Mysore/Mysuru: The Millennium Circle in front of LIC Divisional Office at Bannimantap, urgently needs measures for safe and secure vehicular traffic movement. This Circle connects Fountain Circle near Central Prison, JSS Medical College and Dental College, and Highway Circle via Nelson Mandela Road, making it busy with traffic throughout the day. The traffic density is…
Bakrid: Mad rush at Millennium Circle to purchase sacrificial lambs
June 27, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: With no designated place, sheep and goat farmers have converged at Millennium Circle (LIC Circle) as in the past and are selling their livestock (sheep and goat) ahead of Bakrid, which will be celebrated on June 29. Bakrid, also known as Eid al-Adha is the Feast of Sacrifice for Muslims. With just two days…
Sheep fair at busy LIC Circle continues as make-shift livestock market during Bakrid
June 27, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: It’s been several years since Millennium Circle at the LIC Divisional Office (officially named after former Minister late T. N. Narasimha Murthy) in Bannimantap in the city turns into a temporary market place for sheep fair ahead of every Bakrid festival. The District Administration is yet to take note of the demand to provide…
Millennium Circle in city turns a Sheep Fair
July 9, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: With just a day left for the Bakrid festival, a variety of sheep have arrived from villages for a week and the busy Millennium Circle (LIC Circle) at Bannimantap has literally turned into a Sheep Fair. Bakrid is a ‘Festival of Sacrifice’ honouring the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son as an act…
Mobile phone snatched in city
May 17, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Scooter-borne miscreants have snatched the mobile phone of a student, who was speaking over the phone and was walking near LIC (Millennium) Circle on May 14 evening. The student, who lost his mobile phone, is Gahiroad Rohit, a native of Maharashtra, who is pursuing his Pharmacy course at JSS College of Pharmacy in city….
Landmark Millennium Circle turning out a Sheep Pen
August 1, 2019Mysuru: Many readers have written to Star of Mysore about the busy LIC Circle near the Torchlight Parade Grounds on the busy Mysuru-Bengaluru Road turning into a sheep pen. “Lately I have observed that lot of sheep selling vendors gather there with their herd of animals and they have literally turned the spot into a…
MCC proposes shifting of sheep market to Torchlight Grounds
August 1, 2019Mysuru: The landmark LIC Circle or the Millennium Circle will no longer be a place to sell sheep. Every Bakrid season, the area turns to a sheep pen with traders coming from far off villages to sell sheep and buyers haggling with them to buy the healthiest animal for a the best price. The Mysuru…
Welcome to Sheep City
August 1, 2019Like they say, good fences and good gates make good goats, good sheep will fetch you good returns… By V. Shourabh [Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav] It is that time of the year and the season of festivity begins with Bakrid which will be most likely celebrated on Aug. 11 or 12. Bakrid or Eid…
A garbage dump yard near LIC Circle
June 23, 2017The garbage which is dumped near LIC Circle towards Tipu Circle is emanating foul smell causing inconvenience to those who pass by the road. Authorities concerned are urged to get the spot cleared as early as possible.
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