The Annual General Body Meeting (AGM) of Ursu Mandali Sangha will take place at Rajarshi Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar Hall, Thyagaraja Road in the city at 9.30 am Aug. 18. For details, call Ph: 0821-2447104.
Columns, Over A Cup of Evening Tea
Flooded Resorts and Foolhardy Tourists
August 16, 2019By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Even as we are going through a very grim and devastating flood situation, we are reading many disturbing reports of tourists being stranded in flooded resorts and home stays. A notable example is of the hundreds of tourists, including a handful of foreigners, who had to be evacuated at…
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Familicide: City entrepreneur kills four of family in Gundlupet, shoots self
August 16, 2019Neighbours in posh locality at Dattagalli shocked Mysuru: A tech guy from city, who also dabbled in real estate business and suffered severe losses, allegedly shot dead four of his family members and later shot himself to death on the outskirts of Gundlupet last midnight. The family resided in House Number 18 (Anantha Padmanabha Nilaya),…
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I have apprised PM Modi on flood damages in the State: CM
August 16, 2019New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has said that he has apprised Prime Minister Narendra Modi in detail about the havoc caused by floods in the State. Speaking to press persons at Karnataka Bhavan in New Delhi this morning, Yediyurappa said that he spoke to Modi for over 40 minutes at the latter’s residence…
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73rd Independence Day celebrated in City DC hoists Tri-Colour in absence of Dist. Minister
August 16, 2019Mysuru: With no Ministers inducted into the Cabinet, Deputy Commissioners of respective Districts in the State were entrusted the responsibility of hoisting the National Tri-Colour (except for Bengaluru Urban and Rural Districts) as a part of 73rd Independence Day celebrations held yesterday. In Mysuru, DC Abhiram G. Sankar hoisted the National Flag at a function…
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Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa elated over Nada Habba invite
August 16, 2019Mysuru: Noted Novelist and Saraswathi Samman awardee Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa has expressed happiness over the State Government’s invitation to him for Nada Habba Dasara inauguration atop Chamundi Hill on Sept. 29, 2019. Speaking to press persons at his residence here on Wednesday after the State Government decided to invite him for inaugurating the 10-day Dasara…
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Dasara, Bhyrappa and Intolerance
August 16, 2019By Prathibha Nandakumar Celebrity author Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa has been chosen to inaugurate the Mysuru Dasara this time. Ever since the announcement, many memes and trolls are making the rounds on social media, attempting to ridicule the decision. Now, the question is why is it that each “group” decides that the “candidate” it thinks best…
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Descending escalator inaugurated on Platform No. 1 in City Rly. Station
August 16, 2019MP Pratap Simha unfurls Monumental Tricolour as part of I-Day celebrations; Dedicates exclusive website Mysuru: A descending escalator on Platform 1 of the Mysuru City Railway Station was inaugurated yesterday by Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha on the occasion of the 73rd Independence Day. This is the second escalator in the Station and the earlier one…
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All set for Gajapayana: First batch of six elephants to arrive in city on Aug. 22
August 16, 2019Forest Department gives green signal to include two additional elephants in the list of 12 Mysuru: With just 36 days left for the commencement of Dasara festivities and 45 days left for Jumboo Savari, the grand finale of the 10-day festivities, Gajapayana, the march of Dasara elephants from Veeranahosahalli Gate in Hunsur taluk to Mysuru…
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