Mysuru: The two-day Desi Dal Mela, organised by Sahaja Samrudha, in collaboration with Vishwa Agro Tech and Bio Tech, was inaugurated by noted actress Akshatha Pandavapura by milling ragi in a traditional grinding stone (ragi kallu) at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry in city this morning. The Mela is open for public today and tomorrow between 10…
Vinay Somaiah’s suicidal death in Bengaluru: BJP stages massive demonstration in Kushalnagar
April 5, 2025Vijayendra demands inclusion of two Congress MLAs from Kodagu in FIR Kushalnagar: Kushalnagar town, the gateway to Kodagu district, wore a fortified look today as hundreds of Policemen were posted to ensure maintenance of Law and Order as the Opposition BJP held a massive demonstration in front of the Community Health Centre at the town…
Police detain BJP leaders and arrange to shift body to native village
April 5, 2025Kushalnagar: As the Police did not include the names of MLAs Ponnanna and Dr. Manthar Gowda in the FIR as demanded, the BJP workers led by State Party Chief B.Y. Vijayendra attempted to lay siege to the close-by Dy.SP Office later in the day, when they were detained by the Police. As the kith and…
Mysore Varsity has no money to pay its pensioners
April 5, 2025Vice-Chancellor Prof. N.K. Lokanath cites deficit of Rs. 107 crore that may hamper smooth functioning of Varsity; Sports related activities asked to be cut down Mysuru: In a stark contrast to the sobriquet, the city of Mysuru enjoys as ‘Pensioner’s Paradise’, over a century old University of Mysore is staring at a financial crisis, with…
UoM presents Rs. 107 crore deficit budget for 2025-26
April 5, 2025Mysuru: Finance Officer of University of Mysore (UoM) K.S. Rekha, presented Rs.107 crore deficit budget of the Varsity for the financial year 2025-26, at the Crawford Hall here yesterday. The expected revenue for the current fiscal is projected at Rs. 295.59 crore, followed by the expenditure of Rs. 403.31 crore. Had the Government allocated pension…
Heavy rains lash Mysuru
April 5, 2025Mysuru: In what was the first thundershower in the current year thus far, heavy rains lashed Mysuru city overnight, bringing respite to the residents who were reeling under scorching summer, with temperatures soaring by the day. The first spell of rains began at 8 pm and lasted for about 15 minutes. However, the second spell…
MP appeals Railway Minister to expedite works in Mysuru
April 5, 2025Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Wadiyar has said that Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has assured of expediting the Railway projects in Mysuru region and to modernise the Mysuru Railway Station. In a press release, Yaduveer said that he met the Railway Minister at New Delhi recently and discussed many issues concerning Railway projects of Mysuru….
Row over lifting Bandipur night traffic ban: ‘Walk for Bandipur’ from Kaggala Hundi to Maddur Check-Post tomorrow
April 5, 2025Mysuru: Public opposition to the possible lifting of the night traffic ban on NH 766 through Bandipur is gathering momentum with environmentalists, wildlife conservationists and others questioning the Government of the rationale to reconsider the original decision, which has also been upheld by the Courts. Environmentalists have planned to take out a padayatra with the…
CM Siddaramaiah meets Civil Aviation Minister
April 5, 2025Appeals to take up Mysore Airport runway expansion works at the earliest New Delhi: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has appealed the Civil Aviation Ministry to take up the runway expansion/ development works of Mysore Airport at Mandakalli at the earliest. Siddaramaiah, who met Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu at New Delhi on Thursday, presented…
Don’t lift night traffic ban in Bandipur: MP Yaduveer
April 5, 2025New Delhi: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has urged the Central Government to maintain status quo over banning night traffic through Bandipur forest, with the Congress High Command exerting pressure on its own party Government in Karnataka to revoke the ban. Wadiyar, who raised the issue in Lok Sabha on Thursday, said that the…
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