Displaying boundless love for village life and finding oneself in no frame of mind to move out of one’s favoured city is a game many people are seen playing with no signs of that mental dilly-dallying consciously finding a definite end. The dilemma reminds one of the Shakespeare soliloquies in his play Hamlet “To be,…
Karnataka State Cricket Association, Mysuru Zone, will be conducting the Inter- collegiate Cricket Tournament -2017 for colleges affiliated to University of Mysuru later this month. The colleges can collect the entry forms from KSCA Mysuru Office, SDNRW Stadium, Manasagangotri Mar.3 onwards by paying an amount of Rs.500 as Entry fee. Last date for entry is…
Cities and countries too acquired celebrity status in many regions, including India, being identified based on their unique, sometimes exclusive features. Monuments, colourful fountains, gardens, avenues, unique-looking inhabitants, rare species of animals as well as plants and so on have figured in such identities. Bengaluru as Garden City, Mysuru as Heritage City, Pune as Pensioners’…
NHAI calls for fresh tenders; 10-lane HW to be ready by 2020 The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), which had cancelled the Dec. 6 tender for six-laning of Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway, has now called for fresh tenders for which Apr.4 is the deadline. The reason for cancellation of the earlier tender, it seems, was…
They have prepared a five-year Master Plan under M-TRAC to utilise Rs. 40 crore that will be sanctioned by the State Government. Under M-TRAC, Rs. 8 crore will be used per year to streamline traffic movements and provide additional facilities. It may be recalled here that the previous City Police Commissioner Dr. M.A. Saleem had…
Paigambar won the 39km men’s Elite category cycle race and won a cash prize of Rs.10,000 in the Scott MTB Cycle Championship 2017, conducted jointly by the Cyclopedia and Mysore District Cycling Association at the race which was flagged off from Lalitha Mahal Helipad yesterday. A total 159 cyclists took part in different categories. Cyclists…
By Ashvini Ranjan, Convenor, Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) A Mysurean visiting Bengaluru experiences a shock seeing the tsunami of vehicular traffic on the roads. According to the official website of Bengaluru City Police, the vehicular population as on 31.3.2016 was 56 lakh motor vehicles. Of these, 70% constituted two-wheelers, 15% four-wheelers and the balance being…
Siddegowda (81), Proprietor of Ganesh Rice Mill, passed away on Friday, following brief illness. He leaves behind his wife, two sons, seven daughters, son-in-law Kempegowda (journalist) and a host of relatives and friends.
The men’s kho-kho team of University of Mysore which will take part in the All-India Inter-University Kho-Kho Championships (2016-17) to be held at Vidyasagar University, Midnapur, West Bengal, from Mar. 3 to 6. Seen are (standing from left) K. Nuthan, Sudarshan, J.S. Kiran, A.V. Madhu, S.C. Dileep Kumar, K.P. Sandeep, Prasanna, M. Arun, B. Rakshith,…
By A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore Mysuru, which the Britishers pro-nounced as My-sore, is the gift of Goddess Mahishasuramardini. According to mythology, the demon Mahishasura was tormenting the good people and was spoiling the Vedic way of life. The tormented people prayed to the Goddess and she…
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