As part of International Day of Action for Women’s Health, a free master health check-up camp for women (Breast and cervical cancer screening) will be conducted at the Master Health Check-up Centre located on 2nd Floor of JSS Hospital on M.G. Road in city on May 28 from 9.30 am to 4 pm. Sono Mammography,…
11 Heritage Buildings listed for urgent repairs
May 25, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage, Mysuru, has completed a comprehensive survey of 129 heritage structures in Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) limits. This survey, initiated on Oct. 12, 2022, followed significant rainfall that exacerbated the deterioration of many already fragile buildings. The survey adhered to the grading norms specified in the Karnataka Municipal…
Devaraja Market & Lansdowne Building
May 25, 2024No decision yet at Govt. level, says Heritage Commissioner Mysore/Mysuru: The dilapidated state of Devaraja Market and the Lansdowne Building, which collapsed, raises concerns, yet they are not included in the list of 11 heritage buildings requiring urgent repairs provided by the Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage. Heritage Commissioner A. Devaraju explained that the…
City hotel seeks clearance of Rs. 80.60 lakh bill towards PM’s stay
May 25, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: A year has elapsed since Prime Minister Narendra Modi stayed at a star hotel on M.G. Road in the city in April 2023 to attend 50 years of Project Tiger event organised at Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) Convocation Hall, the bill amounting to the tune of Rs. 80.60 lakh remains unpaid, with the…
Construction of rain-damaged retaining walls underway atop Chamundi Hill
May 25, 2024Work orders worth Rs. 2.30 crore issued to ensure safety of motorists Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the work to construct a retaining wall atop Chamundi Hill between View Point and Nandi Statue Road is yet to be completed, several more retaining walls on the main road of the Hill and the road leading to Uthanahalli have…
Son’s death in 2016 can’t be compared to sex scandal: CM
May 25, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The ongoing war of words between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and former CM and JD(S) State President H.D. Kumaraswamy shows no signs of abating, with both exchanging verbal blows over the alleged sex scandal involving JD(S) Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna. Responding sharply to Kumaraswamy’s mention of his deceased son Rakesh Siddaramaiah, Siddaramaiah criticised Kumaraswamy for…
Sex scandal: MEA issues Show Cause Notice to MP Prajwal Revanna
May 25, 2024New Delhi: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has served a Show Cause Notice to Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, who has been suspended from JD(S), yesterday asking why his diplomatic passport should not be cancelled as sought by the Karnataka Government in view of allegations of sexual abuse against him. According to sources, the MEA was…
City’s doctor-turned-film-maker Dr. Chidananda Naik wins prestigious Cannes La Cinef Award
May 25, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: For every actor and technician, who aims at making big in the film industry, dreams of making it to the Cannes Film Festival at least once in a life time. And to win the prestigious Cannes La Cinef award is nothing but a dream come true. For Mysuru-based Dr. Chidananda S. Naik, the dream…
Council polls: Liquor sales banned
May 25, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: With the Legislative Council polls for South Teachers Constituency scheduled to take place on June 3, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. K.V. Rajendra, who is also the District Electoral Officer, has banned sale of liquor across the district from 4 pm on June 1 till midnight of June 3, in order to ensure free and…
Talk on rare birds of India tomorrow
May 25, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Arivu Nature Resource Centre, in association with Mysore Nature, has organised a talk on ‘Glimpse into the rare birds of India’ by Samanvitha S. Rao at Arivu School in Lingambudhi Palya, Srirampura, tomorrow (May 26) at 6.30 pm. In her power point presentation, Samanvitha will be showing the rare birds which she has photographed…
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