By Nataraj Kallichanda Owing to deficient rainfall, the State government has launched cloud-seeding at an estimated cost of Rs. 35 crore, for 60 days. Cloud-seeding will be done across three river basins — Cauvery, Malaprabha and Tungabhadra. The State government has described the cloud-seeding experiment as “essential” and that it would be taken up in…
Sharadanagar residents transform dumping yard into playground
August 21, 2017By B.C. Thimmaiah While it is the job of a municipal set up to maintain layouts, create civic amenities including parks and playgrounds and at the same time ensure that open spaces are not used as a dump yard, here is a group of residents, led by a gritty woman, that has taken on the…
Plot Luck
August 21, 2017Energy in flat open spaces is different from energy in mountainous areas. Similarly, energy in a valley is different from energy on a plateau. This means that each type of a land form has a specific type of energy associated with it. A simple approach to the art of Feng Shui and Vaastu would be…
Heaven knows the Sinners… but time and chance may happen to BJP also!
August 20, 2017By K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief According to the Gospel of John (8:7) the Pharisees in an attempt to discredit Jesus, brought a woman charged with adultery before him. “Then they reminded Jesus that adultery was punishable by stoning under Mosaic Law and challenged him to judge the woman so that they might then accuse Jesus of…
City Centre Traffic Muddle-2: “Transport Triangle” – The Crux of the Traffic Problem
August 20, 2017By R. Chandra Prakash [Continued from yesterday] Sub-urban Bus Station: Sub-urban Bus Station is located on the Benglauru – Niligiri Road, within 1.5 km from the railway station. This bus station was established in 1977 only to operate Mysuru – Bengaluru non-stop bus services and to overcome the congestion at the city centre bus station….
City Centre Traffic Muddle-1: “Transport Triangle” – The Crux of the Traffic Problem
August 19, 2017A common question that every Bengalurean asks nowadays is, “Have you decided to settle down in Mysuru?” If the answer is ‘yes,’ then his or her immediate reply is, “This is the best decision you have taken. Bengaluru is gone. Traffic is a nightmare.” Is Mysuru really a paradise for driving on the city roads?…
Car War…
August 19, 2017Mysuru is slowly but steadily becoming an autocross hotspot. Being home to renowned rallyists including Lohitt Urs, Palguna Urs, Abdul Wahid and N. Prasad, the city has been making its own name in the Indian Racing Circuit. Recently, Automotive Sports Club of Mysuru had organised Mysore Gravel Fest – 2017 that attracted over 70 participants…
“It is a rare honour to inaugurate Dasara”: Prof. K.S. Nissar Ahmed
August 18, 2017Noted Kannada poet of Navya Movement and Padmashree Awardee Kokkare Hosahalli Sheikh Haider Nissar Ahmed popular known as Prof. K.S. Nissar Ahmed will inaugurate this year’s Dasara celebrations. In a telephonic interview with Star of Mysore, Prof. Nissar Ahmed said that he felt highly honoured to inaugurate the Naada Habba. Here are the excerpts. By…
Guru of Gurus
August 17, 2017By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Datta, the son of Atri and Anasuya, is considered Adi Guru, the first teacher. He is visualised as under a banyan tree with a cow (who provides) and four dogs (who protect), while he enlightens. Who was his teacher? Nature, he replies. In the Avadhuta Gita,…
City entrepreneur upgrades Mysore Palace Board website
August 16, 2017By S. Kenneth Shishir The upgraded version of the Mysore Palace Board website (www.mysorepalace.gov.in), which is fully responsive, user-friendly and content-protective with e-ticketing system and world class design, is all set to be launched tomorrow. The website has been upgraded by Naveen Kavirathna of Future Design Technologies, Mysuru, who has also developed the online ticketing…
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