By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Post COVID-19 pandemic, awareness over health and health tips has gained traction. With unpredictable weather catching people off guard, the focus is back on ingenious ways of keeping good health and there is no dearth of takers. This has set a new trend with many revisiting their old culinary skills only…
‘Yuva Mithra’ offers free safari at Bandipur for school children
January 2, 2023Catching them young for conservation efforts Mysuru: If you are a student and wish to go on an ‘into the wild’ trip at Bandipur Tiger Reserve, then here’s your chance. ‘Yuva Mithra’ offers a free jungle safari for school children initially in Gundlupet and H.D. Kote along with the areas that come under the limits…
Clay lamps struggle to light up lives of potters
October 22, 2022Potters troubled as diyas lose sheen, outshined by artificial lights market By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Pottery work is extremely labour-intensive and earthen lamps have been selling at the same price for years with only a marginal increase. But the expenses and labour have doubled for the potters and the invasion of cheap Chinese lamps sold…
Going Green: MCC uses e-autos to collect waste
October 13, 2022By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: While battery and plug-in hybrid Electric Vehicles (EVs) are becoming a vital component of Mysuru’s transportation landscape offering environmental, economic and energy benefits, electric vehicles are making their presence felt in the garbage cleaning sector too. The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has deployed five battery-operated auto tippers for waste collection…
Delhi imagery at Dasara Flower Shows
September 22, 2022Rashtrapati Bhavan to bloom at Kuppanna Park Glass House Floral replica of historic Red Fort main attraction at Mysore Palace By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: Mysureans can have a glimpse of Delhi imagery during Dasara as preparations are on to recreate the floral version of Rashtrapati Bhavan at Kuppanna Park Flower Show and a miniature…
Lingambudhi Lake Botanical Garden to open on Sept. 26
September 15, 2022City’s first Botanical Garden has over 300 species of exotic and rare plants By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: Eleven years after it was first proposed, Mysuru city’s first Botanical Garden will open for visitors and tourists on Sept. 26, coinciding with the inauguration of Dasara-2022. The Garden will be open from 7 am to 7…
Floral replica of Red Fort at Palace this Dasara
September 15, 2022By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: The annual Dasara Flower Show at the Mysore Palace will be the ‘show-stopper’ of the 10-day festival and is all set to compete with the main Flower Show at Kuppanna Park, organised by the Horticulture Department. The Mysore Palace Board has planned the Flower Show to be a bigger and…
Elephant birth inside Palace brings cheer
September 14, 2022Dasara elephant Lakshmi delivers healthy male calf; likely to be named ‘Ganapathi’ By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: The birth of a male calf to Lakshmi, the 22-year-old Dasara elephant in the Mysore Palace premises has brought cheer to the Navarathri festivities and the members of the Mysore royal family, Mahouts, Kavadis and their families are…
Mysore Palace readied for Grand Dasara illumination
August 30, 2022Skilled workers replacing ornamental poles, fused bulbs By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: Works are underway at the Mysore Palace for Dasara illumination and this year, the Mysore Palace Board has assured that it will be a grand spectacle to go with the mood of a grand Dasara after a gap of two years. Though the…
Dasara jumbos inside Palace under CCTV vigil
August 21, 2022Surveillance to prevent mischief-mongers from Teasing and turning the elephants violent By M.T. Yogesh Kumar A grand Dasara means thousands of tourists trooping into the Mysore Palace and many among them would want to see the elephants, the mainstay of the festivities. To ensure that the nine elephants are safe at their designated place inside…
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