Mysuru: The controversy surrounding the refurbishment of the historical Mysuru City Railway Station received a twist this morning with the Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar issuing orders to immediately stop all kinds of renovation, repair and restoration works at the Railway Station, a heritage structure. The DC’s order came at a meeting of District…
Left to Dry: Lingambudhi Lake dries up after many years
May 13, 2019• 290-acre Lake was built by Wadiyars in 1828 • Rampant encroachment, searing heat blamed Mysore: Even as the members of the Lingambudhi Lake Welfare Association have demanded the Mysuru District Minister’s intervention for rejuvenation of Lingambudhi Lake, the picturesque Lake has gone dry. Some of the factors that have contributed for the drying up…
Conservation norms bypassed in Heritage Arch restoration
May 13, 2019Mysuru: The city has no doubt a heritage tag and accordingly many heritage structures are being conserved. However, in direct contrast to this preservation, in the name of repairs, the work on the 150-year-old heritage North side Arch that leads to the Government Guest House is going on openly without any hindrance. And shockingly the…
‘Traffic Jam’ common at KG Koppal Railway Under Bridge
May 13, 2019• Signal turns red fast, traffic piles up; two wide roads on either side • Road under Railway bridge very narrow Mysore: The huge density of traffic at the Railway Under Bridge (RUB) on New Kantharaj Urs Road near KG Koppal is causing regular traffic jams and as a result the commuters are facing lot…
Tree branches on road to KRS posing danger
May 13, 2019Demand to cut dry branches, trees on Pump House Road Srirangapatna: It is not only the pit on this stretch that has not been filled for days together causing danger to the people, but equally worrying are the branches of trees that are lined up on this road that have gone dry that is causing…
Project Radio Collar launched to track elephants in Kodagu
May 13, 2019Siddapura: Concerned at the increasing instances of elephant-human conflict, the Forest Department, for the first time in Kodagu, has put radio collars on elephants to study their migration patterns. The Department has decided to put radio collars on selected elephants so that their migration patterns can be studied. An analysis of their movements will help…
She writes alphabets of 13 languages with both hands simultaneously
May 13, 2019Mysuru: It is always amazing to see incredible talent in children and that is why many of them are called child prodigies. There is one such prodigy in our own city that has this capability to write alphabets of not one or two languages but 13 languages including English, Hindi and Kannada at a time…
‘Sachchidanandashri’ Guruvandana volume on Sri Ganapathy Swamiji released
May 13, 2019Mysuru: “Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji is a multi-faceted personality. His Ashrama is not restricted to any one religion or caste. His contribution is not confined to just religion but also to music, art, literature and other fields,” said former Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde. He was speaking after inaugurating the Guruvanda programme during the release of…
Job Racket: One more case against 2 women
May 13, 2019They had allegedly taken Rs.8.5 lakh cash from youths promising jobs Mysore: Yet another case has been filed at K.R. Police Station by two youths against two women, who had allegedly taken money from them by promising them jobs at Banks. While the youths, who were cheated are Rajesh of Pandavapura taluk in Mandya district…
Mango Mela: Growers, Traders to meet in Mysuru tomorrow
May 13, 2019Mysore: The Horticulture Department, which has proposed to hold a mega ‘Mango Mela’ during the end of May or the first week of June will hold talks with mango growers, traders and commission agents on May 14 in Mysuru during which the Mela venue and dates will be finalised. This was confirmed to Star of…
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