Mysuru: Mahashivaratri, a major Hindu festival that takes place annually in honour of Lord Shiva, will be celebrated at all Shiva temples across the city tomorrow. As part of the celebrations, the 108 Shivalingas at Sri Shaivashilpi Brahmarshi Gurukula on Ramanuja Road were cleaned as a precursor to the rituals. The pujas will commence with…
Mysuru: The Swachh Survekshan-2018 team, associated with Karvy Infrastructure Private Limited, which has been tasked by the Union Ministry of Urban Development, arrived in city last night to commence the assessment of cleanliness in city to ultimately adjudge the cleanest city in the country. Four members of the seven-member team, who have come first, arrived…
Mysuru: The two-day Rani Abbakka cultural Festival, organised jointly by Dakshina Kannada District Association, Rani Abbakka Utsava Samithi and other organisations of coastal region, concluded last evening at Maharaja’s College Grounds here. Veteran Kannada Cinema Actress M. Leelavathi, hailing from the coastal region and who has acted in over 550 movies in leading and supporting…
Mysuru: Unable to bear the demises of his only son, who breathed his last due to illness on Saturday, the grieving father, who was preparing for the last rites of his son, died on Sunday at Belavadi village in the outskirts of city. While the deceased son has been identified as Bhyra (33), the grieving…
Mysuru: January 12, 2018 saw the inauguration of 11 Indira Canteens across the city. Launched by the Congress-led Karnataka government and run by the District Administration and private food contractors, these canteens are meant to provide subsidised meals to citizens — breakfast for Rs.5 and lunch and dinner for Rs.10. And what’s heartening is that…
Mysuru: The general consensus among the people who have their breakfast, lunch and dinner at the Indira Canteens at Sharadadevi Nagar, Alanahalli Circle and Raghavendra Circle is that the food served is really good. In the reality check conducted by SOM, in all the three places, it is the daily wagers and the students who…
Mysuru: After Anna Bhagya scheme of the State Government, Indira Canteen is another ambitious scheme that has received good response. Though Opposition parties are criticising the government that this programme was launched in view of the forthcoming Assembly elections, there are many who say that it is helping the poor in fighting hunger. In spite…
Mysuru: The Mysore Wadiyar dynasty’s contribution to the tradition of upholding the role of gurus is enormous and as a result they were able to provide excellent administration. However, it is regrettable that in today’s world the sanctity of Guru-Shishya (teacher-student) relationship has turned business-like, regretted Maharaja’s Sanskrit College retired professor Vidwan V.Gangadhar Bhat. He…
Mysuru: The Mysore District Borewell Contractors Association has urged the District Administration to allow them to sink borewells in the city. The members of the association held a meeting in Lingadevarakoppal on the outskirts of city yesterday and discussed these issues. The Deputy Commissioner has passed an order that the borewells should not be sunk…
Mysuru: Poorviraga, a musical evening hosted by Kamini Kare and Just Events 365, at Kalamandira here last evening treated the music-lovers to memorable Kannada film hits of yesteryears. Popular singers Manjula Gururaj, B.R Chaya, Jogi Sunitha, Srinivas and Shree Harsha churned out melodies from Kannada films of the 60s to 80s era. Manjula Gururaj began…
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