Madikeri: Floods and landslides that struck Kodagu in August this year not only affected human beings and wildlife but also honey bee families that have a special relationship with nature. Vanishing natural food and biting cold, has resulted in the spread of Thai Sac Brood disease, which is said to have originated in Thailand. The…
Tourist spots in Kodagu deserted; hopes dashed
November 12, 2018Madikeri: Kodagu, called the Scotland of South India, has been a perfect holiday destination for ages because of its pristine beauty and alluring nature. Tourists always flock to this hill station in droves during holidays and weekends. But sadly after the nature’s fury that the district experienced in August this year with heavy rains and…
My Circle, your Circle, whose Circle is it?
November 12, 2018Mysuru: Our city is continuously going through the phase of renaming where Circles, roads and junctions are renamed after prominent personalities. So much so that the well-known names of particular roads, in practice from the days of the British Raj, are renamed to either localise the area or to name them in remembrance of leaders…
Leopard sighted near Mysore Airport
November 12, 2018Mysuru: A leopard being sighted inside Mysore Airport premises in Mandakalli here last night has created panic among the members of the public. The leopard, which was roaming at Srinagar near Mandakalli since about three days, was sighted last night in the Airport premises by one Dhananjay, a resident of Vijayanagar, who has captured the…
Is this the honour we are giving to Ta.Ra.Su?
November 12, 2018Mysuru: Among the many Circles that found new names in city is the Akashavani Circle that has been rechristened as Ta.Ra.Su Circle. Ta.Ra.Su or Ta.Ra. Subba Rao is a noted Kannada littérateur (Taluku Ramaswami Subba Rao) and is considered as a harbinger of the Navya movement of Kannada literature. The Akashavani Circle is near the…
MCDCC Bank election begins
November 12, 2018Mysuru: The voting for electing the Directors of Mysuru and Chamarajanagar District Co-Operative Central (MCDCC) Bank began at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry on Vinoba Road here this morning. The polling is being held to elect 12 Directors, while five Directors have already been elected unopposed. The MCDCC Bank has 17 Directors on its board. Those elected…
Political interference hinders decision making at Vani Vilas Water Works
November 12, 2018VVWW Executive Engineer expresses helplessness at MGP Meeting Mysuru: The Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW) officials many a times cannot take decisions in the interest of the public on their own because of the political interference, said Executive Engineer Harish, expressing his helplessness. He was speaking at an interaction meeting on “Distribution of drinking water,…
Mayoral race hots up as Congress-JD(S) battle for post
November 12, 2018Mysuru: Even as former Chief Minister and JD(S)-Congress coalition Government Co-ordination Committee Chairman Siddharamaiah on Sunday assured of making sincere efforts to make Congress party Corporator as Mysuru Mayor. District Minister G.T. Devegowda is said to have convened a meeting of JD(S) Corporators and party leaders at a hotel here this afternoon to discuss the…
Passport Kendra in Mysuru to serve people of Kodagu
November 12, 2018Mysuru: The Post Office Passport Seva Kendra opened at Metagalli Post Office in Mysuru will serve the people of Kodagu too. According to Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha, the service has been extended to the residents of Kodagu who had to go to Bengaluru or Mangaluru to get Passport services. Keeping in mind the inconvenience faced…
Three women die in separate incidents
November 12, 2018Mysuru: Three women died in three separate incidents in city this morning. Shyma (45), wife of Purushottam, Proprietor of well-known Ambadi Stores near Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Circle in Ramakrishnanagar died after collapsing at 7.30 am. Shyma and her family members returned from Kerala this morning after attending a wedding. Shyma, after alighting form a car, was…
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