoits. The Police have recovered Rs. 8,69,900 cash, 32 mobile phones of various companies worth about Rs. 3.92 lakh, Tata…
Water, Drought woes: BJP Raitha Morcha threatens to launch stir
July 18, 2017Mysuru: The monsoon has failed this year too and the drought has continued in the State. In the light of this, BJP State Raitha Morcha President and former Minister C.H. Vijayashankar, has urged the State Government to set up a Task Force headed by the Principal Secretary to see that, water in the reservoirs used…
Digital initiatives of Mysore Varsity presented at Delhi
July 18, 2017Mysuru: The University of Mysore (UoM) was one of the 10 State-funded Universities in the country out of 365 that was selected to make a presentation on Digital Initiatives of the University at the National Convention on Digital Initiatives for Higher Education. The convention organised by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and University…
Dasara high-power committee meeting on July 24
July 18, 2017Mysuru: The high-power Dasara Committee meeting will be held in Bengaluru on July 24 to discuss and plan this year’s Mysuru Dasara festivities. The meeting will be chaired by Chief Minister Siddharamaiah. This will be the first Dasara high-power committee meeting that will be attended by Mysuru District In-charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa, Primary and…
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