Forest Department auction on Mar. 25; base price Rs. 1.25 crore; bid value to go up to Rs. 3 crore Mysore/Mysuru: For the first time in more than 10 years, the Karnataka Forest Department will auction sandalwood logs stored at the Government Sandalwood Depot (Sandal Koti) at Aranya Bhavana in Mysuru. According to a notification…
Skewed sex ratio: Of 78 elephants in 8 camps, 64 are males, 9 are females, 5 are female calves Mysore/Mysuru: Elephant camps in Kodagu and Chamarajanagar districts that supply elephants for the Mysuru Dasara festival are facing a noticeable shortage of female elephants. According to data available with the Forest Department, of the 78 elephants…
Mysore Royal Family puts up ‘Private Property’ boards Mysore/Mysuru: The erstwhile Mysore Royal Family has begun fencing the open grounds in front of Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel, popularly known as Lalitha Mahal Grounds, asserting that the land is their private property. Signboards declaring the land as ‘Private Property’ are also being installed. Cement poles are…
Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar yesterday inspected the progress of the ongoing flyover works at Kempegowda Circle (Manipal Hospital Junction) on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway, being carried out by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). Later speaking to presspersons, Yaduveer Wadiyar said that the traffic signal at the junction used to often become a ‘Choke…
Mysore/Mysuru: Alleging that some vested interests were indulged in hoarding and black marketing of LPG cylinders for creation of artificial shortage, former Minister and senior JD(S) leader S.R. Mahesh urged the State Government to take stringent action against such unscrupulous elements. Addressing a press meet at a private hotel here yesterday, Mahesh asserted that as…
Mysore/Mysuru: With the entire country grappling with LPG cylinder crisis due to war in the Gulf, the Mysuru Hotel Owners Association has urged the Government to route at least 25 percent of commercial LPG cylinder supplies to the hotel Industry. Addressing a press meet here yesterday, Association President C. Narayanagowda said that the current situation…
Meghalaya Governor C.H. Vijayashankar inaugurates Unit Mysore/Mysuru: CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru, has developed a Mobile Processing Unit (MPU) for Northeast Region for processing of fruits and vegetables. This was designed and developed for Northeast Centre for Technology Application & Reach (NECTAR), Shillong, an autonomous institute under DST, Government of India. The Unit…
Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs lays foundation for multi-purpose sports stadium costing Rs. 14 crore Mandya: The Government of India, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has provided special preference for sports by allocating sufficient funds over the past 11 years, said Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Dr. Mansukh…
Passion for wildlife drives Zoo Director P. Anusha to break barriers in Forest Service Anusha, Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF) and the Executive Director of Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, popular as Mysuru Zoo, has carved a niche for herself in the challenging world of forest and wildlife conservation, a field long dominated by men. She…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD In this fourth episode of the reminiscences of my rail journeys from the past, I would like to point out that I am finding it rather difficult to stop my ramblings on this topic, for the simple reason that many readers have kept urging me to write more on…
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