Sir, This has reference to the article ‘Mysuru, a plan for the future’ by M.L.Krishnaswami (SOM dated Mar.14). It beautifully enumerates the past glory of the heritage city, giving out valid ideas to make it more worthy of its cleanest city tag. As he rightly said, a strong will and determination are what is required….
CM announces grants for aqua and aero sports in Mysuru
March 16, 2017Call it an election gimmick or encouragement to sports, people of State will decide the fate of the candidates on the day of election. But, for now, the announcement by Chief Minister Siddharamaiah to make Mysuru a aero sports and aqua sports hub has brought smiles on adventure sports enthusiasts. While, announcing the budget, CM…
Mysuru: A plan for the future
March 14, 2017By M.L. Krishnaswami Those residents of Mysuru, who are 80 and above would recall the past-life of this city in all its splendour and variety. Being a Royal City for nearly three centuries, every major activity of yore was centred around the Palace which itself had to undergo reconstruction after a disastrous fire that engulfed…
Ambassadors advocate brands
March 14, 2017Mimicking consumer goods, particularly those that are patronised by their captive buyers in large numbers over extended periods of time, has been the time-honoured profession of street-smart entrepreneurs in the land. The south side entrance to the iconic Devaraja Market in Mysuru witnessing mobile vendors of imitation agarbathies of high-quality bearing brand names that earned…
Holi Hai: Celebrating festival of colours
March 14, 2017The festival of colours was celebrated in Mysuru.
Traditional wrestling fighting for survival
March 13, 2017By C.K. Muralidharan Mysuru overshadowed by the grandeur of its Palaces and the magnificent world famous ‘Dasara Festival’, has seen the age old tradition sport wrestling slowly going into oblivion and dying a slow death. Wrestling, which was patronised by the erstwhile rulers of Mysore, has slowly been dwindling and is been less practiced in…
Chamundi Express and Shatabdi: Some suggestions
March 13, 2017Sir, The seating arrangement in Chair Car of Chamundi Express train do not conform with that mentioned in the ticket. For example, if seat no. 51 is mentioned as window seat in the ticket, it is an aisle seat in the compartment. This needs to be corrected and aligned properly immediately. The Chair Car compartment…
Torn answer papers distributed to II PUC students ?
March 11, 2017Several students who wrote the II PU examinations in city yesterday have complained that they received torn answer papers. This has made them apprehensive that they might face some problems in evaluation. The torn answer papers were distributed at Room No. 2 at the Mathrumandali Women’s PU College centre where Electronics and Computer Science exams…
Liquidation of Co-op. Societies: Objections invited
March 11, 2017The Office of the Deputy Registrar of Co-operative Societies has invited objections, if any, in writing, for the cancellation of the following Co-operative Societies which have been liquidated after ceasing to function: Registration of Gorur Milk Producers Co-operative Society, Sri Rajarajeshwari Women’s Multi-purpose Co-operative Society, Medical College Co-operative Society, Kailasapuram Consumers Co-operative Society, Sri Lakshmidevi…
Tipu armoury moved to new location
March 11, 2017The translocation of Tipu Sultan’s armoury at Srirangapatna to pave way for the double-tracking work of the Mysuru-Bengaluru Railway line was completed yesterday at 4.45 pm. This is a spectacular engineering effort and is the first such in India. The shifting of the 228-year-old and 1,050-tonne Tipu armoury began on Mar. 3. The armoury was…
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