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Youth injured in elephant attack
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Youth injured in elephant attack

February 24, 2020

H.D. Kote: A 26-year-old youth has suffered serious injuries when a wild elephant attacked him near a lake at Kabini Backwaters last evening. The injured youth, who is undergoing treatment at K.R. Hospital in Mysuru, is Shiva, son of Krishnan and a resident of Balle tribal hamlet in the taluk. Yesterday at about 5 pm,…

Hotels to be roped in to promote Mysuru as Yoga Capital: Pushkar
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Hotels to be roped in to promote Mysuru as Yoga Capital: Pushkar

February 24, 2020

Mysuru/Mysore: The Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) has chalked out elaborate plans to develop Mysuru as Yoga Capital. And for this, hotels will be roped in to have exclusive Yoga sections to introduce Yoga to foreign tourists.  Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, KSTDC Managing Director Kumar Pushkar said that hotels can dedicate a…

Workshop on Keerthana Sahitya begins
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Workshop on Keerthana Sahitya begins

February 24, 2020

Mysuru/Mysore: A Five-day workshop on ‘Keerthana Sahitya: Marga Mattu Desi,’ organised by the Centre of Excellence for Studies in Classical Kannada (CESCK) for Kannada teachers, researchers and scholars, began at the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL)                                     …

Winners of National-level Yogasana Championship
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Winners of National-level Yogasana Championship

February 24, 2020

Mysuru/Mysore: The following members of Brahma Shree Narayana Guru Yoga Mandira Trust, Nimishamba Nagar, Mysuru, have won prizes in the 10th National-level Open Yogasana Championship – 2020 conducted by Mandya’s Swami Vivekananda Kannada Yuva Yoga Balaga and the Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports (DYES), at the District Indoor Stadium in Mandya recently: 8-10 Years…

Rs. 1 lakh hundi cash stolen at Temple
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Rs. 1 lakh hundi cash stolen at Temple

February 24, 2020

Mysuru/Mysore: Burglars have decamped with Rs. 1 lakh cash from hundies at Ganapati Temple, near Vinayaka Circle in Lalitha Mahal Nagar on Friday, the night of Shivaratri. Temple Priest Narendra Joshi, after performing pujas and other rituals on the occasion of Shivaratri festival till 10 pm, closed the Temple and went home. On Saturday morning…

Passenger killed as auto topples
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Passenger killed as auto topples

February 24, 2020

Hunsur:  A person travelling in an autorickshaw was killed on the spot, when the auto toppled after the driver lost control of the vehicle near Mookanahalli Gate.  The auto driver, who suffered serious injuries, has been admitted to a hospital. The deceased is K.S. Shivakumar (50), a resident of New Maruthi Layout in Hunsur. He…

New Chairman, Vice-Chairman for CII-Mysuru Zone
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New Chairman, Vice-Chairman for CII-Mysuru Zone

February 24, 2020

Mysuru/Mysore: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), a premium industry body in India celebrating its 125th year in 2020, got its new office-bearers to lead the Mysuru Zonal Council for the year 2020-2021.  Amit Kumar, currently Vice- Chairman of CII Mysuru and Vice-President and Head, Metering and Protection System, Larsen and Toubro Ltd., Mysuru, took…

Excel in Ideathon contest
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Excel in Ideathon contest

February 24, 2020

Mysuru/Mysore:- Young Indians Mysore in association with CII – Industry Institute Interaction Panel (CII-IIIP), Mysuru, had organised an Ideathon on Social Innovation for Professors at SJCE campus recently.  The event focused on product and process innovation to improve Mysuru city  with regard to urban planning, pollution control, sanitation, Swachh Nagari etc.  The faculty of Christ…

MCC to hike water tariff, property tax
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MCC to hike water tariff, property tax

February 23, 2020

Last year’s property tax target: Rs. 160 crore Property tax collected: Rs. 96.21 crore Amount outstanding: Rs. 63.79 crore Water bills worth Rs. 120 crore pending from houses, commercial complexes; Government Departments owe Rs. 30 crore Mysore/Mysuru: Get ready to pay more water tariff and property tax as the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is all…

Casi-NO! Tourism Minister C.T. Ravi does a volte-face
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Casi-NO! Tourism Minister C.T. Ravi does a volte-face

February 23, 2020

Bengaluru: Tourism Minister C.T. Ravi has said that he has not announced the opening of casinos in Karnataka. However, he said casinos are common in foreign countries.  Yesterday morning he had stated that there was a proposal before the Tourism Department to open casino parlours in Karnataka to rake in revenues and also to retain…

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