Mysuru: With 54 days remaining for the Dasara Navaratri to commence, the city is getting spruced up for the annual grand affair. This year’s Dasara will be a perfect blend of simplicity and grandeur and will be celebrated from September 21 to 30 and the State Government has promised to release Rs. 13.5 crore for…
Vintage beauties come to city from Bengaluru
July 30, 2017Mysuru: A group of 20 members from Karnataka Vintage and Classic Car Club, Bengaluru, drove into the Royal Orchid Brindavan Gardens Hotel at Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) reservoir yesterday with their vintage beauties for a get together. The families of 20 members of the Club left Bengaluru at about 7 am yesterday and reached Brindavan…
10 firms duped 18 lakh investors of Rs. 3,000 crore: CID
July 30, 2017Bengaluru: The sleuths in the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) probing the financial frauds in the State over the last decade, have found that many people, who have lost money, are yet to approach the Police and help in the investigations. CID ADGP Pratap Reddy on Saturday told media persons that it has filed 422 cases…
Savigannadam Gelge (Victory to Savigannada)
July 30, 2017By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy The word Mysuru is generally attached to items like Mysuru Mallige, Mysuru Pak, Mysuru Dasara, Mysuru Palace, etc. and this practice has been continued by Mysuru Ranganath popularly known as Ranganna. In fact, he would love to be called Mysuru Ranganna. I do not remember when exactly I met him…
Ex-employee held for stealing money from the office using duplicate key
July 30, 2017Mysuru: N.R. Police have arrested a youth on charges of stealing cash from the office he had worked earlier and have seized Rs. 6,78,000 cash and a Maruti Swift car from him. The arrested youth has been identified as 24-year-old Sebi Moses, a native of Batteri village, Wayanad district, Kerala and a resident of Bannimantap…
Safari-like SUVs to take tourists around city this Dasara
July 30, 2017Mysuru: To give a safari-like feeling to Dasara tourists, the Tourism Department is planning to introduce open Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) to take tourists for sight-seeing of heritage sites. This facility will be an added attraction this Dasara (Sept. 21-30). The vehicles will be customised like the ones used in jungle safaris and over five…
OPEN-TOP BUSES
July 30, 2017This Dasara, tourists might have an opportunity to go on a city tour in open-top double-decker buses. The Tourism Department is in talks with Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) to either offer buses to the Department or operate such buses on their (KSRTC) own. Around four open-top double-decker buses were introduced in Bengaluru by…
Parks becoming grazing ground for stray cattle
July 30, 2017Parks are meant to add beauty to the surroundings of the city. Parks are also a good time-spending venue for all ages, mostly for joggers, walkers and the like. But some parks in the city, which are poorly maintained, have become grazing ground for stray cattle. The A.P. Prashanth Park, located at the southern end…
State Govt. goes on a publicity blitzkrieg
July 30, 2017Mysuru: Looks like the Congress government headed by Chief Minister Siddharamaiah is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that its policies and programmes are reached to the public as the next Assembly elections are not far away. And to drive home the message, an LED display board has been installed at Curzon Park near the…
MLA Somashekar plays good Samaritan: Shifts sickman to hospital
July 30, 2017Mysuru: Playing good Samaritan,K.R. MLA Somashekar has shifted a seriously ill 60-year-old man, who was lying along a road and was struggling for life, to K.R. Hospital last night. The sick 60-year-old man has been identified by local residents as Dwarakanath of Agrahara. Somashekar was taking part in ‘Karaga Utsava’ at Karimaramma Temple on Ramanuja…
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