Mysuru: N.R. Police have arrested a youth on charges of stealing cash from the office he had worked earlier and have seized Rs. 6,78,000 cash and a Maruti Swift car from him. The arrested youth has been identified as 24-year-old Sebi Moses, a native of Batteri village, Wayanad district, Kerala and a resident of Bannimantap…
Safari-like SUVs to take tourists around city this Dasara
July 30, 2017Mysuru: To give a safari-like feeling to Dasara tourists, the Tourism Department is planning to introduce open Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) to take tourists for sight-seeing of heritage sites. This facility will be an added attraction this Dasara (Sept. 21-30). The vehicles will be customised like the ones used in jungle safaris and over five…
OPEN-TOP BUSES
July 30, 2017This Dasara, tourists might have an opportunity to go on a city tour in open-top double-decker buses. The Tourism Department is in talks with Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) to either offer buses to the Department or operate such buses on their (KSRTC) own. Around four open-top double-decker buses were introduced in Bengaluru by…
Parks becoming grazing ground for stray cattle
July 30, 2017Parks are meant to add beauty to the surroundings of the city. Parks are also a good time-spending venue for all ages, mostly for joggers, walkers and the like. But some parks in the city, which are poorly maintained, have become grazing ground for stray cattle. The A.P. Prashanth Park, located at the southern end…
State Govt. goes on a publicity blitzkrieg
July 30, 2017Mysuru: Looks like the Congress government headed by Chief Minister Siddharamaiah is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that its policies and programmes are reached to the public as the next Assembly elections are not far away. And to drive home the message, an LED display board has been installed at Curzon Park near the…
MLA Somashekar plays good Samaritan: Shifts sickman to hospital
July 30, 2017Mysuru: Playing good Samaritan,K.R. MLA Somashekar has shifted a seriously ill 60-year-old man, who was lying along a road and was struggling for life, to K.R. Hospital last night. The sick 60-year-old man has been identified by local residents as Dwarakanath of Agrahara. Somashekar was taking part in ‘Karaga Utsava’ at Karimaramma Temple on Ramanuja…
Two-day job fair at MIT on Aug. 5, 6
July 30, 2017Mysuru: A Two-day Udyoga Mela (Job fair) has been organised at the Maharaja Institute of Technology (MIT) campus at Belavadi in Srirangapatna taluk on Aug. 5 and 6. Announcing this at a press meet here yesterday, the Institution President Dr. S. Murali said Engineering diploma holders and graduates and post-graduates can take part in this…
CM chooses topics for healthy debates, lauds Prof. Champa
July 30, 2017Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has become adept at choosing topics that evoke the conscience of the people in the country, leading to healthy debates on the subjects, said Litterateur and thinker Prof. Chandrashekara Patil (Champa). He was speaking after inaugurating a day-long conference on ‘Rakesh Siddharamaiah – A Tribute and Social Justice Convention,’ organised by…
All Govt. Degree Colleges to commence classes at 9 am from Aug. 1
July 30, 2017Mysuru: As per the latest circular issued by the Department of Collegiate Education, hereafter all Government Degree Colleges in the State will commence classes daily from 9 am with effect from Aug. 1. From the point of view of education and administration, the Department had felt that the Degree Colleges should operate from 8 am…
World Tiger Day: 3D tiger painting draws crowd outside Mysuru Zoo
July 30, 2017Mysuru: In a bid to spread the message ‘Save Tiger’, artist Anil Kumar Bhogashetty created a 3ft. tall 3D painting of a tiger, outside Mysuru Zoo on World Tiger Day yesterday which drew large crowds. Anil had created a similar 3D painting in front of Bandipur National Park gate, which had caught the attention of…















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