By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC [Continued from Jan. 11] The second festival which we had the privilege to watch during our brief stay in the US was ‘The Thanksgiving’ similar to our Pongal or Sankranti. It is celebrated on the 4th Thursday in the month of November. In 1863, in the midst of…
The Environment, the Forests, the Landscape and the very future of Kodagu and its people are at stake due to the proposals for two destructive projects of Railways and four Multi-lane National Highways through Kodagu. With the felling of lakhs of trees across Kodagu, the death of River Cauvery will be only a matter of…
Bengaluru, Jan.18- The State Cabinet yesterday approved a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe all the cases related to illegal mining of iron ore that the CBI said it could not find evidence in. The Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Siddharamaiah accepted the recommendation of the Cabinet subcommittee, headed by Rural Development and Panchayat…
Mysuru: It was a cultural feast, as the lovely winter dusk settled and the sky turned dark. ‘Gaudipailiya’ dance by Madhya Pradesh (MP) folk troupe, ‘Shoorpanaki-Innondu Mukha’ play at the mini theatre and Malayalam play ‘Kali Natakam’ at Vanaranga, were some of the major attractions on the fourth day of National Theatre Festival Bahroopi at…
Mysuru: Mysuru city has always been a brand right from the time of the rule of the Wadiyars and Mahamta Gandhi himself called the reign of Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar as ‘Rama Rajya.’ As the inhabitants, business and institutions have a new sense of purpose and direction in the pride of the city, the District Administration…
Mysuru: The Mysuru City Police will launch a Mobile Command Centre vehicle soon. The vehicle, costing Rs. 2.50 crore which arrived from Punjab on Jan.16 and stationed at CAR Grounds, is probably the first-of-its-kind in the State. The hi-tech vehicle, which has all the features of a Police Control Room, will be on the move…
Suttur (Nanjangud)- Refuting Opposition charges that the State Government’s decision to hand over cases pertaining to illegal export of iron ore to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) was politically motivated, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah said that the Government had reopened the cases as there was prima facie evidence. Speaking to press persons upon his arrival at…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist One thing that often goes unnoticed in many traditional Hindu temples is that the walls of the shrine is made of a circle of women. Some of these are musicians, some dancers, some undressing, some adorning themselves for lovers, some clinging to trees, some being teased…
Bengaluru: The State Government yesterday hiked the wages of employees of State Road Transport Corporations, by 12.5 percent. Addressing a press meet here yesterday, Transport Minister H.M. Revanna said that the hike will come into retrospective effect from Jan.1, 2016. Pointing out that the wage hike will result in an additional burden of about Rs.400…
Chennai, Jan.18- Veteran actor Kamal Haasan is all set to announce his political party’s name on Feb.21 at Tamil Nadu’s Ramanathapuram and will also begin a State-wide tour on the same day marking his official entry into politics about which he has been making overtures since last year. The tour will be held in phases….
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