Mysore/Mysuru: Ittira Parvathi Cariappa (Dotty), Founder-President and Advisor of Shree Kaveri Kodagu Mahila Sangha, Mysuru and a resident of HUDCO Layout in Bannimantap, passed away last evening at her son’s residence in Cochin, Kerala, following a heart attack. She was 91. She had served as the Vice-President of Kodava Samaja, Mysuru and Kodagu Sahakara Sangha…
Former Union Minister Oscar Fernandes passes away in Mangaluru
September 14, 2021Funeral to be held in Bengaluru on Thursday Mangaluru: Senior Congress leader, former Union Minister and a close aide of the Gandhi family, Oscar Fernandes breathed his last here yesterday afternoon. He was 80. Fernandes was undergoing treatment in the ICU of Yenepoya Hospital in city since July after he sustained injuries in an accidental…
This year too forest families miss Mysuru Dasara trip
September 14, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Like last year, this year too, families and relatives of mahouts and kavadis will miss their annual Dasara trip to Mysuru. The Forest Department has taken a decision in this regard as bringing the families to Mysuru would be a risky affair though Coronavirus cases are on a rapid decline. Usually, hundreds of family…
No demolition of places of worship for now, says DC
September 14, 2021‘Status quo will be maintained till further orders’ Mysore/Mysuru: As the move of Mysuru District Administration and the Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) to demolish over 93 identified illegal religious structures at public places became a major controversy attracting the State Government’s attention, Mysuru Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. Bagadi Gautham has said that the demolition drive…
As cases decline, demand to lift night curfew renews
September 14, 2021Do not lower guard, warn experts Mysore/Mysuru: With the daily COVID-19 count falling below 50 in Mysuru for the first time after a long gap, stakeholders of the tourism and hotel sector have demanded the withdrawal of the existing night curfew from 9 pm to 5 am. In a press release this morning, Mysuru Hotel…
It is ‘Ashtarathri’ this time, not ‘Navarathri’
September 14, 2021Scholars attribute change due to two ‘thithis’ falling on single day Mysore/Mysuru: It is an age-old tradition to celebrate Dasara as ‘Navarathri’ or nine nights where Goddess Sri Chamundeshwari is propitiated with various ceremonial rituals without a single lapse. But this year’s celebrations will not be a ‘Navarathri’ but ‘Ashtarathri’ (eight nights) as two ‘thithis’…
Legal miners are facing threats: Mandya MP
September 14, 2021Won’t interfere in illegal mining issue, asserts Kumaraswamy Mandya: Throwing down the gauntlet at illegal mining again, Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish has alleged that people who are doing illegal mining around the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam and also in many areas inside Pandavapura are threatening legal miners. “Now both legal and illegal mining have…
Irwin Road widening hurdles to be cleared
September 14, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: All the bottlenecks for the widening of the much delayed and much controversial Irwin Road will be cleared within a month, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha told reporters at a press conference at Jaladarshini Guest House yesterday. Now the only contentious property on the road is the Jumma Masjid. The Wakf Board that manages the…
Mayor launches door-to-door garbage collection, segregation vehicles
September 14, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mayor Sunanda Palanetra yesterday launched newly purchased vehicles for door-to-door garbage collection and segregation for all 65 Wards coming under Mysuru City Corporation (MCC). Speaking after launching the vehicles at the MCC premises, the Mayor said that the 65 new vehicles were purchased at a cost of Rs. 3.5 crore under Swachh Bharat Mission…
Mysuru’s Vishwas Kumar becomes youngest Chartered Accountant
September 14, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: City lad Vishwas Kumar has cleared the Chartered Accountant (CA) Final Exam (New) conducted by The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) on July 5, 2021. ICAI declared the results of CA Final Examination (Old and New Course) and Foundation exam yesterday. By securing 463 out of 800 marks to clear the exam…















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