Tenfold price hike for foreigners from Rs. 100 to Rs. 1,000 sparks criticism Mysuru: The Mysore Palace Board has revised the entry fee for the Mysore Palace, with the new rates effective from this morning. Updated rate charts have been displayed near the ticket counters. According to a media release by Palace Board Deputy Director…
Authorities cite protocols as primate bites passengers, auto drivers Mysuru: A Rhesus monkey spotted in Mysuru in June has become a nuisance at City Railway Station, biting passengers travelling to their destinations. This morning, the monkey bit an auto driver on the hand, necessitating a hospital visit for treatment and vaccination. Passengers, along with auto…
Mysuru: The 77th anniversary of ‘Mysore Chalo’ movement was celebrated under the aegis of Mysuru City and District Freedom Fighters Association at the Freedom Fighters Park in Subbarayanakere ground here yesterday. Speaking after garlanding the bust of Mahatma Gandhi and hoisting the National flag, the Association President Y.C. Revanna said that the Mysore Chalo movement…
Mysuru: A portion of the road, next to a park at Mathuranagar on KRS Road in Metagalli caved-in all of a sudden yesterday evening. The caved-in portion is about 4 ft. wide and about 7 ft. deep. MCC Zone 5 officials, who reached the spot, conducted an inspection and placed poles around the caved-in portion…
Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) crematorium near the foot of Chamundi Hill here, that had turned into a lake due to the accumulation of rain water recently, was inspected by Krishnaraja MLA T.S. Srivatsa on Thursday. Following the heavy rain recently, the crematorium premises was partially inundated hampering the last rites of the dead. Following…
Channapatna: JD(S) youth leader Nikhil Kumaraswamy, son of Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, filed his nomination as the NDA candidate from the BJP-JD(S) coalition for the Channapatna Assembly Constituency this afternoon. Accompanied by several JD(S) and BJP leaders, including H.D. Kumaraswamy, Opposition Leader in the State Assembly R. Ashok, former Deputy CM Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan and…
Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has approached the Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court to challenge a Single Judge’s order upholding Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot’s sanction to prosecute him in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment case. In his appeal filed on Oct. 23, Siddaramaiah seeks to quash the order issued by Justice…
Bengaluru: With the deadline for filing nomination papers concluding today (Oct. 25), major political parties in the State — the ruling Congress and the Opposition BJP-JD(S) coalition — have announced their candidates for the bypolls to three Assembly segments scheduled for Nov. 13. The bypolls will take place in the Channapatna Assembly segment in Ramanagara…
Legacy continues with Nikhil Kumaraswamy, Bharat Bommai entering poll fray from Channapatna and Shiggaon Bengaluru: The upcoming Assembly bypolls in Karnataka are set to witness another ‘son rise,’ as Nikhil Kumaraswamy, son of former Chief Minister and Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, has been nominated as the NDA candidate from Channapatna. He will face off against…
Mysuru: The city’s Satyavathi Vijaya Raghavachar Charitable Trust generously donated Rs. 2.5 lakh to the Karnataka Sanskrit University Endowment Fund on Wednesday. The Trust presented the cheque to University Vice-Chancellor Dr. S. Ahalya at her residence in Saraswathipuram. Speaking after the donation, Trust representatives Dr. A. Pushpa Iyengar and A. Vaidehi Iyengar expressed their lifelong…
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