Mysore/Mysuru: Due to the ongoing pandemic situation, ISKCON at Jayanagar had an inhouse celebration of Janmashtami festival without public participation on Aug. 12. Throughout the day, Lord Krishna was worshipped through different offerings and aratis by the missionary devotees. The celebrations began by performing Mangalarati at 4.30 am followed by doing Sodashopachara Puja, an offering…
Film City to come up at Hessarghatta near Bengaluru
August 14, 2020Bengaluru: The State Government will set up a mega Film City on 150-acre land at Hessarghatta on the outskirts of Bengaluru and the process will be expedited, said Deputy Chief Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan. With the announcement, the Government has gone back to the original location that the late CM Ramakrishna Hegde had suggested. In…
Bharachukki Falls re-opens for tourists from today
August 14, 2020Kollegal: Following Chamarajanagar Deputy Commissioner Dr. M.R. Ravi’s permission for entry of tourists to the famous Bharachukki Falls in Kollegal taluk along Chamarajanagar-Mandya border, the popular tourist spot has re-opened for public from today. The Waterfalls had been closed for tourists for nearly five months due to the outbreak of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. But…
MP assures flood victims of appropriate relief
August 14, 2020Hunsur: With floods causing havoc in Hunsur taluk, MP Pratap Simha has assured the flood victims of immediate and appropriate relief from the Government. The MP visited Lakshmanateertha river flood affected areas in Hanagod Hobli and other areas of the taluk on Wednesday and heard the flood victims. He also inspected Hanagod-Hunsur Road that was…
Ramdas performs ‘Guddali Puja’ for road development and widening works
August 14, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: K.R. MLA S.A.Ramdas performed Guddali Puja for road widening and development works at Srirampura coming under his Constituency yesterday. The 1.1 km stretch of road leading from BEML Arch near the last bus stop at Srirampura to Manandavadi Road is being widened and developed at an estimated cost of Rs.2.5 crore, with funding from…
Demands from Congress Seva Dal
August 14, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Stating that the Congress Seva Dal plays a key role in boosting the party’s poll prospects, District Congress President Dr. B.J. Vijaykumar appealed the party leadership to give important positions to Seva Dal activists, if the party comes to power. He was speaking at the day-long Seva Dal workshop organised under the aegis of…
Mysore Varsity to conduct final UG, PG exams in September
August 14, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The University of Mysore (UoM) will conduct the final semester examination of under-graduate (UG) and post-graduate (PG) courses in September. A total of 1.11 lakh students are pursuing UG and nearly 12,000 students are pursuing PG courses in the Varsity. As many as 35,000 students are in the final semester for UG course and…
Book launch on Sunday
August 14, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A book titled “Figuratively Speaking…” (Musings of the Lockdown) written by M.S. Narayana and published by Samskruthi Publishing House, Mysuru, will be launched on Aug.16 (Sunday) at 11 am at an event to be held at Chinmaya Mission Centre, 6th Main, Gokulam 3rd Stage. Swami Adityananda Saraswathi, Acharya, Chinmaya Mission, Mandya, will be releasing…
Two commit suicide in city
August 14, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Two persons have committed suicide in separate incidents in Vidyaranyapuram Police limits in city. In the first incident, a 36-year-old woman, said to be depressed over her husband’s addiction to liquor, commit suicide by hanging self at her house in city on Wednesday. The deceased is N. Hemavathi, wife of Chandrashekar and a resident…
Woman goes missing from Nanjangud
August 14, 2020Nanjangud: A 25-year-old woman, who left her mother’s house at Devirammanahalli Hundi in Nanjangud taluk on Aug. 6 at about 7 am, without informing anyone, has since gone missing. The missing woman is Geetha, wife of Ravi, and a resident of Kumbarakoppal in Mysuru. Geetha had come to her mother’s house on Aug. 5 at…
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