The Annual General Body Meeting for 2018-19, Arunkumar Shettar presides, Janani Janmabhoomi Trust Function Hall, Aravindanagar, 4 pm.
Events Today
Sadhana Mandira
July 27, 2019Special Chanting Classes on Sri Lalitha Sahasranama Stotram by Sadhana Mandira’s Acharya Swami Hamsananda, Brindavan Extension – Sadhana Mandira, 4th Cross, 1st Stage, 3 pm; Vijayanagar 1st Stage – Sri Ramakrishna Krupa, # 435, 6th Main, 4 pm; Srirampura 2nd Stage – Balamuri Vinayaka Temple, Near Naidu Stores, 5 pm; Kuvempunagar – Sri Ramana Jnana…
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Some Roadside Ramblings!
July 26, 2019By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD It was reported in the press very recently that our Government that existed technically until two days ago was thinking of building a median with Jersey Barriers all along the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway that is right now under renovation. I used the term ‘technically’ because I felt that it was…
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Yeddyurappa to take oath as CM at 6 pm today
July 26, 2019Is this a pre-emptive move to ward off Speaker’s likely adverse move? Bengaluru: Ending speculations over Karnataka’s political crisis, BJP State President B.S. Yeddyurappa was invited by Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala this morning to stake claim to form the new Government. Seventy-six-year-old Yeddyurappa, a three-time Chief Minister of the State, will be sworn in at…
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Devotees throng Chamundi Hill temple on last Ashada Friday
July 26, 2019Mysuru: Braving early morning intermittent drizzle, thousands of devotees from the city, thronged the Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamundi Hill to seek blessings of the deity on the auspicious last Ashada Friday today. There was a serpentine queue at Lalitha Mahal helipad much before the KSRTC started operating free buses to reach the hill top. The…
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Shuttle Bus Service to Mysore Airport from Aug. 15
July 26, 2019Pay Rs. 150 to travel in special AC Volvo bus Mysuru: This August 15, the KSRTC will launch special air-conditioned Volvo bus services to Mysore Airport — Airport Shuttle Service — from the City Bus Stand. The KSRTC is following the model of the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) which successfully runs ‘Vayu Vajra’ services…
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Kukkarahalli Lake spewing froth: Faecal content, detergent water root causes
July 26, 2019Pollution Control Board submits report to DC; Meeting called today at 4 pm on Lake bed to discuss issue By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysuru: Gallons of sewage water mostly containing faecal matter and detergent water is entering on a daily basis into the iconic Kukkarahalli Lake in the heart of the city. This sullage is…
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Nitin Gadkari to Rahul Gandhi: Ban on Bandipur night traffic will stay
July 26, 2019New Delhi: Former Congress President and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi, has asked the Union Government if there is a proposal to mediate and find an alternative to lift the night-time traffic ban in Bandipur National Park and Tiger Reserve. In an unstarred question to the Lok Sabha, which was answered yesterday, Rahul Gandhi asked if…
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Wadiyar assets’ auction: Apex Court restrains action on ‘dummy bidder’ in Mysuru
July 26, 2019New Delhi: The Supreme Court, in a case related to fraudulent auctioning of a 10 acre property worth Rs.8.5 crore belonging to the former ‘Maharaja of Mysore’ for a meagre amount of Rs. 21 lakh in 1995, has restrained the CBI and other authorities from taking any coercive action against one Narayanmurthy. He has been…
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Cloud-seeding from Mysuru this evening
July 26, 2019Mysuru: As the monsoon continues to play truant, drought-stricken Karnataka has begun cloud- seeding to enhance precipitation. The cloud-seeding operation was launched from the HAL Airport in Bengaluru yesterday by Karnataka Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department and the operations will begin from Mysuru this evening. Cloud-seeding involves spreading of aerosol (silver iodide or sodium…
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