170-year-old Kaadu Basaveshwara Temple gets new look Mysore/Mysuru: Felicitation to COVID warriors, photo exhibition, tree plantation and painting of a 170-year-old temple marked the 70th birthday celebrations of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in city this morning. Krishnaraja MLA S.A. Ramdas is celebrating the day as ‘Namo Divas’ and held a host of programmes at a…
Explores wildlife at Bandipur Tiger Reserve Gundlupet: Renowned filmmaker of ‘Baahubali’ fame S.S. Rajamouli and his wife Rama, visited Himavad Gopalaswamy Hill yesterday and prayed at the temple atop the hill dedicated to Lord Venugopalaswamy. The couple also visited Bandipur Tiger Reserve and explored the wildlife. According to sources, Rajamouli, who reached Gundlupet on Tuesday,…
Mandya: After five years of shut down, the Pandavapura Sahakara Sakkare Kharkhane (PSSK), more popularly known as Pandavapura Sugar Factory will start crushing sugarcane from tomorrow (Sept.18), much to the relief of thousands of farmers of the region. After the factory, which was run under the co-operative sector shut down over five years ago due…
Mysore/Mysuru: More than a year after it was constructed, the new Central Library at People’s Park close to Sub-Urban Bus Stand in the city, will be inaugurated by District Minister S.T. Somashekar on Sept. 18 at 10 am. Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar will inaugurate the Digital Library, while Mayor Tasneem will…
Mysore/Mysuru: As a measure to stop the spread of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, with devotees likely to throng the Hill temple in large numbers on account of Mahalaya Amavasya today (Sept.17), Deputy Commissioner B. Sharat has ordered closure of the famed Chamundeshwari temple atop Chamundi Hill for devotees today and tomorrow (Sept.17 and 18). The…
By S.B. Devaraj Mysore/Mysuru: Corona has thrown out of gear for thousands of families. The closure of factories, shops and commercial establishments has thrown out of jobs. Now, they are into other professions to eke out their livelihood. Among them, some have taken to vending fruits, vegetables and other items on footpaths. Their lives have…
Cable-laying in full swing at Jodi Thenginamara Road, Medar Block, Yadavagiri and Manjunathapura Mysore/Mysuru: The Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) that has taken up a massive project of converting overhead power lines into underground power cables has completed 50 percent of first phase of works. At present, the project is being implemented in N.R. Sub-Division….
Corporate team leader becomes spiritually inclined after 56,522-km journey By M.B. Pavan Murthy Mysore/Mysuru: After a two-year-eight-month pan-India temple run on a scooter and covering 56,522 kilometres through four countries — Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar — with his 70-year-old mother Choodarathna, city’s Dakshinamurthy Krishna Kumar has returned home in Bogadi yesterday afternoon. The mother…
To commemorate birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi Mysore/Mysuru: In pursuant to the directives of the Ministry of Railways, Swachhta Pakhwada is observed every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The Mysuru Division of South Western Railway, has organised Swachhta Pakhwada campaign from Sept.16 to Oct. 2 with focus primarily on avoiding single…
Train service will cater to farmers and traders from Mysuru, Mandya, Hassan and other districts to carry perishable supplies to distant regions Mysore/Mysuru: With a step towards doubling the farmers income in the coming years, South Western Railway (SWR) is running a weekly service of Kisan Rail Special from Sept. 19 to Oct. 22 (5…
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