Hill residents, Hindu activists seek clarity on legal approvals and heritage safeguards Mysore/Mysuru: Work on the Centre’s Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Heritage Augmentation Drive (PRASHAD) project at Chamundi Hill was halted last evening following a protest by residents of the Hill and Hindu social activists, who demanded clarity on legal approvals and heritage safeguards. Although…
Environment concerns resurface as project cuts through Bandipur Tiger Reserve New Delhi/Mysuru: The Centre appears to be reviving the controversial Nilambur–Nanjangud railway line project, which proposes to connect Karnataka and Kerala via Wayanad and the Bandipur Tiger Reserve. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw yesterday said that E. Sreedharan, former Managing Director of the Delhi Metro Rail…
All Governments love acronyms, and our Central Government has a perfect one for temples. It is called PRASHAD. It stands for Pilgrimage Rejuvenation And Spiritual Heritage Augmentation Drive. Phew! It feels like reciting a long mantra! The Centre has chosen our Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamundi Hill to be ‘developed’ under this scheme. One would say…
Water hyacinth chokes Hebbal Lake Mysore/Mysuru: Ten months after the Hootagalli City Municipal Council (CMC) — now part of the Greater Mysuru City Corporation — resumed daily clean-up drives and pledged to protect the waterbody, Hebbal Lake is once again suffocating under a toxic mix of untreated sewage, industrial effluents and rampant water hyacinth. The…
Mandya: The Lokayukta sleuths have arrested five persons on charges of attempting to grab 320 acres of Government land and gomala land (land reserved for livestock) in Nagamangala taluk worth Rs. 200 crore. According to a press release, the Lokayukta Police acted on a public complaint regarding the attempt to grab land and gomalas at…
Mysore/Mysuru: Strong opposition has emerged from residents against the development works being taken up at Chamundi Hill under the Central Government’s PRASHAD scheme. On Wednesday evening, members of the local community conveyed their objections to Pramoda Devi Wadiyar of the erstwhile Mysore royal family, stating that the works were unnecessary and detrimental to the sanctity…
Mysore/Mysuru: Amid the ongoing “Chief Minister’s chair battle” in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar held separate conversations with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at the Mysore Airport yesterday. The brief but private exchanges, which took place on the Airport tarmac, have triggered intense curiosity in State political circles. Shivakumar reached the…
Mahotsava to be held in Suttur Srikshetra from Jan. 15 to 20 Mysore/Mysuru: Suttur Srikshetra, located on the banks of River Kapila, in Nanjangud taluk, Mysuru district, has geared up for the six-day Adi Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara Shivayogi Jathra Mahotsava scheduled to be held from Jan. 15 to 20. As part of the mega event,…
Festival of Harvest to be celebrated tomorrow Mysore/Mysuru: With Sankranti, the Festival of Harvest, being celebrated tomorrow (Jan. 15), markets and shops in the city have been flooded with the yellu-bella (sesame-jaggery), sugarcane stalks, puja items, flowers and other items. People have been thronging Devaraja Market, Vani Vilas Market and other markets across the city…
Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the leadership issue in the ruling State Congress continues to be a topic of hot debate in political circles, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar arrived in city this afternoon at 2.10 from Bengaluru by a special aircraft to meet Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi…
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