Mysuru: With the Dasara Food Mela-2017 to be held at three locations across the city — Scouts & Guides Ground, MUDA Ground adjacent to Lalitha Mahal Palace and MUDA space next to Sathagalli KSRTC Depot, the authorities have convened a meeting of all stakeholders who include Hotels, Restaurants, Bakeries, Condiment shops, food makers, caterers etc.,…
With Dasara round the corner: Hotchpotch works across city, a bane for residents
August 21, 2017Mysuru: District Administration claims to be busy beautifying the city for Dasara but the public is sore over the hasty and hotchpotch work on roads and pavements across the city, draining tax-payers money with poor workmanship. The city is always cursed with hasty last minute works for Dasara like filling of potholes and asphalting roads,…
Training for Dasara elephants on Jumboo Savari route begins
August 20, 2017Mysuru: The training for the first batch of eight Dasara elephants on the Jumboo Savari route began yesterday with howdah elephant Arjuna leading the team. The first batch of Dasara elephants which arrived to Mysuru on Aug. 12, were housed at Aloka in Yelwal before they were welcomed into the Mysore Palace on Aug. 17….
Bar-coded passes to be issued for Dasara Procession: DC
August 20, 2017Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner (DC) D. Randeep has said that Bar-coded passes will be issued for Dasara procession day in order to prevent illegal entry to programmes. Speaking at a media co-ordination meeting here yesterday, Randeep said that the District Administration has entered into an understanding with online service provider BookMyShow, for issuance of Bar-coded passes….
Accounts and Audit Panels to monitor Dasara expenditure
August 19, 2017Mysuru: Probably for the first time, the District Administration has constituted Accounts and Auditing Committees to monitor Dasara expenditure. The Committees will have powers and jurisdiction to oversee all the expenditure during the festival including crores of rupees spent by the 16 Dasara Sub-Committees. In a press release, Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep, who is also…
Dasara Dreams & Depredations
August 19, 2017Dasara is here. The city will cover itself with light and gaiety in the celebration of this festival from Sept. 21 to Sept. 30. Lakhs of people will converge on this city testing its infrastructure and ability to feed as many mouths with Dasara special delicacies. Personally I feel that of the over 40 Dasara…
Dasara jumbos on a weight-and-watch mission
August 18, 2017Mysuru: The first batch of eight Dasara elephants, which arrived in Mysuru on Aug. 12 and were welcomed into Mysore Palace yesterday, underwent weight checking this morning as they would undergo rigorous training for Jumboo Savari from tomorrow. The elephants were brought from the Mysore Palace to Sri Sairam and Co., Electronic Weighing Centre on…
Golden Chariot to touch Mysuru twice this Dasara
August 18, 2017Mysuru: The Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) will run luxury train Golden Chariot on two short trips to Mysuru during Dasara celebrations. Popularly called Palace-on- Wheels, the Golden Chariot covers important tourist destinations in Karnataka in the southern circuit. The seven nights, six days tour reaches Mysuru from Bengaluru and the tourists are taken…
Dasara Food Mela 2017: Bamboo Biryani to be served at three locations in city
August 18, 2017Mysuru: This year, mouth-watering Bamboo Biryani will be served across three locations – Scouts and Guides Grounds, MUDA Grounds near Lalitha Mahal Helipad and near Sathagalli Bus Stand. While the Food Mela at Scouts and Guides Grounds will be held from Sept. 21 to 28, the same in the other two venues will be held…
“It is a rare honour to inaugurate Dasara”: Prof. K.S. Nissar Ahmed
August 18, 2017Noted Kannada poet of Navya Movement and Padmashree Awardee Kokkare Hosahalli Sheikh Haider Nissar Ahmed popular known as Prof. K.S. Nissar Ahmed will inaugurate this year’s Dasara celebrations. In a telephonic interview with Star of Mysore, Prof. Nissar Ahmed said that he felt highly honoured to inaugurate the Naada Habba. Here are the excerpts. By…
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