Mysuru: Higher Education and District Minister G.T. Devegowda (GTD) dedicated nine statues of Mahatma Gandhi along with other people installed at the five-acre Gandhi Bhavan in Manasagangothri to city here this morning. The dedication function of the cement sculptures on Gandhiji was jointly organised by Kannada and Culture Department, Karnataka Shilpakala Academy, Rangayana and Centre…
Tourism Minister storms out of Gandhiji’s function
November 6, 2018Mysuru: Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh reportedly stormed out of Gandhiji’s Cement Sculpture dedication function in Manasagangothri today. It is learnt, he was upset to see that none of the names or photographs of elected representatives were found in the special brochure titled ‘Gandhiji Kurithu Cement Shilpagala Lokarpane Samarambha.’ On the contrary, there were names and…
Government to celebrate Tipu Jayanti at Ravindra Kalakshetra on Nov.10
November 6, 2018BJP to stage State-wide stir on Nov.9 Bengaluru: Even as the BJP is vehemently opposing the Tipu Jayanti celebration, the Government will be celebrating the Jayanti at Ravindra Kalakshetra here on Nov.10. Speaking to press persons here yesterday, Deputy Chief Minister Dr. G. Parameshwara, who is also the Home Minister, said that the Jayanti celebration…
Flood Fury: More than 40 percent of coffee lost
November 6, 2018Bengaluru: Karnataka Planters’ Association (KPA) Chairman H.T. Pramod has said that there will be a shortfall of coffee production to the extent of 30 to 40 per cent in the State due to natural calamity in Karnataka and Kerala which are the main coffee-growing States in the country. He said that though the Coffee Board…
Tourism Department Pavilion at Dasara Exhibition pulling visitors in hordes
November 6, 2018Karnataka: One State Many Worlds Mysuru: Myriad tourist attractions like Jog Falls, Hampi, Yaana, Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary that Karnataka is so well-known for can now be seen all under one roof at the Dasara Exhibition Grounds in city. The Pavilion set up by the Tourism Department under the tag line “Karnataka: One State Many Worlds”…
MLA Ramdas launches Swachhata Abhiyan at BEML Nagar
November 6, 2018Mysuru: Krishnaraja MLA S.A. Ramdas, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Additional Commissioner G.M. Ravindra & Health Officer Dr. D.G. Nagaraj, Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) and members of various public organisations took part in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan at Ward 63, BEML Nagar in city on Sunday. They swept various streets of BEML Nagar as part…
‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ will be a success only if casteist minds become clean’
November 6, 2018Mysuru: Maintaining that ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ is not only about cleaning roads and other places with broom sticks, former Minister and senior BJP leader V. Sreenivasa Prasad has said that the Mission will become a success in the true sense only if casteist mindset goes off in the society. He was speaking at B. Basavalingappa…
MGP demands setting up of Ward Committees
November 6, 2018Mysuru: Ever since the adaption of 74th amendment to the Constitution in 1992, otherwise known as ‘Nagarapalika Act,’ the Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) has been urging from time to time every new Commissioner of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to implement the Constitutional requirement of forming Ward Committees. It was during the time of P….
‘Ramayana Yatra’ by Bharat Darshan Special Tourist Train from Nov. 14
November 6, 2018Mysuru: IRCTC, the tourism wing of Ministry of Railways, will run a special tourist train associated with the story of Lord Sriram from the epic Ramayana in the name of “Ramayana Yatra.” The Ramayana Yatra by the Bharat Darshan Special Tourist Train will start on Nov.14 from Madurai Railway Station. The train will cover all…
Elected as President of MCC Wards Parliament
November 6, 2018Mysuru: Prof. V. Jagannath, Retired Scientist, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has been elected as the President of the Federation of Mysuru City Corporation Wards Parliament. A decision to this effect was taken at the General Body Meeting held at a private hotel in city recently. It may be recalled here that the Federation has…















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