Mysore: The Road between View Point and Nandi Statue atop Chamundi Hill has been temporarily closed for vehicular traffic from this morning as a portion of the Hill caved in yesterday. Vehicles have been asked to take regular route to reach Chamundeshwari Temple and alternative Road to Nandi Statue. A portion of Chamundi Hill along…
Mysore: In a huge victory to environmentalists and conservationists, the Karnataka High Court yesterday asked the Indian Railways and the Ministry of Railways to seek environment-related clearances before commissioning two rail projects in Kodagu — Mysuru-Kushalnagar line and the Thalassery-Mysuru Railway Line. The High Court Bench, led by Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, gave these…
Activists welcome MLA G.T. Devegowda’s stand to resurvey historic canal Mysuru: Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) has urged the elected representatives and residents to save the iconic Kukkarahalli Lake and clear encroachment on Dewan Poornaiah Canal. MGP members, under the banner of Kukkarahalli Ulisi Andolan, has welcomed Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda’s (GTD) announcement of redoing the…
Mysuru: The Dewan Poornaiah Canal is the main feeder Canal that brings fresh water to the Kukkarahalli Lake. Of the original length of 22-km, only 4-km remains today, thanks to unscientific approach towards the development of layouts and lack of concern for the environment. Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, Naturalist U.N. Ravikumar, who…
Attacks two villagers; gores to death two cows To be captured and sent to Sakkrebailu Camp Gundlupet: A radio-collared wild tusker from Tamil Nadu attacked two persons, including a farmer and a villager on the outskirts of Bandipur Tiger Reserve yesterday. The injured — Siddaiah and Swamy from Hangala village in Gundlupet taluk — have…
Mysuru: In the MCC Council Meeting post Dasara, Corporators, cutting across party lines, took the officials to task by unitedly raising the issues of potholed roads and drinking water woes in city. With Corporators targeting the officials, MCC Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde said that a total of 32 work orders were issued to repair potholes at…
Mysuru: In her last Council Meeting, Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath announced a Grant of Rs.50 lakh to every Ward for taking up developmental works. Replying to the members’ demand for at least Rs.85 lakh, the Mayor said that she has announced this amount even though the Commissioner had suggested only Rs.25 lakh. Corporators demand hike in…
Mysuru: When people consume liquor and throw the bottles indiscriminately and negligently, here is a wise and intelligent person from Bengaluru, who is artistically converting used liquor bottles to attractive artifacts and colourful decorative objects to adorn houses. Meet Gajendra, a resident of Indiranagar in Bengaluru, who is believed to be the only artist of…
Mysuru: Services at the Mysuru North Sub-Registrar’s Office in the city has been badly hit for the past one week due to a technical glitch, thus causing severe inconvenience to the public. The North Sub-Registrar’s Office is located in the Mini Vidhana Soudha. Due to a technical snag in the Hard Disc of the computer,…
Mysuru: A new Pure Drinking Water Plant established by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), opposite Vidyabharathi Kalyana Mantap on Uttaradi Mutt Road in Agrahara, coming under Ward 51, was inaugurated by MLA S.A. Ramdas on Monday. Speaking on the occasion, Ramdas said that the ground water too had become polluted at certain places and regretted that…
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