Month: August, 2022

Grand Dasara-2022 illumination: 110-km of visual treat
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Grand Dasara-2022 illumination: 110-km of visual treat

August 19, 2022

Mysore/Mysuru: Get set for a grand Dasara 2022 illumination where brightly lit main thoroughfares of the Central Business District — that form the core heritage zone, commercial hubs, important roads,  circles and junctions — and a 110-km radius of major streets of Mysuru will behold tourists. The Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) is set to…

MCC cracks down on PoP Ganesha idol-makers
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MCC cracks down on PoP Ganesha idol-makers

August 19, 2022

Teams conduct surprise checks; seize environmentally harmful idols Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) wants Ganesha idol-makers to refrain from making Plaster of Paris (PoP) idols for the festival and has tightened its noose on the use of PoP. But artisans continue to make big Ganesha idols using PoP and chemical colours unmindful of the…

Make Dasara-2022 a big crowd-puller
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Make Dasara-2022 a big crowd-puller

August 19, 2022

District Minister asks officials to come up with novel ideas Mysore/Mysuru: District Minister S.T. Somashekar instructed officials to strive for the total success of Dasara-2022 which is being celebrated in a grand manner after two years of low-key festivities due to COVID. He was presiding over the Dasara Sub-Committees preliminary meeting at the Deputy Commissioner’s…

Boating service resumes at Ranganathittu
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Boating service resumes at Ranganathittu

August 19, 2022

Srirangapatna: The boating service for tourists and visitors at Ranganathittu, which was temporarily stopped following heavy discharge of water from KRS Dam to Cauvery River, resumed yesterday. Following heavy rains in Kodagu and Cauvery River catchment areas last month, there was heavy inflow of water to KRS Dam and the dam had reached its maximum…

Echo of ‘go back Siddharamaiah’ campaign in Kodagu: Protests erupt in Mysuru; egg-throwing denounced
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Echo of ‘go back Siddharamaiah’ campaign in Kodagu: Protests erupt in Mysuru; egg-throwing denounced

August 19, 2022

Madikeri/Mysuru: Protests erupted in several parts of Mysuru, the hometown of Congress Legislature Party leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, where groups flayed the incident of egg-throwing at Siddharamaiah’s convoy in parts of Kodagu yesterday. Siddharamaiah faced stiff resistance from BJP workers during his visit to Kodagu to ascertain the damage in flood-affected areas. As…

Kodagu MLAs busy in pocketing commission
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Kodagu MLAs busy in pocketing commission

August 19, 2022

Siddharamaiah lashes out at BJP MLAs for lapses; visits flood-affected areas of Kodagu Madikeri: Expressing his dissatisfaction over the non-distribution of relief to hundreds of flood-affected people in Kodagu, Congress Legislature Party leader and former CM Siddharamaiah lashed out at the State Government for lapses that have led to severe trauma of people. Visiting a…

Egg attack: Congress to take out Kodagu Chalo on Aug. 26
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Egg attack: Congress to take out Kodagu Chalo on Aug. 26

August 19, 2022

Mysore/Mysuru: KPCC Working President R. Dhruvanarayan has said that the Congress party will take out ‘Kodagu Chalo’ on Aug. 26 to protest the egg attack and other disturbances during the visit of former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah to Kodagu yesterday.      Addressing a press meet at Pathrakartara Bhavan this morning, he said “When former CM Siddharamaiah was…

Freedom fighter from Mandya Siddalingegowda passes away
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Freedom fighter from Mandya Siddalingegowda passes away

August 19, 2022

K.R. Pet: Siddalingegowda (95), a freedom fighter from Mandya passed away at his native village Aghalaya in K.R. Pet taluk of Mandya district on Thursday. Siddalingegowda, who did his B.A. degree in Mysuru, jumped into freedom movement and went to Srirangapatna Jail. After coming out of jail, he joined Government service as RTO at Mangaluru….

District Administration celebrates Krishna Janmashtami
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District Administration celebrates Krishna Janmashtami

August 19, 2022

Mysore/Mysuru: Showering of flower petals on the portrait of Lord Krishna marked the Krishna Janmashtami celebrations organised jointly by the District Administration, Kannada and Culture Department and Sri Krishna Jayanthotsava Samithi at Kirurangamandira in Kalamandira premises on Hunsur road here this morning. Speaking after inaugurating the programme, MLA L. Nagendra said that Krishna Janmashtami, also…

30 artistes chosen for Janapada Academy Awards
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30 artistes chosen for Janapada Academy Awards

August 19, 2022

Gururaj of Mysuru, Channamma and V.N. Shivaramu of Mandya and K.C. Devaki of Kodagu among awardees Bengaluru: Thirty senior folk artistes, one from each district across the State and two folk experts will be presented the ‘Karnataka Janapada Academy Awards‘ for the year 2022. Announcing the list of award winners at a press meet here…

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