Travel Bangalore-Mysore on country’s longest bus
September 4th, 2012 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 4 (IANS) Karnataka Tuesday introduced the country's longest bus, at 14.5 metres and including a pantry and toilet facilities, to ply the 130 km between the state capital ... Read more...
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India to boost space assets to meet demand (Lead)
July 16th, 2012 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore (Karnataka), July 16 (IANS) India is boot-strapping its space-based assets to meet the growing demand for enhanced services in communications, broadcasting remote-sensing and navigation, a top space agency ... Read more...
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Global scientists descend on Mysore for space summit
July 14th, 2012 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore (Karnataka), July 14 (IANS) Over 2,500 scientists from 75 countries descended on this city of palaces, for a week-long international space summit, being held in India for the ... Read more...
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Bhardwaj pats Gowda, may exacerbate BJP bickering
January 4th, 2012 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore, Jan 4 (IANS) Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj, who has frosty ties with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Wednesday praised Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda for doing good ... Read more...
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Dasara ends in Karnataka with famed ‘Jumboo Savari’
October 6th, 2011 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore, Oct 6 (IANS) Thousands of people from Karnataka, many parts of India and from abroad were enthralled Thursday by the 'jumboo savari', or elephant procession, in this city of ... Read more...
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Mysore decked up for ‘jumboo savari’
October 5th, 2011 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore, Oct 5 (IANS) People from across Karnataka and from other states and abroad are arriving here to witness the famed 'jumboo savari' (procession of caparisoned elephants) Thursday -- the ... Read more...
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Mysore Dasara begins, promises pomp, pageantry
September 28th, 2011 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore, Sep 28 (IANS) The famed Mysore Dasara that showcases the region's rich culture, tradition, pomp and pageantry began here Wednesday and will go on for the next nine days.Hundreds ... Read more...
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Now chug into Mysore on ‘Malgudi Express’
September 25th, 2011 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 24 (IANS) The Malgudi days are here again. And so is the "Malgudi Express" - chugging between Mysore and the Yashwantpur station of Bangalore.Fiction? No. In a tribute ... Read more...
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Religious leaders oppose land acquisition in Karnataka
July 12th, 2011 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 12 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa is now facing heat from religious leaders against his government's ambitious land acquisition plans for industry and infrastructure.While one religious ... Read more...
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Will Mandya, Karnataka’s sugarland, see Sai Baba reborn?
April 24th, 2011 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 24 (IANS) Like his birthplace Puttaparthi in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, Mandya, 80 km from here, was a faceless place till eminent engineer-statesman Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya conceived building a dam ... Read more...
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Jayalalithaa prays at Chamundeshwari temple on 63rd birthday
February 24th, 2011 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore, Feb 24 (IANS) Former Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK leader J. Jayalalithaa Thursday offered special prayers to Hindu goddess Chamundeswari atop the Chamundi hills here to mark her 63rd birthday.
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Yeddyurappa claims threat to life; opposition ridicules him
January 31st, 2011 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore, Jan 31 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Monday said some people were resorting to "black magic" to eliminate him, a claim that immediately drew ridicule from the opposition parties."I ... Read more...
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Mysore Dussehra ends with grand elephant procession (Lead)
October 17th, 2010 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore, Oct 17 (IANS) The 10-day Dussehra festivities here culminated Sunday as thousands of people from across India and abroad witnessed its grand finale - the famed 'Jamboo Savari' or procession of ... Read more...
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Mysore decked up for Sunday’s ‘Jamboo Savari’
October 16th, 2010 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore, Oct 16 (IANS) This city of palaces, culture capital of Karnataka and home to Brindavan Gardens is decked up for the culmination of 10-day Dasara festival with Jamboo Savari (elephant procession) ... Read more...
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Sandesh Nagaraj Promotes His Film ‘Hudga Hudgi’ Through A Fashion Show
October 11th, 2010 - 7:54 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 11, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Kannada film producer Sandesh Nagaraj is promoting his upcoming film 'Hudga Hudgi' by organizing a fashion show and ramp show in the ‘City of Palaces’, Mysore. ... Read more...
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Mysore Dasara promises a feast of pomp and pageantry
October 9th, 2010 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
By Bhargavi Kerur
Mysore (Karnataka), Oct 9 (IANS) The famed Dasara festival that draws thousands of visitors to this cultural capital of Karnataka every year has got under way, promising a feast of ... Read more...
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Jaipur couples enjoy 10 minutes of love in the air on V-Day
February 15th, 2010 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI
By Lokender SinghJaipur, Feb.15 (ANI): Even as the young at heart celebrated the St. Valentine's Day by exchanging greetings cards, chocolates or other gift items in different parts of the world, ... Read more...
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Corridor dispute: It’s over land, stupid! (Lead, With image)
January 12th, 2010 - 4:07 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 12 (IANS) At the heart of the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project, currently the crux of an ugly row between former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda and Karnataka Chief ... Read more...
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Centre of ‘bloody’ row BMIC 15 years in making (With image)
January 12th, 2010 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 12 (IANS) The Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project, the centre of an ugly row between former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda and Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, has been ... Read more...
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Mysore decked up for Dusshera grand finale Monday
September 27th, 2009 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 27 (IANS) Mysore, the city of palaces and Brindavan Garden, is decked up for the Jamboo Savari or procession of caparisoned elephants, the grand finale of the Dusshera on Monday.
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Dussehra festivities begin in Mysore amid tight security
September 30th, 2008 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 30 (IANS) The ten-day long world famous Dussehra festival began at Mysore Tuesday amid tight security in the wake of ongoing terror strikes in the country.The seer of Tumkur Siddaganga ... Read more...
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