Mysuru: “Our elephants play a central role in our Mysore tradition. Visited Arjuna and the other elephants that have arrived at The Palace, Mysore, for the Navaratri Festivities,” is the message that the scion of the erstwhile Mysore Royal family Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar posted on his Facebook page yesterday. He along with his wife…
BEML flags off nation’s first 205T Electric Dump Truck
September 11, 2018Mysuru: Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML), a Public Sector Company under the Ministry of Defence and a premier manufacturer of Mining & Construction equipment, has launched an indigenously designed and developed nation’s first 205T Electric Drive Rear Dump Truck (Model BH205-E), with an objective of strengthening the ‘Make in India’ initiative of Prime Minister Narendra…
PM to send Central teams to assess flood damage in Karnataka
September 11, 2018New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday assured Karnataka that the Centre will send two official teams to assess the flood damages in Kodagu, Malnad districts and coastal districts. This followed a meeting of a delegation, led by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, with the Prime Minister to apprise him of the flood havoc in certain…
Bus fare hike likely from this Sunday
September 11, 2018Bengaluru: Even as the Congress staged a nationwide bandh on Monday in protest against rising fuel prices, the JD(S)-Congress coalition government in the State is all set to hike bus fares from Sunday next. The hike may be around 18 per cent for sub-urban routes and a whopping 50 per cent in respect of city…
Koppa village patiently waits for flood-relief compensation
September 11, 2018Kushalnagar: While the flood and landslide-ravaged Kodagu is limping back to normalcy with the District Administration planning to construct houses with composite materials for the displaced people, Koppa village near Kushalnagar patiently waits for assistance and financial help. Technically, Koppa comes under Mysuru district with one side of the border touching Kodagu and the other…
Gowri-Ganesha: Shoppers throng city markets
September 11, 2018Mysuru:- In view of Gowri-Ganesha festival, Markets and Textile Showrooms in city witnessed heavy rush this morning. People from rural areas were predominantly seen buying clothes for family members. Flowers, especially Chrysanthemum (Sevanthige) was being sold between Rs. 60 and Rs. 80 per standard length on prominent streets and in Markets. Women were seen busy…
Sites earmarked for rehabilitation of Kodagu flood victims
September 11, 2018Madikeri: With the rehabilitation works being taken up on a war-footing and the rains also giving a break for the past few days, the district administration has earmarked sites for the rehabilitation of flood victims in Kodagu district. Special Deputy Commissioner M.K. Jagadeesh said that five acres of land has been identified in Survey No….
Forest Martyrs’ Day observed
September 11, 2018Mysuru: With the staff standing with theirs heads bowed down at the four corners of the Martyr’s Memorial at Late Venkataswamy Park, opposite Aranya Bhavan and firing three shots in the air, to show respect to Martyrs, tributes were paid to Forest Department personnel who had laid down their lives in the line of duty,…
UoM women Civic workers call off stir after G.T. Devegowda’s visit
September 11, 2018Mysuru: The indefinite stir launched by women Civic workers of University of Mysore (UoM), citing issues such as wage disparity and outsourcing of cleaning work to third parties, finally came to an end with District in-Charge Minister G.T. Devegowda visiting them on Monday. The women Civic workers were on an indefinite stir in front of…
CM in city, inaugurates photo expo
September 11, 2018Mysuru: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, who is in city, inaugurated a two-day Photography Exhibition organised by the City Photo Journalists as part of World Photography Day at Suchitra Art Gallery in Kalamandira here this morning. Speaking on the occasion, the CM said that photography is an adventurous profession as it involves a lot of skills…
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