Mysuru: As part of the nationwide programme, Pension Adalat was held for retired State Government Employees at the Institution of Engineers on JLB Road here and for Retired Railway Employees at the Office of the Divisional Railway Manger (DRM) this morning. At Institution of Engineers, the Adalat was inaugurated by Additional DC B.R. Poornima. Totally,…
Retd. IFS Officer Nagaraj passes away
August 23, 2019Mandya: Nagaraj (62), a retired IFS Officer, passed away yesterday at a private hospital in Bengaluru following brief illness. He leaves behind his wife Dr. Shashikala, one son and a host of relatives and friends. Nagaraj was a 1986 batch IFS Officer and had served as the Managing Director of Karnataka Cashew Development Corporation Ltd….
Kannada Assn. meet
August 23, 2019Bengaluru: “The supremacy of outsiders and anti-Kannada activities in Bengaluru has increased terribly” observed Kannada Okkuta President Vatal Nagaraj. Addressing a press meet yesterday, Nagaraj announced that a meeting of Kannada Association would be held tomorrow at the Press Club premises. He added that the members of the Okkuta would lay siege to Raj Bhavan…
Gajapayana heralds Dasara
August 22, 2019Mysuru: Signalling the official countdown to the famed Mysuru Dasara, the first batch of six caparisoned elephants led by the mighty tusker Arjuna — the Golden Howdah-carrying Elephant — embarked on Gajapayana, their journey from the jungle camps to the City of Palaces this morning. The Gajapayana was flagged off at Veeranahosahalli on the outskirts…
Nirmala Sitharaman in Mysuru
August 22, 2019Addresses GST and I-T officials Mysuru: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who had visited Kodagu to assess the flood situation recently, arrived in city this morning. She will be addressing the GST and Income Tax officials in an internal meeting organised by GST Commissionerate, Mysuru, at Hotel Radisson Blu here. Nirmala, who arrived on road…
When you fall in Love with a city
August 22, 2019Experience Heritage Marvel at Mysuru Railway Station Mysuru: Everything about Mysuru excites you at first as you explore it and learn the hotspots, the road to avoid, the best places and localities to eat and socialise. As you stay in this city, you will memorise the streets, the store fronts, favourite handicraft, coffee shops and…
New additions beckon visitors to Brindavan Gardens
August 22, 2019Last year itself the Horticulture Department got the Topiary plants from Bengaluru and Pune nurseries and planted them in the Brindavan Gardens. The plants are shaped in the form of animals and as they grow, they are delicately trimmed every three months by the skilled Garden staff. As the 100 Topiary plants are grown in…
Chamundi Hill, Palaces of Mysuru among top 20 tourist destinations
August 22, 2019Bengaluru: With 20-million-odd Indian tourists travelling abroad on vacation every year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged them to visit 15 tourist destinations within the country by 2022 to give a fillip to the domestic tourism sector. He was addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 73rd Independence Day on…
Mysuru NSS volunteers clean ancient stonewell at Srirangapatna
August 22, 2019Mysuru: NSS students of Seshadripuram First Grade College in city cleaned up a discarded ancient stonewell at Jakkanahalli near Arakere in Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district recently. Locals say that the well was a Kalyani of Chamundeshwari Temple, built by the erstwhile Mysore rulers centuries ago. The Maharajas are said to have appointed a Priest…
Researchers find symptoms of stress in captive elephants
August 22, 2019Scientists from CCMB Hyderabad examine jumbos at Mysuru Zoo and Elephant Camps “Elephants involved in public procession in Mysuru Dasara festival had significantly elevated stress hormones compared to their counterparts at Mysuru Zoo,” the research group said. Mysuru: If tigers can get stressed due to gawking safari tourists close by, can elephants be far behind?…
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