Chief Minister to offer prayers tomorrow Entry tickets available at Lalitha Mahal Helipad and Chamundeshwari Temple Private vehicles banned on four Ashada Fridays Free bus service from Helipad Mysuru: With thousands of devotees from across the State expected to visit Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamundi Hill on first Ashada Friday tomorrow, the authorities have made all…
Shiroor Mutt Seer dies in Udupi after food poisoning
July 19, 2018Mangaluru: One of the Seers of the famous Udupi Ashta Mutts, Sri Lakshmivara Theertha of Shiroor Mutt passed away this morning due to suspected food poisoning at Kasturba Memorial Hospital in Manipal. A press release from the Hospital this morning said that traces of poison were found inside the seer’s body. Dr. Avinash Shetty from…
Hale Unduwadi Drinking Water Project: GTD asks officials to do survey, speed-up land acquisition
July 19, 2018Mysuru: Higher Education Minister and Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD) has asked officials to take up the survey for Hale Unduwadi Drinking Water Project that is in a limbo due to land tangle between government agencies. It is GTD’s pet project and it had recently got a boost when Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy released an…
Monsoon fury: Cauvery Nisargadhama at Talakad closed for visitors
July 19, 2018Mysur: With Cauvery and Kapila rivers flowing above danger level due to incessant rains for over a week, the authorities have shut Cauvery Nisargadhama at Talakad in T. Narasipur taluk for the public. As the outflow from KRS reservoir and Kabini dam have been increased due to heavy rains, the released water has entered Cauvery…
A litany of woes at Maharani’s College leaves GTD fuming
July 19, 2018Mysuru: Higher Education Minister G.T. Devegowda (GTD) yesterday visited Maharani’s Arts and Science College for Women in the city and took the authorities to task over poor amenities. Pouring out their woes, students told the Minister that their college does not have basic facilities like good toilets and drinking water. “We neither have rest rooms…
No golden run for KSTDC in Golden Chariot
July 19, 2018Mysuru: The ‘Golden Chariot’ operated by Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) has been unable to reap golden benefits for KSTDC. Ever since it was launched in March 2008, it has incurred losses of over Rs. 40 crore. The Golden Chariot’s 18 coaches are fitted with modern facilities and the train has seen a gradual…
Day ‘n’ Night views of KRS Dam from downstream canal
July 19, 2018Tourists can now watch the colourfully illuminated water being released from the crest gates between 6.30 pm and 10 pm. The show was launched last evening following the trial run on Wednesday. Pics by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav
Ashada Fridays: Traffic restricted
July 19, 2018Mysuru: With the Ashada Month having commenced, the City Traffic Police have imposed certain restrictions on vehicles plying to Chamundi Hill on Ashada Fridays — July 20, 27, Aug. 3 and 10 — for ensuring smooth traffic flow and public safety. The restrictions are as follows: The devotees visiting Chamundi Hill will have to park…
Miscreants, who had looted a house in Mysuru, arrested in Tumakuru
July 19, 2018Mysuru: Tumakuru Tilak Park Police have arrested three persons, who had looted gold ornaments and cash from a house in Kuvempunagar ‘N’ Block in city on June 22, this year. The Tumakuru Police, who were searching for the accused persons for their involvement in another case, arrested them. During interrogation, the accused are said to…
Entry of women to Sabarimala Temple: SC says denial of entry is against Constitutional mandate
July 19, 2018New Delhi: Observing that the right of a woman to pray was equal to that of a man, the Supreme Court yesterday heard the controversial ban of entry to woman aged between 10 years and 50 years at the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala. “Your right to pray being a woman is equal to that of…
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