Gaping cracks, river-like water flow from atop Chamundi Hill pose risk IISc. Bengaluru Geo Tech team visits Hill; to advise restoration angles Mysore/Mysuru: Within a span of 18 days, a portion of Chamundi Hill — between View Point and Nandi Statue — has collapsed thrice, increasing the risk to motorists and villagers up the Hill….
All those who seldom took their cars out of garages owing to COVID lockdown, restrictions and all those who preferred a two-wheeler to run quick errands to the shops and return in a jiffy are now taking their four-wheelers out on the streets of the city to see Dasara illumination. The city has been lit…
The Navarathri festival adds sheen to the City of Palaces which shines bright with illumination of heritage structures and main thoroughfares. This bird view of the glowing city was captured by Star of Mysore Photographer M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav from the Chamundi Hill last night.
Riding across the royal city of Mysuru is a pleasure during nights as the city has been tastefully decorated. Even as vehicular traffic comes to a halt frequently for a few minutes on all the roads in the Central Business District and even as traffic moves in a slow pace with every onlooker trying to…
The illuminated main thoroughfares, Central Business District and a 100-km radius of major streets of Mysuru city are a sight to behold during Dasara festivities. Apart from the core heritage zone, commercial hubs, important roads and circles/ junctions have been brightly lit with colourful lights by the Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) that is spending…
Months have passed after protruding tree branches were pruned by Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Company and the Mysuru City Corporation to facilitate the smooth movement of Ambaari double decker open rooftop bus service. The bus service that began after many delays and postponements is picking up pace now with many takers during Dasara season. As such,…
LIGHT THERAPY: As if to brighten up the minds of people that have been turned dull and bland due to COVID pandemic, Dasara illumination this year has been increased to 100-km from the usual 50-km. In the trial run of illumination for this Dasara, here is a glimpse of (anticlockwise from top) JLB Road passing…
City braces for muted festival while idol-makers just pray By G. Amit Kumar [Pics by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav] Every year, thousands of people visit various nooks and corners of the city around this time of the year. Several colourful Ganesha idols of different shapes, sizes and makes — for pandals, offices and homes — are…
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Martyrs and families easily forgotten after paying 21-round gun salute By G. Amit Kumar (Pics by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav) Once a soldier always a soldier, goes a famous proverb. And for a soldier, the nation always comes first, followed by family and then friends, even when he is on leave. One man who exemplifies this…
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