Mysuru: Kannada poetess Lata Manohar was felicitated for her literary works during the 44th Second Saturday monthly Mushaira organised by Tipu Trust in city. A total of 20 poets and poetesses presented Kannada poems at Bazm e Tipu, Sawday Road. Gouher Tarikervi presided, Nyamathulla Khan and Moulana Noori BaBa were the chief guests. Zahid Ulla…
Entry Banned to Brindavan Gardens
July 16, 2018Mysuru: Entry of visitors to Brindavan Gardens at Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam has been banned and tourist entry to the Dam and its downstream near Srirangapatna in Mandya District has been restricted from yesterday, in spite of tourists coming in thousands to witness the spectacular sight of water gushing out of the many crest…
Fr. Noronha passes away
July 16, 2018Mysuru: Rev. Fr. Denis Victor Noronha (86), a well-known Catholic Priest of the Diocese of Mysore, who was presently residing in ‘Prashantha Nilaya,’ a Retirement Home for Priests of Mysore Diocese in Bannimantap, passed away today at 11.39 am at St. Joseph’s Hospital here. Fr. Noronha, the former Secretary of Mysore Diocesan Education Society…
Water release from KRS attracts tourists in hordes
July 16, 2018Mysuru: Water discharge from the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam has pushed up the number of tourists visiting sites along the Cauvery Basin including Balamuri, Edamuri, Ranganathittu, Srirangapatna, Ganjam and surrounding areas. Yesterday being a holiday, many tourists had come to KRS from Bengaluru and Mandya. Many temple complexes at Srirangapatna have been inundated as…
Gautama Ashrama in Mandya flooded Swamiji refuses to move out
July 16, 2018Mandya: The well-known Gautama Ashrama at Doddegowdanakoppal in Mandya taluk has been inundated as a large volume of water is being let out from Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam into River Cauvery. Six people, including Ashrama head Gajanana Swamiji, are in the Ashrama. As more than 60,000 cusecs water is being released from the Dam,…
Jaganmohan Palace Art Gallery entry fee hiked
July 16, 2018Mysuru: The entry fee to nearly 157-year-old Jaganmohan Palace Art Gallery in city has been increased. The entry fee now for adults is Rs. 75 instead of the earlier Rs. 35. The hike came into effect this morning. However, entry fee for children and foreigners has not been hiked. Children have to pay the earlier…
Ministers launch Lift Irrigation projects
July 16, 2018Mysuru: Higher Education Minister G.T. Devegowda, who represents Chamundeshwari Assembly Segment and Minor Irrigation Minister C.S. Puttaraju this morning launched three lift irrigation projects aimed at feeding water from KRS Dam to Lakes and other water bodies at several villages in the taluk and surrounding areas. The projects were lunched at Anandur, Yachegowanahalli and Yadahalli…
Real estate agent arrested for cheating customer of Rs. 11 lakh
July 16, 2018Mysuru: N.R. Police, on July 1, arrested a real estate agent for allegedly cheating a customer of Rs. 11 lakh. The cheating case took place a year ago. The accused is 39-year-old Saifulla, a resident of 2nd Eidgah in Mandi Mohalla here and the victim is Mir Salauddin, proprietor of Shabanam Steel Traders on C.V….
15 injured after canopy collapses at PM’s rally
July 16, 2018Midnapore, West Bengal: At least 15 people were injured when a canopy collapsed while Prime Minister Narendra Modi was addressing a rally at Bengal’s Midnapore today. The injured were taken to hospital on motorcycles and even by the ambulance that follows the Prime Minister’s convoy. PM Modi later visited the injured in hospital. It had…
MP Pratap Simha inspects Software Technology Park
July 16, 2018Mysuru: MP Pratap Simha on Saturday visited the Software Technology Park of India (STPI) at Hebbal industrial area in city and reviewed the progress of the STPI’s new building and incubation centre. Later speaking to press persons, Simha said that the STPI was established in the year 1991, as an autonomous organisation under the Ministry…















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