Month: March, 2026

Centre sanctions 750 e-buses to Karnataka
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Centre sanctions 750 e-buses to Karnataka

March 18, 2026

Mysuru city likely to get 100 e-buses; proposal sent for 55 buses to district Mysore/Mysuru: The Union Government has officially announced the allocation of 750 air-conditioned electric buses to Karnataka under the PM-eBus Seva scheme. The scheme, implemented by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), aims to strengthen urban transport systems by deploying…

Save Sparrows
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Save Sparrows

March 18, 2026

A call to protect the disappearing urban companions by PFA on Mar. 20 Mysore/Mysuru: As part of World Sparrow Day, People For Animals (PFA), Mysuru and Jeev Daya Jain Charity, have organised an awareness programme titled ‘Save Sparrows’ at PFA’s shelter in Bogadi from 11.30 am to 1.30 pm on Mar. 20. Senior Pranic Healing…

Rare occurrence in the history…
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Rare occurrence in the history…

March 18, 2026

Hailstone Rain pounds Chamarajanagar dist. Standing crops in Ch’nagar, Gundlupet and Yalandur taluks worst affected; agri fields replete with hailstones resemble snow-covered Kashmir Chamarajanagar: Rain accompanied by hailstones wreaked havoc in the district yesterday, leaving the farmers in a state of distress. When the rain stopped, the agricultural fields in  the district had turned into…

Two labourers’ shed destroyed as LPG cylinder explodes
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Two labourers’ shed destroyed as LPG cylinder explodes

March 18, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: Two labourers’ sheds were completely destroyed when a LPG cylinder exploded at Ramabainagar in city yesterday. Bhyrappa, a resident of the locality told SOM that Srirampura Gram Panchayat has undertaken works pertaining to construction of a water tank and laying of pipeline. Temporary sheds have been constructed for the labourers on the roadside in…

Sri Ramaseva Mandali Charitable Trust to host: Grand 32nd Ramanavami festivities in city from Mar. 20 to 29
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Sri Ramaseva Mandali Charitable Trust to host: Grand 32nd Ramanavami festivities in city from Mar. 20 to 29

March 18, 2026

Sri Ramaseva Mandali Charitable Trust, Mysuru North, will celebrate the 32nd Ramanavami festival from Mar. 20 to 29 at Sri Prasanna Parvathi Kalyana Mantapa, adjacent to Sri Chandramouleeshwara Swamy Temple in V.V. Mohalla. As usual, every day from 8.30 am to 10.30 am, there will be religious activities such as Abhisheka, Ashtottara, Navagraha Puja, Ramayana…

Champaka Academy to host Bharatanatyam and Kalaripayattu workshops
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Champaka Academy to host Bharatanatyam and Kalaripayattu workshops

March 18, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: Champaka Academy, a renowned educational and cultural organisation in Mysuru, is organising two special workshops in April. A Bharatanatyam workshop focusing on Purvarangavidhi Nritta Jathis and Vinayaka Stuti will be conducted on Apr. 3 and 4 (Friday and Saturday) from 9 am to 5 pm at Champaka Academy in Ramakrishnanagar. The workshop will be…

Ramzan rush peaks at Meena Bazaar
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Ramzan rush peaks at Meena Bazaar

March 18, 2026

Food, festivity and shopping frenzy keep nights alive till 2 am With four days left for Ramzan, Meena Bazaar has come alive with a surge of shoppers thronging the bustling stretch for festive purchases and food. Outlets selling clothes, footwears, bangles, mehndi, attar (natural perfumes), crockery, dry fruits, dates, sweets and a variety of juices…

Leaping beyond limits
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Leaping beyond limits

March 18, 2026

At 70, Mysuru’s Master Athlete Vijaya Ramesh continues to defy age with discipline and yoga, training rigorously for her 19th International Athletics Meet in South Korea this September. Achievement knows no barriers of age or gender. In sport, what truly matters is dedication, discipline and an unwavering will. Seventy-year-old Vijaya Ramesh of Mysuru embodies these…

The Eternal Critic
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The Eternal Critic

March 18, 2026

When life hands you lemons, they complain about the pulp By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam We all know one. The person who can spot a dark cloud in the middle of a fireworks show. The one who watches a puppy video and wonders why the dog isn’t on a leash. He is ‘The eternal critic.’ That…

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