By 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…
Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav: 1947-2022: Mahatma’s message matters in Mysuru
August 14, 2022Over 30 statues in city and Mysore Varsity campus spread message of peace, non-violence By M.T. Yogesh Kumar If statues could record the goings-on before them, many statues of the Father of the Nation in Mysuru city and in the campus of the University of Mysore (UoM) would be among the most valuable repositories of…
Dearth of Khadi flags disappoints people
August 14, 2022By M.T. Yogesh Kumar With just a day to go for the 75th Independence Day, there is a shortage of Khadi flags. Though the demand is increasing by the hour, shops in the city are facing a severe shortage. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to the people to hoist the National Flag in connection with…
Jana-Vana Sethuve connects remote areas
June 22, 2022By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Initiative aims at bridging the gap between tribal hamlets and developed localities On the cusp of being declared a Tiger Reserve, the Male Mahadeshwara Hills (MM Hills) Wildlife Sanctuary has launched the first-ever ‘Jana-Vana Sethuve,’ multi-purpose vehicles which act as ambulance, school bus, ration vehicle and conveyance vehicles for remote villages…
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