Mysuru: Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) Commissioner A.N. Raghunandan has submitted a report to the State Government recommending disciplinary action against former MUDA Secretary G.D. Shekar over alleged violations of khata registration laws. The allegations stem from a complaint filed on May 25 by M.R. Ashok Kumar, a resident of Nazarbad in Mysuru, with the…
Forest Watcher killed in wild elephant attack
November 5, 2024H.D. Kote: A 22-year-old Forest Watcher was killed when a wild elephant attacked him at Gundre Forest Range in N. Begur Gram Panchayat limits yesterday evening. The deceased Watcher is Shashank, son of Chandru and a resident of Kalaiahanahalli village in the taluk. Yesterday evening, Forest Watchers Shashank and Raju were patrolling near the Inspection…
Zoo, Karanji Lake sees total 1.09 lakh footfalls in four days
November 5, 2024Mysuru: Following a series of holidays from Oct. 31 to Nov. 3, tourists thronged the city in large numbers, with the prominent tourist spots like Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens (Mysuru Zoo) and Karanji Lake Nature Park earning a significant revenue in the form of entry fees. A total of 1,09,088 footfalls were recorded including Zoo…
Experts delve into dental diseases, integrated approach
November 5, 2024Mysuru: “AYURDENTOCON -2024”, a National Conference on ‘Oro-Dental Diseases: An Integrated Approach’ was jointly organised by the Department of Post Graduate Studies in Shalakya Tantra, JSS Ayurveda Medical College, Mysuru and JSS Dental College, Mysuru, in commemoration of 109th Jayanthi celebration of Dr. Sri Shivarathri Rajendra Swamiji at Sri Rajendra Centenary Auditorium, JSS Hospital, Mysuru,…
‘Early detection can cure breast cancer’
November 5, 2024Mysuru: SPARSH, Forum for Women Empowerment, Wellness Centre & Hygiene, SBRR Mahajana First Grade College, Jayalakshmipuram, Mysuru, in association with Inner Wheel Club of Mysore West had organised an awareness programme on breast cancer in the college premises recently. Resource Person, Dr. Ramya Yethadka, Consultant Oncologist, Apollo BGS Hospitals, Mysuru said that, 26% to 28%…
MCC raids shop, seizes 275-kg banned single use plastic
November 5, 2024Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) officials raided a shop in Santhepet yesterday and seized 275 kg plastic and imposed a fine of Rs. 10,000 on the shopkeeper. MCC officials, who took note of a customer carrying single use plastic, collected the address of the shop in the guise of a customer. Acting on the clues,…
Elder Citizens Council fetes senior citizens
November 5, 2024Mysuru: Elder Citizens Council and Elder Citizens Trust, as part of Senior Citizens’ Day, felicitated senior citizens at an event held in city recently. Those feted were District Kannada Sahitya Parishat President Maddikere Gopal and Founder of Chiguru Ashram for the Mentally Challenged Sushma Ravikumar. The programme was inaugurated by Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja…
Kamakshi Hospitals fetes Dr. Usha Hegde
November 5, 2024Mysuru: Kamakshi Hospitals, Mysuru, recently felicitated and celebrated the remarkable achievement of Mountaineer Dr. Usha Hegde of summiting the Mount Everest. A Professor at JSS Dental College, she is the wife of well-known Orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Ajay Hegde and daughter-in-law of senior Orthopaedic surgeon Dr. J.S. Hegde. Dr. K.S. Sadananda, Medical Superintendent of Sri Jayadeva…
Serial house burglaries in city
November 5, 2024Mysuru: Serial house burglaries have taken place at various Police Station limits in city on Oct. 31, when the family members had gone out of station to celebrate Deepavali festival. In the first case, burglars, who broke into the house of one Paramesh at Preethi Layout in Bogadi, have decamped with gold jewellery worth Rs….
100-year-old passes away
November 5, 2024Mysuru: K.S. Jagannatha Setty (100), retired Divisional Manager of VISL and a resident of Vinaya Marga in Siddarthanagar, passed away yesterday in city. He leaves behind his sons Prakash and Venkatesh, daughter Suma Chandramohan, daughters-in-law Leelavathi, Devika and Madhavi, grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. His another son Ramesh had predeceased him in…
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