By Ragoo Rao, Ethologist Shikras — Accipiter badius, in Taxonomical terms, the urban raptor, a bird of prey, a small but fierce predator, is likened to the Leopards of the Cat family, owing to their fierce and brutal hunting techniques, blended with intelligence and strategy, exactly like the Leopards. The urban treetops, specially the leafy…
When ‘Star of Mysore’ photographer M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav visited Administrative Training Institute (ATI) to cover the meeting of Primary and Secondary Education Minister yesterday, this monkey was seen in a playful mood and forced the lensman to capture some poses of the monkey perched on the life-size statue of an ox (2 bulls with bullock…
Mysore/Mysuru: A Peahen visited a residential area in Mysuru city this noon and has stayed put in the area. The bird was spotted by a few residents this noon as it perched on their compound walls at Sri Vidya Ganapathy Temple, Kashipathi Agrahara, behind Lakshmi Talkies on Chamaraja Double Road. Some residents fed the bird…
You need not stand in the queue anywhere, anymore. You just need a pair of slippers for it. Today there was an announcement by MCC Ward No. 3 Corporator K.V. Sridhar that ration kits would be distributed to poorest of the poor and those without BPL cards affected by the COVID lockdown. Beneficiaries, who thronged…
Traffic seldom sleeps on the busy Hunsur Road on a normal day. Thanks to nationwide lockdown since March 25, Mysuru’s one and only Flyover built at Hinkal Ring Road Junction on Mysuru-Madikeri Highway to ease traffic congestion wears a deserted look. The day and night glimpses of the Flyover was captured by ‘SOM’ photographer M.N….
Chamaraja Constituency MLA L. Nagendra distributed ration kits to Pourakarmikas, destitute, unorganised sector labourers and poorest of the poor who do not possess ration cards at a programme held at Sri Lakshmamma Annayyappa Memorial Hall on KRS Road this morning. The beneficiaries were identified from Ward No.5 in Kumbarakoppal. Picture above shows the beneficiaries walking…
A squirrel has come out of its hideout on a giant tree to bask under the sun near Deputy Commissioner’s Office behind the Cosmopolitan Club. It is seen relaxing on a fence with a bunch of bougainvillea flower in the background.
The erstwhile Hardinge Circle, now Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Circle sports a deserted look thanks to COVID-19 outbreak and the resultant lockdown. Locals prefer to call it R-Gate (Aru Gate) because six (aru in Kannada) gates converge in the Circle leading to six main roads of Mysuru city. The western road leading to the Palace and City…
Well, COVID-19 has achieved the unthinkable Mysore/Mysuru: The scare of Coronavirus has impacted almost all aspects of life and unprecedented things are happening all around. Rumours have taken a toll on our minds. The total lockdown imposed by PM Narendra Modi to combat the deadly Coronavirus has certainly brought some relief to nature itself. Reports…
Mysuru/Mysore: On any given day and given time, thousands of vehicles traverse on this Highway connecting Mysuru and State Capital Bengaluru. More than 25,000 vehicles ply on this stretch every day and during peak hours, it is bumper-to-bumper traffic. Now the road is deserted, thanks to Coronavirus scare and the nation-wide lockdown. Even if one…
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