Neglected elephant sculpture fountain gets last-minute Dasara makeover Mysore/Mysuru: Workers from the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) have begun cleaning the iconic elephant sculpture fountain at Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Circle, popularly known as Highway Circle, which had fallen into shocking neglect. Once a grand landmark, the fountain had become a makeshift notice board for flex…
Mysore/Mysuru: The iconic elephant sculpture fountain at Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Circle, popularly known as Highway Circle, has fallen into shocking neglect, becoming a victim to the apathy of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC). Once a visual delight as the Dasara procession passes through this Circle and is viewed across the globe, has now turned into…
Mysuru: A student died after falling from the second floor balcony of her flat in an apartment building near Highway Circle on New Sayyaji Rao Road in the wee hours of Sunday. The deceased girl is Anika Ilayi (20), a final year B.Com student at a private college in city. It is suspected that the…
Mysore/Mysuru: Two two-wheelers were damaged and two electric poles came crashing as a giant tree fell on Jodi Thenginamara Road near Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Circle (Highway Circle) here last evening. Fortunately no one was injured though it was a peak hour. The incident occurred at around 3 pm and generally, the road is busy…
Wheelie or wheelstand is a vehicle manoeuvre in which the front wheel or wheels come off the ground due to sufficient torque being applied to rear wheel or wheels. But in this case, the goods vehicle did a wheelstand due to excess weight of goods loaded in the rear portion. This freak incident took place…
Mysore/Mysuru: Last evening, a few miscreants threw stones at one of the Ambaari buses during its routine city rounds near Highway Circle (Moulana Abul Kalam Azad Circle) just before it rained and broke the vehicle’s glasses. Fortunately, no tourists or the KSTDC staff were injured. According to KSTDC Officers, the miscreants were standing by the…
Mysore/Mysuru: Water let out after cleaning the overhead water tank of a restaurant near Highway Circle (Abul Kalam Azad Circle) yesterday, not only flooded the roads and the Circle, but also disrupted traffic. It is learnt that the staff of a restaurant situated on Nelson Mandela Road let out a large quantity of water on…
Mysore/Mysuru: One side parking has been introduced from RMC Circle up to Highway Circle on New Sayyaji Rao Road (Bamboo Bazar Road) in city to check illegal parking of vehicles. All these years, the vehicles were parked on both the sides of this stretch causing obstruction to free movement of vehicles. Understanding this, the NR…
Tension prevailed for some time at Moulana Abul Kalam Azad Circle (Highway Circle) in city this afternoon when an unidentified autorickshaw accidentally dumped chemical that emanated pungent smell. The driver fled the spot. Later, Fire Service personnel from Bannimantap rushed to the spot and diluted the chemical content. As a result, the road was covered…
Mysuru: The iconic elephant sculpture fountain, a gift by the Brigade Group to city at Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Circle, popularly known as ‘Highway Circle,’ which was vandalised for the third time on Sept.11 night resulting in the flower structure on top of the sculpture and the elephant head towards the north side breaking and…
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