Mysore/Mysuru: The city got one more Library today with MP Pratap Simha and MLA L. Nagendra jointly inaugurating it at Gangotri Layout here this morning. The branch library of Mysuru Central Library, is located opposite Putteeramma School on Bisilu Maramma temple road in Gangothri Layout. The library is housed in the building constructed at a…
Women hockey players must get Railway sports quota: MP
July 27, 2022Pratap Simha meets Railway Minister; seeks Kuvempu’s name for Mysuru-Thalaguppa Express Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has appealed to Railway Minister Ashwin Vaishnaw to rename the Mysuru-Thalaguppa (Shivamogga) Express after Rashtrakavi Kuvempu. Presenting a memorandum to the Minister at his office in New Delhi yesterday, the MP reasoned that naming the train after the poet…
‘Somanna Vanasiri Award’ conferred; achievers from various fields feted
July 24, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has initiated many schemes and programmes to bring people from the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) to the mainstream. The State Government is also working towards execution of all the programmes to provide basic facilities to the poor and needy,” said Housing Minister V. Somanna. He was speaking at ‘V. Somanna…
Feb. 2023 deadline to complete Mandakalli housing project
July 24, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Setting Feb. 2023 as the deadline for completion of PMAY (Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana) Housing Project at Mandakalli, where 2,446 houses for beneficiaries of Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency is coming up, Housing Minister V. Somanna on Saturday said that the Government was ready to build 1,000 more houses if land was provided. He was speaking…
Nalwadi name to Airport: Pramoda Devi hails move
July 23, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The State Cabinet’s decision to name the Mysore Airport at Mandakalli after the late Maharaja Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar was welcomed by Member of the erstwhile Mysore royal family Pramoda Devi Wadiyar this morning. Speaking to Star of Mysore, she said, “My family is elated and this is a much-awaited and a long-pending proposal.” “I…
Mysore Airport to be named after Nalwadi
July 23, 2022MP Pratap Simha, Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar hail move to honour Rajarshi for his vision Bengaluru: The State Cabinet has decided to name the Mysore Airport at Mandakalli after the late Maharaja Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar. Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister J.C. Madhuswamy said yesterday that the Government has taken a decision recognising the contributions of…
Status of 10-lane Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway: Main carriageway to open in October this year: MP
July 22, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Amidst reports that the 10-lane Mysuru-Bengaluru Economic Corridor (Expressway) will not be open anytime soon, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has clarified that the main carriageway of the Expressway will be open to traffic by October this year. During the Dasara High-Powered Committee meeting in Bengaluru on July 19, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai told reporters…
Plea to approve new ‘PRASAD’ plan for Chamundi Hill
July 19, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: With the monsoon session of Parliament commencing yesterday, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha on Monday met Union Tourism Minister G. Kishan Reddy at New Delhi and appealed him to approve the new plan under ‘PRASAD’ (Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation Drive) scheme for the development of Chamundi Hill. Pointing out that the ‘PRASAD’ plan proposal…
MP distributes uniform to special children
July 18, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: MP Pratap Simha distributed uniforms to children of Arunodaya School for Specially-abled Children at Chamundipuram here recently. The school uniforms, sponsored by a doctor couple from Bengaluru — Dr. Pradeep Krishna and Dr. Pooja Pradeep — to mark the first birthday of their son, were distributed to all the 52 children of the school,…
Piped gas project launched in Vijayanagar I Stage
July 15, 2022All misunderstandings cleared; 2,500 households already registered Mysore/Mysuru: After suffering initial glitches that revolved around road cutting and repairs, the ambitious project to supply Piped Natural Gas (PNG) to individual homes got a boost with the works being initiated at Vijayanagar I Stage in Chamaraja Assembly Segment last evening. Three residential areas — Vijayanagar (Ward…
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