Dasara 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…
Skilled 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…
Surveillance 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…
Over 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…
By 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…
By 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…
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. …
A 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…
Health 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…
To 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…
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