Mysuru: District in-charge Minister V. Somanna, bowing to the demand of the roadside and petty shopkeepers selling flowers, fruits and coconuts on the road leading to the Chamundeshwari Temple atop the Chamundi Hill, where their shops were demolished on Sept.12, gave them temporary permission to sell the puja items till Oct.17 in view of Dasara…
MLA G.T. Devegowda being helped to come down from a mound of mud and debris during their inspection atop Chamundi Hill this morning as District Minister V. Somanna and DC Abhiram G. Sankar wait for their turn. Picture above shows Minister Somanna, MLAs L. Nagendra and G.T. Devegoda and DC Abhiram Sankar avoiding a run-in…
Many shops illegally allotted to Govt. servants, VVIP kin Mysuru: In an early morning pre-planned demolition drive atop the Chamundi Hill, the District Administration razed 97 shops including 45 licenced and 52 unauthorised ones to the ground. Surprisingly, many of the shops were illegally allotted to the relatives of elected representatives and all these years,…
Mysuru: The ambitious plan of Tourism Department to construct a Zip Line atop Chamundi Hill has been dumped by the Forest Department as the project threatens the ecosystem, wildlife and the sanctity of the Hill. The Department wanted to promote adventure tourism as part of the already existing religious tourism atop the Hill and had…
Shop owners request for alternative arrangements Mysuru: Vendors atop Chamundi Hill have urged District Minister V. Somanna not to evict their shops until an alternative arrangement was provided by the authorities. In a meeting presided by Additional DC B.R. Poornima and ZP CEO K. Jyothi at the Dasoha Bhavan atop the Hill yesterday, the vendors…
CM Yediyurappa visits Chamundi Hill; flies to Kodagu to supervise flood relief measures Mysuru / Mandya: Chief Minister Yediyurappa visited Mysuru this morning and had a series of engagements. He flew in a chopper from the HAL Airport in Bengaluru and landed at Lalitha Mahal Helipad and headed towards Chamundi Hill to pray to Goddess…
Bengaluru: With 20-million-odd Indian tourists travelling abroad on vacation every year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged them to visit 15 tourist destinations within the country by 2022 to give a fillip to the domestic tourism sector. He was addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 73rd Independence Day on…
Mysuru: The Police Department, which has announced high alert over terror attack, has banned entry of tourists and devotees to Chamundi Hill after 9 pm. The Police Department is taking all steps to avert any untoward incidents atop the Hill as the Naada Habba is fast approaching. The Police are collecting information of those entering…
Mysuru: A 40-year-old man, who was climbing the steps of Chamundi Hill to visit the Temple on his birthday, died on Wednesday morning. The deceased is Suchith, a resident of J.P. Nagar in city. Suchith, who left his home on Wednesday morning, parked his two-wheeler at the foot of the Hill and was climbing the…
Mysuru: Namma Mysuru Foundation carried out a cleanliness drive atop Chamundi Hill yesterday. The drive was carried out in the wake of large number devotees visiting the Hill temple on the occasion of last Ashada Friday and weekend. Members of the Foundation, joined by NSS volunteers of Kuvempunagar Govt. College, collected plastic bags, water bottles,…
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