Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru Noolugarara Balaga, a collective of spinners, celebrated Gandhi Jayanti by engaging in cotton yarn spinning using portable charakhas. The event took place at the Wadiyar Centre for Architecture campus on Krishnaraja Boulevard in city on Oct. 2. More than 40 participants actively spun cotton yarn as a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who championed…
Gandhiji Remembered
October 2, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Garlanding of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue and busts and offering of floral tributes to the Mahatma’s portraits marked the 152nd Gandhi Jayanthi celebrations across the city this morning. Today is also the 116th birth anniversary of late Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. District Minister S.T. Somashekar garlanded the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Gandhi Square…
SWR Mysuru Division celebrates Gandhi Jayanthi
October 2, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Rahul Agarwal, Divisional Railway Manager, South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division, today paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his 152nd birth anniversary in a simple function at Gandhi Vana near Railway Sports Grounds here. Speaking on the occasion, Agarwal said that in recent years, the Ministry of Railways has been pushing to give a…
City remembers Mahatma
October 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: All religion prayer, rendition of bhajans and floral tributes marked the 152nd birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi across the city this morning. At Gandhi Square: District Minister S.T. Somashekar garlanded the Mahatma’s statue. Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) had organised prayer meeting at Town Hall and the Minister inaugurated it by lighting a lamp. As…
Jayantis are a farce
October 5, 2019We celebrated the 150th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi three days ago on October 2. It is also the day that United Nations has declared as the International Day of Non-Violence. But just two days after Gandhiji’s birthday, a case of violence was reported against 49 “intellectuals” as they were booked for sedition. Now, what did…
Musings on Gandhi Jayanti
October 3, 2019Yesterday, 2nd October 2019 was the 150th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. We call him ‘Father of the Nation’ because he got us the freedom from British subjugation and taught us many values that we should practice in our personal, family, social, economical and political life. No wonder, when he was asked by a foreign journalist,…
All religion prayer meeting marks Gandhi Jayanti; Shastri forgotten
October 2, 2019Mysuru: An all religion prayer meeting marked Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary celebration jointly organised by District Administration, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and the Department of Information and Public Relations at Town Hall in city this morning. However, District Administration seems to have forgotten to celebrate the 116th birth anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri, the…
10 inmates from Mysuru Central Jail walk free
October 5, 2018Mysuru: Mysuru Central Jail this morning released 10 inmates (technically 9 as one inmate has completed his jail term) convicted in petty crimes (that attracted simple imprisonment) as part of the amnesty scheme offered by the Centre on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary. The 10 inmates were among the 45 inmates who…
City remembers Gandhiji
October 2, 2018Mysuru: Marking 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, programmes were held at various places in city this morning. The District Administration along with the Department of Information and Public Relations had organised a prayer meeting at Town Hall. Earlier, District Minister G.T. Devegowda garlanded the statue of the Mahatma at Gandhi Square and administered oath…
City remembers The Mahatma
October 2, 2017Mysuru: Every year on Oct. 2, the nation remembers The Mahatma and the city is no exception as it celebrated the 148th birth anniversary today in various parts of the town. Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait, Mayor M.J. Ravikumar, Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep, Mysuru City Corporation Commissioner G. Jagadeesha, City Congress President R….
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