Mysuru: Thousands of people attended the Guinness Record attempt mass yoga performance on the sprawling campus of Mysore Race Course on June 21 but all of them could not be counted to arrive at a definite number, said Mysuru Deputy Commissioner (DC) D. Randeep. “There were more than 54,101 people in Mysuru while yoga performance…
Pre-GST sale in city: Shopaholics indulge in shopping-spree
June 30, 2017Mysuru: With the Goods and Services Tax (GST) coming into effect from midnight today, it’s raining discounts at many of the showrooms across the city to clear the inventories. Shopaholics were seen making a beeline to the shops at the main shopping areas to purchase clothes, shoes and electronic items. Some of the shops are…
Solar fencing to check elephant menace in Kodagu
June 30, 2017Bengaluru: The State Government has decided to install solar fences to check the elephant menace in Kodagu district. Elaborating on the measures, Minister of State for Statistics, Planning and Science and Technology M.R. Sitaram, who is also the Kodagu district in-charge Minister, said the government will install solar fences across the borders of forests and…
Apollo Hospitals extends Air Ambulance services to Mysuru
June 30, 2017Mysuru: Apollo Hospitals has announced the extension of its air ambulance services network to Mysuru through its current hubs in Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru. Several people in India do not get medical attention within the ‘Golden Hour’ which is very crucial in saving lives. Apollo’s air ambulance service will address the emergency medical need of…
A curator who promotes young artists
June 30, 2017By N. Niranjan Nikam There was no razzmatazz. He was quietly going about hanging the paintings on the wall even as the lady who had segregated it was guiding him. The art shows are usually a hep affair. But the lady, N. Vijayalakshmi, though a Mysurean, was back to her roots after almost 40 years,…
Beef-eating row at Kalamandira: Minister Umashree seeks report
June 30, 2017Bengaluru/Mysuru: Kannada and Culture Minister Umashree has sought a report with regard to consumption of beef during a function organised at Maneyangala in Kalamandira recently. Sources said that Minister Umashree had instructed Kannada and Culture Director M.S. Archana to file a report on the issue which occurred during a seminar organised by one of the…
Sunflower field in Chamarajanagar kindles ‘Selfie’ business
June 30, 2017Beguru: The beautiful 1970 movie love story ‘Sunflower’ starring two hugely talented Italian actors Sophia Lauren and Marcello Mastroianni that tells the tale of World War II, brings back memories of the Sunflower fields. Here Giovanna played by Sophia Lauren goes in search of her husband Antonio,( played by Mastrioianni) to Russia where she visits…
MCC to allot alternative lands for ‘Yele Thota’ farmers
June 30, 2017Mysuru: In a bid to make beetle leaf farmers undertake farming activities, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has decided to provide alternative lands to farmers of ‘Yele Thota’ whose lands were acquired by the then City Improvement Trust Board (CITB) in 1949 for the development of city. On Wednesday, a team of MCC officials, led…
Attention diversion criminals are back
June 30, 2017Mysuru: After lying low for a few months, criminals who robbed victims by diverting their attention are back to haunt Mysureans. Two cases were reported in the city yesterday evening in the busy Shivarampet area that comes under Devaraja Police limits. In the first incident reported at around 7.45 pm, a family of shoppers was…
When Swiss Air Ambulance airlifted a patient from Mysuru…
June 30, 2017The first patient to be shifted from Mysuru in an air ambulance to a foreign country was when international health agencies and a health insurance company sent an international air ambulance from Switzerland to Mysuru to airlift its client [A report in this regard was published in SOM dated Jan.30, 2012]. The air ambulance arrived…















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