World Photographers Day, photo exhibition, Suchitra Art Gallery, Kalamandira premises, up to 5 pm.
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Accounts and Audit Panels to monitor Dasara expenditure
August 19, 2017Mysuru: Probably for the first time, the District Administration has constituted Accounts and Auditing Committees to monitor Dasara expenditure. The Committees will have powers and jurisdiction to oversee all the expenditure during the festival including crores of rupees spent by the 16 Dasara Sub-Committees. In a press release, Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep, who is also…
Abracadabra By K. B. Ganapathy, Columns
Dasara Dreams & Depredations
August 19, 2017Dasara is here. The city will cover itself with light and gaiety in the celebration of this festival from Sept. 21 to Sept. 30. Lakhs of people will converge on this city testing its infrastructure and ability to feed as many mouths with Dasara special delicacies. Personally I feel that of the over 40 Dasara…
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Keep an eye on rowdy-sheeters, DG&IGP tells Policemen
August 19, 2017Mysuru: Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG&IGP) Rupak Kumar Dutta arrived on a three-day visit to Mysuru yesterday and held a couple of meetings and interactions with the Southern Range Police personnel manning law and order and traffic. He arrived with his family at around 11.30 am and was received at the DG…
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Piyush Goyal invokes Sir MV’s name to connect with Mysureans
August 19, 2017Mysuru: Invoking the name of Engineer-Statesman Sir M. Visvesvaraya (MV), who was the first architect of modern India and strongly believed in skill India and a developed country, Union Minister of State for Energy, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines (with Independent Charge), Piyush Goyal, instantly connected with the intellectuals of the city. He…
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Elephants force tribal woman to live atop banyan tree in Periyapatna !
August 19, 2017Periyapatna: While governments run by various political parties boast about several schemes they have launched for the welfare of tribal population and members of backward communities, here is a classic example in Periyapatna where it shows that many government schemes have just remained on paper, without reaching the deserving population. The story we are narrating…
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Mysuru farmers supply vegetables directly to Kerala consumers
August 19, 2017By Pavan Murthy Though there are many government policies preventing middlemen from exploiting farmers, they have remained in paper without making any difference in local markets. They continue to fleece farmers and pocket most of the profits while farmers return almost empty handed though they toil year-round in their fields. A silent revolution is happening…
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City Centre Traffic Muddle-1: “Transport Triangle” – The Crux of the Traffic Problem
August 19, 2017A common question that every Bengalurean asks nowadays is, “Have you decided to settle down in Mysuru?” If the answer is ‘yes,’ then his or her immediate reply is, “This is the best decision you have taken. Bengaluru is gone. Traffic is a nightmare.” Is Mysuru really a paradise for driving on the city roads?…
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Kodagu Congress leader caught on camera holding lady MLC’s hand
August 19, 2017Madikeri: A senior Congress leader in Kodagu T.P. Ramesh, who is also the Karnataka Silk Board Chairman, drew severe criticism after a video surfaced that showed him holding Madikeri MLC Shantheyanda Veena Achaiah’s hand during the Independence Day function in Madikeri. Veena Achaiah is seen pushing his hand away in the video. Speaking to reporters,…
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Three from State likely to be inducted into Union Cabinet
August 19, 2017Bengaluru: Keeping in mind the Karnataka Assembly Polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to induct three new faces from the State into his Cabinet. The Union Cabinet, which may see a reshuffle shortly, will make way for new faces. In the reshuffle, which is likely to happen by the end of this month, Union…
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