Arun Yogiraj’s sculpture to feature five-year-old Lord Ram armed with a bow and arrow Ayodhya/Mysuru: City-based sculptor Arun Yogiraj will carve out a standing idol of Ram Lalla that will be placed inside the under-construction Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Over 60 percent of the construction of Ram Temple has been completed and as the sun…
Cracker godown gutted in Hebbal
April 19, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Tension prevailed for sometime at a cracker godown on Rane Madras Factory Road, Hebbal in Hootagalli Industrial Area this afternoon, when it caught fire resulting in loud booming sounds. The crackers worth lakhs of rupees were gutted in the fire. Anand who owns the godown had not only stored the crackers, but was also…
Musings on Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023
April 19, 2023Karnataka is now in birth pangs of a new government — May 2023. The fight is between the incumbent BJP and desperate Congress but JD(S) is the challenge to both Congress and BJP. H.D. Kumaraswamy of JD(S) is confident that in case of a fractured mandate he can act as a catalyst in forming the…
Close shave for graphic designer
April 18, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A city-based graphic designer miraculously escaped the tree fall on the Sri Harsha Road this morning. He was inside the car when the tree came crashing. According to eyewitness, Manju, a resident of Vijayanagar, had come to the Sri Harsha Road in his car KA-09-D-7198 and the tree fell just when he parked the…
‘Happy over ticket given to common worker like me’
April 18, 2023City BJP President T.S. Srivatsa is upbeat over getting BJP ticket from KR Constituency; Confident of getting sitting MLA S.A. Ramdas and strong aspirant H.V. Rajeev’s support Mysore/Mysuru: City BJP President T.S. Srivatsa has expressed happiness that the party has announced ticket for a common worker like him to contest the election from Krishnaraja (KR)…
They succeed in spite of being visually challenged
April 18, 2023Alumnus of Ranga Rao Memorial School for Differently Abled (RMSD) makes it to Indian women’s cricket team As women’s cricket is picking up pace with the first season of Women’s Premier League (WPL) held this year, budding players can now hope to get their due with more opportunities to showcase their talent. With growing popularity…
Show of strength: Candidates take out procession before filing nominations
April 17, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The city was a sea of humanity this morning as thousands of party workers representing different parties hit the streets as most candidates took out a grand procession as a show of their strength before filing their nomination papers at the respective Office of the Returning Officer (RO). Chamundeshwari MLA and JD(S) candidate G.T….
TAKE DIVERSION: With elections ahead, many city roads blocked for repair
April 17, 2023Projects worth Rs. 695.6 crore; MUDA: Rs. 377.6 crore; MCC: Rs. 200 crore; PWD: Rs. 118 crore By S.T. Ravikumar Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has begun repairing important roads across the city that are distributed across the Assembly Constituencies of Chamaraja, Krishnaraja and Chamundeshwari amidst the thick of elections. Asphalting machines are rumbling…
Mysuru District to have women exclusive 55 pink polling booths
April 17, 2023By M.B. Pavan Murthy Mysore/Mysuru: In a woman-friendly initiative, the District Administration will be setting up five all women Sakhi Pink Polling Booths in each of the 11 Assembly Constituencies in the district totalling 55, in order to ensure larger participation of women in the elections to take place on May 10. The initiative is…
17 nominations filed on Day-2
April 16, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The filing of nomination papers for the May 10 Assembly polls gained momentum on the second day yesterday with as many as 17 candidates filing their nomination papers. The filing of nomination papers began on Apr. 13 and there was no nominations on day-1, as it was a public holiday for Dr. B.R. Ambedkar…
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