Mysuru: The five-yearly livestock census has begun in city following the Centre’s directive to States and Union Territories. The 20th Livestock Census, delayed almost by a year (it was to be held last July), assumes significance because it is the first-ever enumeration of domestic animals since the Narendra Modi government came to power in May…
Landslide aftershocks continue to haunt Kodagu: Two women buried alive at Madikeri as earth caves in
November 7, 2018Madikeri: Four months after catastrophic floods and landslides struck the northern hilly areas of Madikeri and Somwarpet Taluks in Kodagu district, landslides due to loose soil continue to take lives. Two women were buried alive when earth caved in while they were doing some digging work to construct a compound wall of a house at…
Seth Mohandas Tulsidas Hospital demolished
November 7, 2018Mysuru: The 69-year-old Seth Mohandas Tulsidas Hospital on JLB Road in city has been demolished and in its place, a Rs.20 crore 100-bed hospital is going to come up in 15 months. The maternity hospital is going to be built from the funds sanctioned by the Central Government. This project was envisaged in 2012 when…
Clay lamps invade city markets: Shun crackers, light lamps this Deepavali
November 7, 2018Mysuru: With Deepavali commencing from today, colourful eye-catching clay lamps have entered the markets in city to induce people to celebrate the festival of lights more meaningfully with only lamps and not crackers. The earthen lamps have come in various shapes and sizes which include the traditional ones, creative pieces in the shapes of lantern…
Compost units must at large waste generating places
November 7, 2018Mysuru: With Solid Waste Management becoming tougher to handle day-by-day, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has come forward to impose strict rules making places which are generating over 50 kg of wet waste per day to compulsorily install compost-making unit in the coming six months. The MCC has issued instructions in this regard following direction from…
Tiding over imminent water crisis: Additional water to be pumped from Meghalapura, Hongalli
November 7, 2018Mysuru: In view of the city staring at imminent water crisis in the months of February to May 2019, the District Administration and the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) have been asked to gear up to face the problem by pumping in additional water from Meghalapura and Hongalli Pumping Stations. Chairing a meeting with officials from…
Elected unopposed as MCDCC Bank Director
November 7, 2018Mysuru: BJP leader C. Basavegowda and Youth JD(S) leader G.D. Harish Gowda have been elected unopposed as Directors of Mysuru-Chamarajanagar District Co-operative Central (MCDCC) Bank. The polls for electing 17 Directors of the Bank is scheduled to take place on Nov.12. However, Basavegowda was declared elected unopposed from T. Narasipur-1 Constituency as no other candidates…
Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Dept. sets up stall on ‘Model Village’
November 7, 2018Mysuru: With the focal theme of ‘Village on the path of development,’ the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Department has designed its stall at the Dasara Exhibition, modelled on a fully developed village. The stall with a 120’x80’ floor area, features replica of an ideal village visualised by Mahatma Gandhi. The model village has…
Mysuru couple walk barefoot to Tirupathi
November 7, 2018Mysuru: City Congress Vice-President C. Manjunath, along with his wife Rathnamma, took up barefoot walkathon to Tirupathi from city yesterday morning, praying Lord Venakateshwara for establishment of peace and progress in the society. This was the 25 barefoot walk to Tirupathi being taken up by this couple. They made special prayers for people of Kodagu,…
Nearly Rs. 8 lakh currency notes, coins adorn Goddess at Amrutheshwara Temple
November 7, 2018Mysuru: Deepavali season is here and all eyes are on Dhanalakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth. It is that time of the year when the Amrutheshwara Temple on Dewan’s Road, where the idol of Goddess Tripurasundara Devi is installed, is decorated with currency notes and coins and devotees throng the temple to perform the Dhanalakshmi puja….
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