Divyatrayara Jathra Mahotsava – 2020, talk on ‘Sri Sharadadevi Anukaraniya Adarsha’ by Swami Yukteshanandaji, Subbarao Pak, Nivedita Nagar, 5 pm.
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Power supply, billing to be digitised in Mysuru
February 16, 2020CESC prepares Rs. 354 crore proposal under National Smart Grid Mission At present, Vontikoppal and Hootagalli Sub-Divisions have this facility By S.T. Ravikumar Mysore/Mysuru: The Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) has prepared a Rs. 354 crore proposal to extend the benefits of Smart Grid (smart metering solutions) to the entire city. The proposal will soon…
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Platinum Philoyatra
February 16, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: Establishing the University of Mysore by Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar in 1916, the eighth oldest University in India, became the cornerstone for series of educational facilities in Mysore. Thanks to the academic philanthropy of the then Bishop of Mysore, Rt. Rev. Rene Feuga, who renounced his Mansion to house St. Philomena’s College which started in…
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Mysuru’s own Ekta Kapoor forays into hotel biz now
February 16, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: A rebel who set out to do something different in a field she had no experience about, this Mysuru girl dropped out of her Mechanical Engineering course to try something different. That’s how the journey of Shruti Naidu, the well-known face of television today, started two decades ago. One of the top-ranking directors, she…
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Mysuru Railway is now an e-Office
February 16, 2020Hubballi: The Zonal Head Quarters (HQ) and all three Division Offices of South Western Railway (SWR) including Mysuru Division have adopted paperless work culture as implementation of National Informatics Centre (NIC) e-Office has been completed. SWR is the first Zone to complete work after commencement of the project. The work was executed by RailTel. To…
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IDEATHON contest on Social Innovation
February 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Young Indians (Yi), a youth wing of CII Mysuru, has organised a unique competition ‘IDEATHON’ on Feb. 19 at SJCE in city from 10 am to 1 pm. The contest is open to all Universities, Professors and teachers from Mysuru, who have problem-solving ideas in Social Innovation Space. The three-hour event has been designed…
Abracadabra By K. B. Ganapathy, Columns
BJP’s new generation leader
February 16, 2020B.L. Santhosh, Karnataka’s next BJP Chief Minister? Will Santhosh become Haryana’s Khattar in Karnataka? On Friday, 24th January, 2020, BJP’s newly-minted National Organising General Secretary B.L. Santhosh, son of Karnataka soil (Mannina Maga), came to Mysuru to address a public meeting on Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). This law was passed by both the Houses of…
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DC turns his Bungalow into a Nature’s Paradise
February 16, 2020By B. C. Thimmaiah Not many Government Officers holding high positions are ready to swap his or her work at the desk for muddy boots. But Mysuru has a Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar, who dons many roles apart from being the head of the District. He is a nature-lover, an avid birder, photographer and…
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Aam-azing!
February 16, 2020First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. These words ring so true for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Many may remember in 2013 the National parties, BJP and Congress, first ignored them. Then they ridiculed them, with the BJP calling them a ‘chillar party’ and Congress calling…
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How Mummadi and his Queens built Mysore
February 16, 2020By Gouri Satya, Sr.Journalist As a few other subjects drew my attention, I could not continue to write about the past history of Mysore for the last few weeks. My earlier articles on the old city of Mysore published in these columns, in particular on Agraharas and Keris, received overwhelming response. Readers posted hundreds of…
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