K.R. Nagar: Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh has said that a hanging bridge will be built across the spectacular Chunchanakatte and Dhanushkoti Falls in K.R. Nagar to attract tourists. Along with a hanging bridge, a 60-ft statue of Lord Hanuman will be set up here. The Minister was speaking to officials after an inspection of Chunchanakatte…
Youth arrested for assaulting woman Forest Officer at Chunchanakatte Falls
June 24, 2018K.R. Nagar: The K.R. Nagar Police have arrested a youth for allegedly assaulting a probationary woman Forest Guard under the influence of alcohol near Chunchanakatte Falls in K.R. Nagar on Friday evening. The accused has been identified as Sunil from Salekoppalu Village. According to the Police, Sunil came to the waterfalls along with his friend…
District Administration gears up for Ashada Shukravara
June 24, 2018Free bus service from helipad on July 20, July 27, Aug. 3 and Aug.10 Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar directed the officials to make all preparations for the Ashada Shukravara (Ashada Fridays) beginning on July 20 to facilitate thousands of devotees to offer prayers to Goddess Chamundeshwari atop the Hill. He was addressing a…
MLA Tanveer Sait holds review meeting
June 24, 2018Mysuru: Former Primary and Secondary Education Minister and newly re-elected MLA Tanveer Sait conducted a review meeting with the officials of MCC, MUDA, CHESCom, PWD, Slum Board, Water Supply and other Departments at the PWD Guest House in Nazarbad, here yesterday. Cut up with the way the engineers function, he asked them to be proactive…
‘Civil service aspirants should develop their own identity while in service’
June 24, 2018Mysuru: Stating that every civil service aspirants should develop their own-identity after joining service, Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat CEO Dr. M.R. Ravi has deplored the tendency of some to make name, fame and money without any hard work. He was interacting with aspirants of civil services, KAS and other competitive exams, as a guest at…
Mystery shrouds death of student at Kodagu Sainik School
June 24, 2018Kushalnagar: The death of a student at Sainik School Kodagu in Kudige at Somwarpet taluk in Kodagu yesterday has given rise to doubts and the parents, relatives of the student and villagers, numbering more than 100, staged a protest in front of the mortuary this morning alleging that the student has been murdered. The protesters…
MLA Ramdas inspects basic infrastructure at Srirampura
June 24, 2018Mysuru: Continuing this inspection spree for the second day on June 22, MLA S.A. Ramdas undertook a padayatra in MCC Ward No. 13 coming under K.R. Constituency and heard the grievances from the public. Ramdas who visited Srirampura, received complaints from the public, with most of them highlighting poor civic amenities in the area. Speaking…
One more cow becomes tiger’s victim
June 24, 2018Virajpet: A tiger, which is on a prowl and cattle killing spree in South Kodagu district, killed one more cow in a coffee estate near Maldare in Virajpet taluk on Friday night. The tiger has killed more than 35 cattle in three months and the tiger killing the cow was captured by the CCTV cameras…
Ex-CM Siddharamaiah to get Cabinet rank status
June 24, 2018Bengaluru: Even as reports of former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah holding parleys with his supporter MLAs and disgruntled Congress leaders at Dharmasthala, where he is undergoing health rejuvenation, have emerged, CM H.D. Kumaraswamy, in an apparent bid to douse the reported discontentment brewing in the JD(S)-Congress coalition government, is said to have decided to make the…
Nature’s bounty at its best…Gaganachukki and Bharachukki
June 24, 2018Mandya: Heavy discharge of water from upstream reservoirs has resulted in the Gaganachukki and Bharachukki waterfalls in Mandya- Chamarajanagar border swell to enormous proportion. Both the waterfalls have sprung back to life regaining its splendour after a gap of four years and hordes of tourists are visiting the place this monsoon. The two branches (eastern…
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