Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet has decided to constitute a Cabinet Sub-Committee to re-evaluate the long-disputed Bengaluru-Mysuru Infrastructure Corridor Project (BMICP), Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K. Patil announced. The Sub-Committee will examine whether the Government should continue with the project, originally implemented by former MLA Ashok Kheny’s Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE). So far, 1,699…
Rs. 15 lakh cheated in online part-time job
April 12, 2025Mysuru: A city resident has lost Rs. 15 lakh online by investing money in a part-time job, that later turned out to be a scam. According to a complaint lodged at Cyber, Economic and Narcotics (CEN) Crime Police Station in city, a person residing at Kanakadasanagar here received a WhatsApp message from an unknown cell…
Fake site papers: Couple swindles bank of Rs. 58 lakh
April 12, 2025Mysuru: A couple has been booked by Saraswathipuram Police on charges of cheating a bank by securing a loan of several lakhs of rupees, by pledging the forged documents of a site owned by MUDA. Balu and Shilpa, residents of Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) Colony Complex, Kuvempunagar in city, are the couple, who have been…
Andhra CM presents ‘Yugadi Puraskar’ to KSOU faculty
April 12, 2025Mysuru: The city- based KSOU’s Dean (Academic) Prof. Ramanath Naidu was conferred with the prestigious ‘Yugadi Puraskar’ (2025) given by the Andhra Pradesh Government. Prof. Naidu received the award from Andhra Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu at a function held at Vijayawada recently. Prof. Naidu has been serving the KSOU for the past 32 years and…
Bhushans to perform at Bengaluru
April 12, 2025Mysuru: Celebrity Bharatanatyam artistes Badari Divya Bhushan, Dr. Anjana Bhushan, along with their sons Abhyuday Dhyan Bhushan and Abhignan Vedant Bhushan, will be performing for Ramotsava organised by Sree Jayaramaseva Mandali, Jayanagar, Bengaluru, tomorrow (Apr. 13) from 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm. They will be presenting their acclaimed Bharatanatyam Musical Dance Theatrical ‘Ramabhyudayam.’
Headless in India: Why must the law protect us from ourselves?
April 12, 2025Yesterday, our city’s Police Commissioner Seema Latkar made a rather reasonable statement: “We don’t have any intention to book a case and collect fines. Rules are enforced for your safety.” She’s absolutely right. But the sad irony is this: In India, we seem to have a stunning disregard for our own safety. Why should a…
Reflecting on 2008 Terror Mastermind Rana
April 12, 2025India seems to be celebrating the extradition of Tahawwur Hussain Rana from America, the key accused in the Mumbai serial terror strike that shook India in 2008. But for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention and his personal rapport with the American President Donald Trump, this would not have happened. It does not matter Opposition does…
Bee-lieve it or not… 150 hives on one tree
April 12, 2025Hundreds of honeybee colonies have once again migrated to Mysuru from an unknown location, building more than 150 hives on a single tree and beginning their reproduction process — a spectacle that continues to amaze onlookers. For decades, these honeybee colonies have followed a remarkable migratory pattern: Arriving from an unidentified place every year, nesting…
135th Ramotsava of Ramabhyudaya Sabha: Day-4 – Developing new techniques
April 12, 2025On the fourth day of the music series of Sri Ramabhyudaya Sabha at Alammana Choultry in Srirampet, Vid. J.A. Jayant gave a flute concert with Vid. H.N. Bhaskar on violin, Vid. Kishore Ramesh on mridanga and Vid. Guruprasanna on kanjira. Jayant is a young flautist who has been performing for more than two decades, which…















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