Mysuru: Among the oldest Lakes in Mysuru outskirts are Hinkal, Alanahalli, Lalithadripura, Nachanahalli, Koorgalli, Kergalli and Bommanahalli Lakes. While almost all these Lakes are in a dying state thanks to encroachment, pollution and rapid industrialisation, the Koorgalli Lake is probably destined to die early as lakhs of litres of industrial effluents and sewage flows into…
Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court yesterday declined to stay Government’s decision not to celebrate Tipu Jayanti as State function. However, hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), the Court directed the State to reconsider its policy decision within two months. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar issued the directions…
Modern centralised kitchen at Mahadevapura to be opened on Nov. 10 Mysuru: With an intention of serving hot and tasty meals to schoolchildren from Mysuru and Mandya, the Akshaya Patra Foundation run by International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) has set up a modern kitchen in Mahadevapura, located on the Mysuru-Mandya border. The inauguration of…
Mysuru: Condemning the District Administration’s refusal to give permission for using Bannimantap Torchlight Parade Grounds for celebrating Tipu Jayanti on Nov.11, Tipu fans and Congress workers led by MLA Tanveer Sait staged a demonstration in front of MUDA Office on JLB road here yesterday evening. Addressing the protestors, Tanveer Sait said that following the Government’s…
Even as Tipu fans staged a demonstration, the City Police held a peace meeting ahead of Eid-Milad and the much-awaited Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya dispute, that is expected to come in a few days. During the meeting at the Police Commissioner’s Office here yesterday, the Police asked the people to celebrate Eid-Milad festival in…
Mysuru: There is another Lake in Koorgalli adjacent to Chamundi Wildlife Conservation, Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre that is run by the Mysuru Zoo providing a clear contrast with the polluted Koorgalli Lake. In 2015, the Mysuru District Administration headed by the then Deputy Commissioner C. Shikha handed over Koorgalli Lake to Mysuru Zoo for conservation…
Mysuru: After a long wait, the construction of a War Memorial in city is finally seeing the light of the day with the State Government releasing Rs.50 lakh for the project that is estimated to cost Rs.1.41 crore. Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar said that the War Memorial that…
Gundlupet: Sandalwood actor Srimurali, who is also the Wildlife Ambassador, visited Bandipur National Park yesterday. Murali, who visited Bandipur for the first time after being made as the Wildlife Ambassador by the Forest Department, spoke with the officials at the Project Tiger office and collected information on man-animal conflicts. He later visited the houses of…
Madikeri: Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Minister K.S. Eshwarappa and Kodagu District In-Charge Minister V. Somanna have directed the Deputy Commissioner to suspend Kodagu ZP Executive Engineer (EE) Srikantaiah for crediting flood relief funds in a private bank in violation of the Government norms. The Government had released Rs. 28 crore to the RDPR…
Bengaluru: Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa (BSY) launched the seventh edition of Economic Census at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru yesterday. Following the launch, the Chief Minister himself was the first to be covered by the enumerators. Speaking after the launch, BSY said that the exercise would serve as a basis for the formulation of various schemes…
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