5,485 Cops on Dasara duty Police Help Desks to open from Sept. 26 to Oct. 5 Mysore/Mysuru: Two days ahead of President of India Droupadi Murmu’s scheduled visit to inaugurate Dasara 2022 on the morning of Sept. 26, Police teams, bomb squads and drone teams began sanitising roads, bus shelters, culverts and major junctions from…
Chief Minister to arrive in city tomorrow
September 24, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will arrive in the city tomorrow (Sept. 25) to take part in the Dasara inauguration atop Chamundi Hill on the morning of Sept. 26. He will land at Mandakalli airport by a special flight from Bengaluru at 3.05 pm tomorrow, following which he will take part in the programme organised…
Five-day ‘Dasara Kavigoshti’ in city from Sept. 28
September 24, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: A five-day Dasara Kavigoshti- 2022 including Pradhana Kavigoshti, Hasya Kavigoshti, Janapada Kavya Sambhrama, Urdu Kavigoshti (Mushaira), Yuva Kavigoshti, Pradeshika Kavigoshti and Chiguru Kavigoshti will be held from Sept. 28 to Oct. 3. Announcing this at a press meet at Nalwadi Krishnaraja Auditorium in MCC premises yesterday, Dr. M. Dasegowda, Deputy Special Officer, Dasara Kavigoshti…
Street hawkers throng city
September 24, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: With Dasara festivities to be inaugurated on Monday, street hawkers selling balloons, plastic toys and other articles have arrived in city from various parts of the country. These vendors are seen displaying their colourful collections around the Mysore Palace, Exhibition Grounds, Mysuru Zoo, Chamundi Hill, Millennium Circle, JK Grounds, Bus Stands, Sayyaji Rao Road,…
Traffic diversions, alternate routes and parking facilities for Dasara
September 24, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: As Dasara festivities commences from Sept. 26 and culminates with Jumboo Savari on Vijayadashami Day (Oct. 5), there will be huge influx of tourists and visitors to city, which may create traffic jams restricting smooth flow of vehicular traffic in city. Keeping this in mind, City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta, under Indian Motor Vehicle…
Crowds cheer as Dasara elephants march on illuminated streets
September 24, 2022Many recall fond memories of 2019 Jumboo Savari; click selfies along route Mysore/Mysuru: For the first time in 2022 Dasara, the elephant team walked majestically under the dazzling lights from the Mysore Palace to Bannimantap last evening. The elephant team started its journey from the Mysore Palace on the Jumboo Savari route at 5.40 pm…
Dasara Film Festival: Online registration
September 24, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Dasara Film Festival will be held from Sept. 27 to Oct. 3. As part of the Film Festival, a total of 112 movies including 56 Kannada, 28 Panorama, 28 International Award winning films will be screened at three screens of INOX and one screen of DRC. Late Puneeth Rajkumar’s movie Bettada Hoovu, Anjaniputra, Rajakumara,…
MCC launches mega cleaning drive for Dasara
September 23, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), with an objective of keeping the city clean and hygienic during Dasara, launched a three-day mega cleaning drive today across the city. Mayor Shivakumar launched the drive by flagging off cleaning vehicles at Doddakere Maidan. MCC will clear Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste (comprising building materials, debris and rubble…
Jumbo team to walk under dazzling lights from today
September 23, 2022Forest Department to ensure sharp objects do not pierce elephant legs during night rehearsal Mysore/Mysuru: After rigorous training for the Dasara elephants on the Jumboo Savari route with one of the elephants — most of the times Abhimanyu — carrying the Wooden Howdah, the elephant team will face one more test today: Walking under illuminated…
Final round of cannon firing drill held successfully
September 23, 2022Dhananjaya, Bheema to take part in Palace rituals Mahendra to carry howdah in Srirangapatna Dasara Mysore/Mysuru: The third and final round of cannon firing drill to acclimatise Dasara elephants and Mounted Police horses to the booming sound of cannons was held successfully at the Dasara Expo parking lot on M.G. Road this noon. Out of…
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