Reading a news item this morning titled ‘Youth, distressed over losing footwear, dials emergency number’ and its contents, my memory went amok and my own experience in losing footwears came crowding to my mind. Since there is lot of fun and human element, I thought I could share it with my readers. While ruminating on…
Akhilesh Yadav takes time off to visit Kodagu, Mysuru
July 20, 2023After Opposition alliance meeting in Bengaluru… Stays at a resort in Galibeedu, visits General Thimayya Museum at Madikeri and Suttur Mutt in Mysuru Madikeri/Mysuru: After attending the Opposition unity meeting at Taj West End, Bengaluru, on July 18, former Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister (CM) and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav headed to Kodagu to…
Students risk lives to cross City Bus Stand Junction
July 19, 2023Renewed demand for underpass connecting Jaganmohan Palace and City Bus Stand Mysore/Mysuru: Heavy traffic congestion near the KSRTC City Bus Stand Junction on New Sayyaji Rao Road has become a pressing concern for the public and students on a daily basis. The situation becomes alarming when students navigate through the fast-moving vehicles near the Junction…
Direct-to-home Piped Natural Gas project: 35,000 consumers register; plumbing works done at 10,000 homes
July 19, 2023700 households already using PNG gas to cook; a major step forward for the city’s energy transition Mysore/Mysuru: The direct-to-home Piped Natural Gas (PNG) project that was formally inaugurated in Mysuru on July 15, 2022, has progressed well and the project has covered areas like Vijayanagar First Stage, Vijayanagar Second Stage (within the Outer Ring…
Musings on 2024 Parliamentary election
July 19, 2023I.N.D.I.A Vs BHARAT, Howzat? Indian Democracy seems like a paradox. The first paradox is that we got it in darkness of the midnight. Pandit Nehru in his first Independence Day speech, in great flourish and rhetoric, declared that ‘when the whole world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.’ I had read that Napoleon…
Early morning trains to Bengaluru stranded for over two hours
July 18, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Thousands of passengers of Bengaluru-bound and Mysuru-bound early morning trains were severely inconvenienced this morning as trains running on both sides got delayed by more than 2 hours after they were stranded between Mandya and Mysuru Railway Stations on the Mysuru-Bengaluru route, due to the Underbridge works taken up near Mahaveer Circle Railway Gate…
DC takes stock of sewage discharge into Hebbal Lake
July 18, 2023Residents complain about lack of maintenance after Lake rejuvenation by Infosys Foundation Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. K.V. Rajendra visited the Hebbal Lake yesterday evening to assess its development and management. Accompanying the DC were officials from Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), Hootagalli City Municipal Council, Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB), Karnataka State Pollution Control…
Human-elephant conflict in Kodagu: Thermal drone pinpoints elephant presence at night
July 18, 2023Helps Forest Officers effectively plan operations and drive pachyderms back into jungle Amid the rise in the human-elephant conflict in some forested pockets of Kodagu along the Nagarahole Tiger Reserve, the Forest Department has deployed a hi-tech thermal drone to keep track of daytime and nocturnal movements of wild elephants inside forest ranges and human…
Road Safety Body setup for Expressway
July 17, 2023Three-member Panel to inspect Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway from today; to suggest safety measures Mysore/Mysuru: Days after the State Government announced the formation of a Technical Committee to conduct a comprehensive study and provide recommendations for necessary improvements to prevent accidents on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued an order constituting…
Aloka Tree Park in city outskirts a non-starter
July 17, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The ambitious project to establish Timber Tree Parks in Mandya and Mysuru districts proposed by Forest Minister Eshwar B. Khandre notwithstanding, the much-anticipated Aloka Tree Park on the outskirts of Mysuru has remained a non-starter. Originally introduced to enhance the green cover in urban areas, the Aloka Tree Park was set to transform the…
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