The 104-year-old State Bank of Mysore (SBM) is all set to enter the history books tomorrow (Apr.1) when it will be merged with the State Bank India (SBI) as per Government of India notification.
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New Subway, lifts, free Wi-Fi services at Mysuru Railway Station
March 30, 2017The facilities at Mysuru station include a 65-metre subway that connects all the platforms and two lifts with a carrying capacity of 20 persons at Platforms 2-3 and 4-5 and free Wi-Fi facility. In Bengaluru, the projects included 3 lifts and one escalator and free Wi-Fi facility. A new train between Bengaluru and Hasan was…
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Traditional sport wrestling fighting for survival
March 28, 2017Mysuru 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 the Garadis (wrestling…
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Pravasi Mitras take out cycle rally to save wildlife in Mysuru
March 27, 2017The Department of Tourism, Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) and the District Administration had organised a cycle jatha from Mysuru to Srirangapatna via KRS Road yesterday. The jatha was organised as part of Year of the Wildlife to spread awareness on saving the flora and fauna of the land. The rally, with theme Save…
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Prof. Venkata Subba Setti: An unsung aviation hero from Mysuru
March 23, 2017Did you know that Indias first aviator was from Mysore? In this article, Dr. Anantha Krishnan M. throws light on the contributions of Prof. Venkata Subba Setti who has been featured in Modern Review magazine in 1912 under the title: The First Indian Aviator. Till a few years back, Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata, more famously…
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Baadal Najundaswamy – Drawing attention to Mysuru’s ‘Eye Sores’
March 22, 2017City artist Baadal Najundaswamy, who is grabbing the attention of BBMP in Bengaluru through his creative art works to highlight civic problems, has now created a simple art work around a damaged manhole at Kukkarahalli in Mysuru to draw the attention of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) authorities.
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By Poll | V Sreenivasa Prasad and Kalale Keshavamurthy file nominations at Nanjangud.
March 21, 2017Nanjangud and Gundlupet are set to witness a high-voltage and acrimonious campaign as BJP and Congress candidates filed their nomination papers this morning. While V. Sreenivasa Prasad of BJP and Congress candidate Kalale Keshavamurthy filed their nomination papers for Nanjangud, C.S. Niranjan Kumar of BJP and Geetha Mahadevaprasad of Congress filed their nomination papers for…
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Glimpses of AIISH inter-college cultural fest Aawaaz-2k17
March 20, 2017The three-day AIISH Aawaaz-2k17, an inter-college cultural fest organised at the Panchavati Campus of All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) on Bogadi Road in city concluded here yesterday. Citys renowned Bharatanatyam dancer Sridhar Jain, who spoke on the occasion, called upon the students not to participate in competitions just to win but to…
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Climbing a coconut tree made easy
March 17, 2017Hundreds of farmers thronged the Organic Farming Research Station at Naganahalli (OFRSN) this morning where its day-long Centenary Celebrations are being held. As part of the celebrations, a mega exhibition of agricultural tools and equipment was organised. Equipment including coconut tree climbing machine, hand-held paddy sowing and transplant machine and weed removing machines were displayed….
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KUKKARAHALLI LAKE DEVELOPMENT: Experts visit Lake, seek public opinion
March 17, 2017The two-member expert committee appointed by Karnataka Lake Development Authority visited the Kukkarahalli Lake yesterday to collect public opinion on pro and anti-development of the Lake and its environmental impact. The committee comprised retired Professor Ramprasad from the Indian Institute of Science and retired Chief Engineer C.N. Babu. The University of Mysore and the district…
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