Mysore: The Railways have agreed to abide by the Heritage norms for the City Railway Station work that also have to be followed like other heritage structures in the city. The Railway officials, who attended the District Heritage Committee meeting chaired by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abhiram G. Sankar at the Court Hall of the DC…
Tribal art inspired by Mother Nature
May 31, 2019Ten-day training programme on exquisite Gond Art in city Mysore: Each piece of art work is unique, imaginative, vibrant and mystical with vivid colours while the key patterns of the art are small dots and dashes with striking depiction of scenes inspired by nature, Gods and Goddesses, flora and fauna. All these are being showcased…
Woman killed as giant tree comes crashing in Kodagu
May 31, 2019Mysuru: Rain fury has started in Kodagu even before the entry of Southwest Monsoon. One woman was killed last midnight when a giant tree came crashing on her house when she was sleeping. The incident was reported from Tarikatte near Pollibetta in Virajpet Taluk which is witnessing heavy to very heavy rains accompanied by thunder…
Urban greenery amidst concrete jungle
May 31, 2019Mysuru: A team of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) officials along with Chamaraja MLA L. Nagendra inspected the MCC Quarters Park near Cheluvamba Park in Yadavagiri this morning to discuss the development of the park as urban forest and set up a children’s amusement and a Science Park. MCC owns 2 acres and 11 gunta land…
Mock drill held to face rain fury
May 31, 2019Madikeri: The Kodagu District Administration is geared up to face rain fury. As a preparation to tackle floods and landslides during monsoon, the District Administration, assisted by Paramilitary forces including the National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF), conducted a mock exercise at vulnerable sites on Wednesday. Teams from NDRF, Karnataka Civil Defence Quick Response Team, State…
MCC likely to launch ‘Yogalakshmi’ scheme tomorrow
May 31, 2019Mysore: A new scheme of Mysuru City Corporation ‘Yogalakshmi’ is likely to be implemented from June 1. A meeting of Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath, Deputy Mayor Shafi Ahmed, MCC Commissioner Shilpa Nag and other officials was held at MCC premises here on Wednesday to discuss points highlighted in the 2019-20 budget. Discussion was also held on…
Bumper sale of 2.06 lakh kg mangoes at Mango Mela
May 31, 2019Mysuru: The mango and jackfruit mela organised by the Horticulture Department saw a sale of whopping 2,06,773 kg of mangoes in five days. This mela was organised with the aim of selling mangoes ripened through natural process or with environment-friendly ethylene gas, directly by the farmers to the customers. There were 40 stalls put up…
International Yoga Day on June 21
May 31, 2019City all set to create record by assembling 1.25 lakh people at a single venue; Meeting on June 4 Mysore: Mysuru is once again making a bid to enter the Guinness Book of World Records in yoga by assembling a large number of people on June 21 to mark the International Day of Yoga. The…
Plea to admit children to Maharaja’s High School
May 31, 2019Mysore: The President of Maharaja’s High School and PU College B.S. Sridhara Raj Urs has appealed to the people in city to admit their wards to the 186-year-old institution with a rich history. “Maharaja’s High School was started in the year 1833 as Raja’s Free School at Nazarbad by the then Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar….
ISKCON-type hot food for hostel students planned
May 31, 2019Decision taken at University of Mysore Syndicate meeting Mysore: The University of Mysore (UOM) has come forward to serve food to hostel students from a centralised kitchen. This decision was taken at the Syndicate meeting chaired by Vice-Chancellor Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar at the Crawford Hall, here yesterday. In order to provide quality food to…
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