Mysore/Mysuru, Aug. 16 -- The 79th Independence Day was celebrated with patriotic fervour, by the District Administration at Torchlight Parade Grounds, Bannimantap in city yesterday.

Social Welfare and District in-Charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa unfurled the National Flag, in the presence of MLA Tanveer Sait, MLC C.N. Manjegowda, Karnataka Exhibition Authority (KEA) Chairman Ayub Khan, Deputy Commissioner (DC) G. Lakshmikanth Reddy, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner Shaikh Tanveer Asif, Zilla Panchayat (ZP) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) S. Ukesh Kumar, City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar and Superintendent of Police (SP) N. Vishnuvardhana and other officers.

Paying tributes to freedom fighters Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal ...