Mysuru: The 37-year-old Dhananjaya, who is participating in the Dasara celebrations for the first time was given weight carrying practice for the first time, this morning. First a cushion (gaadhi) was placed on him and above that a cradle (thottilu) was placed and inside that, 500-kg sandbag was placed. Dhananjaya, who is touted to be…
Madikeri: A Central team of the Union Government visited a few rain-affected villages in Kodagu district on Wednesday and Thursday and gathered information about the damages occurred due to the natural calamity last month. The Committee comprising Union Home Ministry Joint Secretary Anil Malik, Superintending Engineer of Central Water Commission Jitender Panwar and Director of…
Mysuru: Footpaths will not pose any danger to pedestrians and tourists as all the broken and damaged walkways will be repaired. Works are being carried out on a war-footing and the safety of pedestrians is paramount, said Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar, who is also the Dasara Special Officer. Speaking to SOM this morning from his…
Thursday was Ganesha Chaturthi, the festival to celebrate the birth of Lord Ganesha, the revered elephant-headed Hindu God. But on his birthday, an elephant was beheaded! One of the elephant sculptures at Highway Circle was severed from the main pedestal. We are a nation of vandals — wilful destroyers of what is beautiful or venerable….
Mysuru: Now is the time to attract maximum tourists to Dasara and the District Administration has to get on to aggressive marketing of Dasara attractions, said tourism stakeholders from city. According to them, the publicity campaigns for Dasara must start immediately and should not be restricted to Mysuru alone. Information dissemination must be far and…
New Delhi: Search Engine Google has dedicated its doodle today to celebrate Sir M. Visvesvaraya’s 158th birthday, who is known to have lived by the phrase, “Work is Worship.” Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya’s birthday is celebrated today as Engineer’s Day. Fondly referred to as Sir MV, M. Visvesvaraya was a world-renowned civil engineer who was a master…
Mysuru: Marking the 157th birth anniversary of Sir M. Visvesvaraya, District Brahmana Yuva Vedike had organised a function at Institution of Engineers this morning. The bust of Sir M.V. at the premises was garlanded by MP Pratap Simha and MLA L. Nagendra. Pratap Simha recalled that the contribution of Sir M.V and Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar…
Mysuru: The Mysuru Campus of Infosys has bagged the LEED EBOM (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-Existing Building Operation and Maintenance) Platinum Certification by the United States Green Building Council. Infosys now has 18.25 million square feet of highest rated green buildings — out of which 16.9 million square feet are LEED Platinum rated and…
Mysuru: – The 15th Annual Ganesha procession and mass immersion of idols installed at various places across the city organised under the banner of Mysuru Nagara Samoohika Vinayaka Visarjana Mandali, D. Devaraja Urs Road, Mysuru, will held on Sept.16 in city. The idols will be taken for immersion in decorated vehicles. The vehicles carrying the…
Mysuru: “It is the Judiciary and the Youth who have all the means and powers to eradicate corruption, casteism and crime,” said Justice Arali Nagaraj Gangavati, retired Judge of Karnataka High Court. Addressing the students at a seminar on “Corruption-free India — Role of Youth and Judiciary,” organised by the Seshadripuram Degree College, here recently,…
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