97 Model Polling Stations coming up; Govt. School in V.V. Mohalla painted like Jaganmohan Palace By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: It’s common during every general elections to hear a common refrain from a section of voters, who stay away from exercising their franchise only to avoid standing in the queue. To bring even those to…
Confusion in voter list? Call your Booth Level Officers
April 5, 2023Names, contact numbers of BLOs painted at every polling booth By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has taken several innovative steps to ensure 100 percent transparency in voting during the Legislative Assembly elections scheduled on May 10. For the first time, the name and mobile phone numbers of the Booth…
Tulsi-sugarcane concoction a great hit in hot summer
March 4, 2023By 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…
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