Mysuru: The 71st Independence Day celebrations were held in rainy conditions across the city yesterday, with District in-Charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa hoisting the National Flag at the Torch Light Parade Grounds in Bannimantap amid a light drizzle. Addressing the gathering on the occasion, Dr. Mahadevappa recalled the contributions and sacrifices made by Freedom fighters,…
Bengaluru: The State Government is mulling on the idea of setting up a ‘Knowledge City’ (Jnana Nagara) to take the higher education to international standards and by 2018 every Gram Panchayat (GP) in the State will have WiFi facility. Chief Minister Siddharamaiah made these announcements at the Independence Day address to the State at the…
Here are some of the pictures from the Independence Day celebrations at Torchlight Parade Ground in Bannimantap.
“Indians may have a vote but they are not represented.” —David Selbourne, Journalist A diplomat is one who remembers the birthday of a woman but forgets the year of her birth. So goes a joke on diplomats. Our immediate past Vice-President Hamid Ansari seems to have forgotten this diplomat’s credo, himself having been an…
This is the 70th year of India’s Independence. Every time we recall the ‘Tryst With Destiny’ speech by the first Prime Minister of the country Jawaharlal Nehru in India’s Constituent Assembly, we also recall that outside the well-guarded enclaves of New Delhi the horror of Partition was well underway. Twenty years ago when the…
By Nagaiah Lalanakere An inspiring monument of India’s freedom struggle located adjacent to the Mysuru-Bengaluru highway at Shivapura of Maddur taluk in Mandya District, stands testimony to the don’t-care approach of the officialdom. Built to commemorate the Shivapura Flag Satyagraha of 1938, the Satyagraha Soudha was declared open on Sept. 26, 1979 and now it…
By S.N.Venkatnag Sobers India will celebrate its 70th Independence Day on August 15, 2017 during which the entire country will remember the sacrifices of many people since 1857 – The first war of Indian Independence until Aug.15, 1947 – the day we got Independence. People in Mysore also remember the contributions of freedom fighters from…
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