Mysuru: The work on the nearly Rs.30 lakh worth fountain at the Freedom Fighters Park in Subbarayanakere on Chamaraja Double Road had been completed quite some time back, but it is still lying in a state of neglect with weeds and grass growing on all sides and even …
Tyagis come alive through line art
August 13, 2019Mysuru: District Freedom Fighters Association President Dr. M.G. Krishnamurthy inaugurated the exhibition of artist U.G. Mohankumar Aradhya to mark the 73rd Independence Day celebrations at the Suchitra Art Gallery in Kalamandira premises here on Sunday. The line drawings by Aradhya included that of Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, K. Gopalkrishna…
CM assures GTD of fair polls to MYMUL
August 13, 2019Mysuru: With the polls for electing the President of MYMUL (Mysuru Milk Union) scheduled to take place tomorrow (Aug.14), Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has assured former Minister G.T. Devegowda (GTD) of a fair polls. The poll that was earlier scheduled to take place on Aug.9 was postponed due to lack of quorum, when it was…
Woes of flood victims continue even as rain recedes in Kodagu
August 13, 2019Madikeri: Even as the rains have receded in Kodagu after over a week-long spell of deluge that caused floods and havoc in the district, the woes of flood victims taking shelter in relief camps set up by the district administration does not seem to end for now, as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted…
Woman’s body retrieved from Thora landslide spot
August 13, 2019Virajpet: The NDRF team which is carrying out rescue operations after a landslide at Thora village close to the Kerala border on Aug.9 in which 8 persons went missing, retrieved the body of a 45-year old woman from the spot on Monday. Nine houses at Thora village had collapsed on Aug. 9 following huge landslide…
World Elephant Day observed at Zoo
August 13, 2019Mysuru: Marking World Elephant Day, an awareness programme on protection of elephants was organised at the Mysuru Zoo premises here yesterday. Informative posters educating people on the behaviour, food habits, daily routine and awareness posters on protecting elephants and human-animal conflict were displayed near the elephant enclosure which were being keenly gone through by the…
‘India has seen a significant rise in the tiger population’
August 13, 2019Mysuru: “Globally, the population of the ‘great cat’ tiger including the sub-species is 3,890 in the wilderness. Of these, 2,967 are in India. US alone accounts for 5,000 tigers in captivity,” said M. Mohan Kumar, Chief Naturalist, Kanha National Park, also Field Director, Tiger Adventure Foundation, Mysuru. He spoke at a workshop on ‘Conservation of…
Boil water before drinking, advises VVWW
August 13, 2019Mysuru: Repair works of the clarifier and filter bed at Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW) has been taken up by Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board (KUWS&DB) under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) to purify water supplied to the city from Hongalli 3rd Stage. Hence, the water supplied to Ward numbers…
Month-long social activities mark 10th anniversary of Columbia Asia Hospital in city
August 13, 2019Mysuru: Columbia Asia Hospital, Mysuru, as part of its tenth anniversary celebrations, conducted month-long social activities at various institutions across city. The Hospital had organised health check up at the Government Deaf and Dumb School on July 6 where 82 children were screened. Col. Rahul Tewari and Anantha Gowda, HR General Manager of Jubilant Generics,…
Shifting of slum-dwellers begins at Medar Block
August 13, 2019Mysuru: MP Pratap Simha launched the shifting process of Medar Block slum-dwellers on Sunday by distributing Title Deeds to them for houses built in Ekalavya Nagar. More than 190 families were living in tent houses and shanties along the Mysuru-Bengaluru Railway Track at Medar Block. The Railway Dept. had asked the District Administration to evacuate…















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