Mysuru: The CII Mysore Zone is going to construct a hi-tech washroom on the lines of the one atop Chamundi Hill and in the Mysore Palace, in Srikanteshwara Temple in Nanjangud at a cost of Rs. One crore under its CSR fund. Since the footfalls in this famous temple also called Kashi of the South…
Election to four RS seats from State in March
February 6, 2018Bengaluru: The election to four Rajya Sabha (RS) seats from the State Assembly will take place in March. The four seats will fall vacant after the term of K. Rehman Khan of the Congress, Rajeev Chandrashekar, an Independent and Ramakrishna and Basavaraj Patil Sedam of the BJP ends on April.2 A Rajya Sabha candidates requires…
Water sports round the year planned at Varuna Lake
February 6, 2018Mysuru: The tender for the proposed water sports at Varuna Lake will be taken up within a week, said Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep at a review meeting on water sports, held yesterday at his office. With this move, the long-awaited demand for the water sports is likely to come to fruition at the earliest. In…
Rotary Mysore Brindavan to honour dancers Kirans, Mayuri on Friday
February 6, 2018Mysuru: Rotary Mysore Brindavan has organised a programme at Kalamandira on Friday (Feb.9) at 6.30 pm to felicitate dance legends Vid. Kiran Subrahmanyam, Vidu. Sandhya Kiran and Vidu. Mayuri Upadhya. Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, Rotary International District Governor 3181 Rtn. M.M. Suresh Chengappa and Rotary Brindavan President Rtn. Prakash Keshav will honour the dancers. On the…
An Appeal : Support to Save Kodagu from Destruction
February 6, 2018The Environment, the Forests, the Landscape and the very future of Kodagu and its people are at stake due to the proposals for two destructive projects of Railways and four Multi-lane National Highways through Kodagu. With the felling of lakhs of trees across Kodagu, the death of River Cauvery will be only a matter of…
Halt construction of Rly. Guest House at Madikeri, demands M.C. Nanaiah
February 6, 2018Madikeri: The proposed construction of a Guest House by South- Western Railway at Stuart Hill in Madikeri has received stiff opposition from all quarters. While environmentalists have questioned the necessity of such an office when the people are up in arms against Railway projects in ecologically sensitive Kodagu, Former Minister M.C. Nanaiah has written to…
23 Pelicans die at Kokkare Bellur since Jan. 2018
February 6, 2018Bharathinagar: The death of over 23 Spot-billed Pelicans at Kokkare Bellur, on the banks of Shimsha, near Maddur has triggered panic among environmentalists and the samples of the carcasses have been sent for tests. Over 23 birds have died since January this year. While 20 birds have died at Kokkare Bellur, 3 Pelicans have died…
Tiger found dead in Bandipur
February 6, 2018Gundlupet: A carcass of a tiger in a decomposed state has been found in Hongalli Forest area of Maddur Forest Range in Bandipur Reserve Forest yesterday. The tiger is said to be about six-years-old and is suspected to be dead about two to three days ago as there were wounds on its body. Forest Department…
Procession marks Ambigara Chowdaiah Jayanti celebration in city
February 6, 2018Mysuru: A grand procession, accompanied by a host of folk troupes, marked Ambigara Chowdaiah Jayanti celebration, jointly organised by the District Administration, Kannada & Culture Department and Nijasharana Ambigara Chowdaiah Jayantotsava Samiti, in the city yesterday. The procession, which commenced from Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple at the Palace North Gate, passed through D. Urs Road, JLB…
Three including Medical student commit suicide in city
February 6, 2018Mysuru: In separate incidents, a medical student, a contractor and a woman have committed suicide in city. In the first incident, a 21-year-old medical student committed suicide by hanging self at her room in the hostel yesterday morning. The deceased girl has been identified as Puttaharika, a native of Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh, who was pursuing…
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