Yoga shalas, educational institutions, resident associations vie for a place By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: Everyone wants to be at the Mysore Palace on June 21 to stretch and bend with Prime Minister Narendra Modi who will lead the mass Yoga performance of 2022. And lobbying for a place in the Palace has already begun. …
Making school life colourful through illustrative paintings
May 29, 2022A social initiative by NGO Upkriti gives a facelift for two Government Schools at H.D. Kote By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Government Schools in H.D. Kote are getting a facelift, thanks to a Bengaluru-based NGO Upkriti whose volunteers have already painted two of them and have given them a new look. What has been ignored by…
Natural solution to malaria: Breed fish to feed on larvae
May 23, 2022Health Department launches district-wide plan 120 water-storing open tanks set up By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: Destroying mosquito larvae with the help of fish is not only environmentally friendly but an effective measure too. Mysuru malaria control authorities are increasingly resorting to a method introduced by the British in 1908 to check the disease: Rearing…
City War Memorial work order issued
May 8, 2022To come up at five-acre Public Park (old Parade Ground) adjacent to DC’s Office By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: Twenty-two years after land was reserved for the construction of a grand War Memorial for Mysuru, the work order for the Memorial has been issued. The work order was issued on 25.04.2022 by the Public Works…
In rare event, elephant at Bandipur gives birth to twins
April 20, 2022Mysuru: An elephant at Bandipur Tiger Reserve has given birth to twins, an event said to be extremely rare and a first in India, according to wildlife conservationists. The baby elephants were discovered by a group of safari goers near the old campus on the Mysuru-Ooty Road, close to the Reception Road. The first photo…
Shiva of Gold
February 28, 2022A gift from Wadiyars to Sri Trineshwaraswamy Temple and Male Mahadeshwara Temple By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mahashivarathri, one of the prominent Hindu festivals is celebrated by worshipping Lord Shiva. Every year, the festival is celebrated on Krishna Paksha Chaturdashi of Falgun month as per the Hindu calendar and this year, it will be celebrated on…
Town Hall joins list of buildings in peril
February 20, 2022Renovation works worth crores of rupees caught in legal wrangles By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: The undue delay in the renovation of the famed century-old Town Hall — Sri Rangacharlu Memorial Hall — is costing the heritage building dear and it has joined the list of neglected heritage structures in Mysuru. If the neglect continues…
Shattering Stereotypes
February 16, 2022City’s women auto drivers fight odds to make a living By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Traditional auto-rickshaws have always remained heavily male-dominated. Of late, there are many women who have shattered the stereotypes and have been performing the duties of auto drivers, sometimes even better than their male counterparts. Though they face plenty of gender bias…
Rhesus monkey spotted on tree at Nagarahole
February 6, 2022But for Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, there are no records of its habitat in South India By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: Safari goers at Nagarahole Tiger Reserve from Veeranahosahalli Gate, were a thrilled lot after spotting a Rhesus monkey perched on an old tree branch. It is for the first time this species has been…
Helping isolated patients recover faster, happier
January 20, 2022KSOU COVID Care Centre at Mandakalli strives to become a model centre again By M.T. Yogesh Kumar The COVID Care Centre (CCC) at Karnataka State Open University’s (KSOU) Academic Bhavan in Mandakalli has begun admitting the pandemic’s third wave patients and over 92 patients have been admitted there now. Among the many COVID Care Centres…
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