Poles to be installed at five places in a week Mysore/Mysuru: The works on installing traffic signal lights at 10 Circles and Junctions in the city that had stopped due to fund crunch have resumed last evening, with Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) planning to complete the related works within a fortnight. This action follows a…
Mysuru reels under summer heat
February 25, 2024After peaking up to 35 degrees Celsius last Sunday, maximum temperature reduces to 33 degrees Celsius on Feb. 24 Mysore/Mysuru: Even before the onset of summer in March, the soaring temperature levels in the past few days in the State have been a cause for worry, especially for people who are already reeling under the…
Fish found dead in Lingambudhi Lake
February 25, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: About 12 dead fish were found floating at Lingambudhi Lake in city this morning. It is suspected that discarded fishing nets were the reason behind fish kill. On seeing the floating fish, MLC C.N. Manjegowda, who was on a morning walk at the Lake premises, informed the media persons about the incident. Later, on…
Railway Ministry approves Mysuru-Rameswaram train
February 25, 2024Initially the train will run from Apr. 1 to July 23: MP Mysore/Mysuru: Thanks to the efforts of Mysuru-Kodagu MP Prathap Simha, the Railway Ministry has approved running of an express train between Mysuru and Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. In a social media post under the head ‘Get ready to travel to Rameswaram,’ MP Simha…
Ensure no water crisis during summer: DC tells officials
February 25, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: With summer season fast approaching, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. K.V. Rajendra asked officials to take precautionary steps and measures to ensure that there is no drinking water crisis in the district during summer. He was presiding over the District Disaster Management Committee meeting at his office on Bannur Road in Siddarthanagar here recently. Stressing…
Krishnaraja Housing Scheme in limbo; MLA raises it in House
February 25, 2024Bengaluru: Krishnaraja MLA T.S. Srivatsa has underscored the urgent need for Housing Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan to expedite the construction of houses for beneficiaries in his Constituency. Highlighting the details, Srivatsa mentioned that the State Government had already approved the construction of 1,440 houses and had identified the beneficiaries. However, as the location of the…
Newspaper circulation and cartoons’ popularity falling: MP Prathap Simha
February 25, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: ‘Vyangyachitra Simhavalokana,’ a Kannada book authored by cartoonist M.V. Nagendra Babu (Banter Babu) was released at a programme organised jointly by Karnataka Cartoonists’ Association, Bengaluru and District Kannada Sahitya Parishat, Mysuru, at Kannada Sahitya Bhavan, Vijayanagar, in city yesterday. Mysuru-Kodagu MP Prathap Simha, who released the book, said: “Drawing a cartoon is not an…
Magha Purnima: Devotees take holy dip in River Cauvery at Srirangapatna
February 25, 2024Srirangapatna: Sri Nimishamba Temple located on the banks of River Cauvery witnessed a heavy rush yesterday morning with devotees arriving in large numbers to take a holy dip in the river on the occasion of Magha Purnima, believed to be sacred as per the Hindu tradition. The devotees, after taking the holy dip, visited Nimishamba…
State Government Employees Meet in Bengaluru on Feb. 27
February 25, 2024Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to inaugurate Mysore/Mysuru: A day-long conference of State Government employees will take place at Krishna Vihar, Palace Grounds in Bengaluru on Feb. 27. Addressing a press meet here recently, Karnataka State Government Employees Association Mysuru District Unit President Govindaraju said Karnataka High Court Judge Krishna S. Dikshit will inaugurate the workshop organised…
Industrialists, bizmen attend Export Awareness Camp
February 25, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: A one-day awareness camp on export was organised by Visvesvaraya Trade Promotion Centre (VTPC), Bengaluru, at Institution of Engineers-India (IEI), Mysuru Centre, on Feb. 20. The camp, organised in association with District Industries Centre (DIC), Mysuru and Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industries (MCCI), saw the participation of industrialists and businessmen, irrespective of men…
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