Mysuru: Amidst growing concern regarding the future of lakhs of students studying in the Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), following de-recognition of courses, the Special Board of Management (BoM), met here this morning and decided to upload the application online for 2018-19 on the University Grants Commission (UGC) website by this evening and file a…
Selfie craze snuffs out three young lives
October 3, 2017Mandya/ Mysuru: Craze for a selfie in front of a moving train wiped out three young lives on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Railway track near Ramanagaram this morning. The young boys hailed from Bengaluru and were taking selfies when the speeding Mysuru-Solapur-Gol-Gumbaz Express ran over them. Their bodies were mangled beyond recognition and certain body parts were…
Mysuru-Bengaluru track to be electrified by month end
October 3, 2017Mysuru: The work on restoration of the translocated Tipu Armoury at Srirangapatna has begun on a war-footing and will be completed within a week. Simultaneously, the completion of electrification of the double track between Bengaluru and Mysuru that was pending due to the Armoury shifting will be completed by the end of October. The translocation…
Dasara rush: Visitors hit tourist spots, gate collections surge
October 3, 2017Mysuru: Every year Dasara is a big holiday season in Mysuru and tourists throng the city especially on the last two days — Ayudha Puja and Vijayadashami when the grand Dasara procession is held. This year, with extended holidays adding to the leisure of the people, the regular tourist hot spots like the Palace, KRS…
Saree Politics: Two sarees draped on Chamundi idol during Jumboo Savari
October 3, 2017Mysuru: The controversy over the saree draped on the idol of Goddess Chamundeshwari, which was placed on the Golden Howdah atop the Howdah elephant Arjuna during Jumboo Savari, is refusing to die down and has become a topic of widespread discussion in the social media. Initially, it was reported that the blue saree with magenta…
Upset over being slighted, Sannappa decides to leave Arjuna
October 3, 2017Mysuru: Dasara Jumboo Savari has ended on a grand note but there is a simmering discontent among Mahouts as the Forest Department ignored one eligible Mahout and chose a less-experienced Mahout to steer Arjuna, the Howdah-elephant. And that is why the Department officials did not disclose the name of Arjuna’s Mahout till the last moment,…
Dasara jumbos head back to jungle camps
October 3, 2017Mysuru: Dasara elephants that were the cynosure of all eyes since a month, moved back to their respective camps this morning with a promise that they would return next year. They began their journey along with Mahouts, Kavadis and their families at around 11.30 am and were escorted by Forest Department vehicles till the city…
A giant leap for Pratham Mysore
October 3, 2017Pratham Mysore was founded by Ashvini Ranjan and his wife Shashi Ranjan as part of their post-retirement activity. They adopted two Govt. Primary Schools with 60 children in Nachanahally Palya slums in Mysore South during May 2000 not realising the many challenges they would be faced with. Having entered the unchartered terrain, there was no…
Ratna Prabha emerges as front runner for CS post
October 3, 2017Bengaluru: With State Chief Secretary (CS) Subha Chandra Khuntia set to retire by the end of this month, speculation on his successor is already in the air in the corridors of power in the State. Senior IAS officers in the rank of Additional Chief Secretary K. Ratna Prabha and T.M. Vijaya Bhaskar, who is serving…
Bags Swachhata National Award
October 3, 2017Mysuru: Federation of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Ward Parliament, a residents welfare association of city, has bagged the National Swachhata Award for its commendable work in Solid Waste Management. The award was presented in New Delhi yesterday on the occasion of the third anniversary of Swachh Bharat Mission in the ‘Best Public-Private-Partnership’ category in Solid…
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