Two-day event with cooking contests at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry from Aug. 9 Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru city is all set to host a two-day Desi Akki Mela from tomorrow (Aug. 9) at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry, as part of an awareness campaign aimed at educating both consumers and merchants about the many varieties of naturally grown paddy. The…
‘Impressions’ perceptive art expo from tomorrow
August 8, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: ‘Impressions’ is a curated collection that captures the essence of perception-moments held in paint before they fade into memory. Each artist in this exhibition treats the canvas as a space for experimentation, where instinct, observation and exploration converge. The result is a vibrant array of images that defy definition: visuals fractured by shifting light,…
Peddler caught with ganja just 100 metres from ACP office
August 8, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the Police continue their widespread crackdown on drug networks, a ganja peddler was found operating brazenly just steps away from the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) office. The City Crime Branch (CCB) arrested Irfan Pasha alias Batana (31), a resident of Mandi Mohalla, who was allegedly transporting ganja near Ashoka Road, West…
Youth says foreigner gave him drug-laced cigarette!
August 8, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: A young man caught consuming narcotics in a public park has claimed that the substance was given to him by a foreign national. The incident occurred around 7 pm on Wednesday, when Lakshmipuram Police personnel Raju Malagi and Basavaraj Muniyal were on patrol near Ballal Circle, close to Ananthaswamy Park in Krishnamurthypuram. The officers…
Thieves break into shops, make away with 10-15 rice bags at APMC
August 8, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Burglars broke into two shops at Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) at Bandipalya near the Outer Ring Road (ORR) junction on Mysuru-Nanjangud Road and decamped with sacks of rice from one of the shops, yesterday night. While the burglars have broke opened the shutter of a shop at ‘A’ block of the market yard,…
Chinnaswamy Stadium stampede incident: Vatal Nagaraj demands Rs. 5 crore relief to families of 11 victims
August 8, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Demanding Rs. 5 crore compensation to the families of 11 persons, who died in the stampede at Chinnaswamy Stadium during Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) victory celebration in Bengaluru on June 4, pro-Kannada activist and Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha President Vatal Nagaraj and Party workers staged a protest near Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Circle (formerly Hardinge Circle)…
Staging of ‘Sheshagrastharu’, ‘Sharmiste’ at Kirurangamandira
August 8, 2025Bengaluru’s Rangasampada Theatre Group, will be staging the plays ‘Sheshagrastharu’ and ‘Sharmiste’ at Kirurangamandira in Kalamandira on Aug. 9 and Aug. 10 respectively, said Rangasampada Treasurer Shivalinga Prasad, here yesterday. Speaking to media persons, he said that the play ‘Sharmiste’ starring renowned actress and former minister Umashree has received overwhelming response from Mysureans. “The play…
Youth arrested with 65-gram MDMA in Nazarbad; one flees
August 8, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Police have arrested a youth for allegedly selling MDMA from a residence in Nazarbad. The accused, identified as Soyam Jain, was caught during a raid, while his associate, Babil, managed to escape. Acting on a tip-off about drug sales at a house in the area, Nazarbad Police conducted a swift operation. During the raid,…
CM, Dy.CM to lay foundation stone for new Congress Bhavan in city tomorrow
August 8, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: The ground breaking ceremony and foundation stone laying for the new Congress Bhavan in city will be held on Aug. 9, said District Congress President Dr. B.J. Vijaykumar. He was speaking during the preliminary meeting held in this regard at the Congress Office near City Railway Station on JLB Road here on Aug. 6….
Youth arrested on charges of stabbing woman over petty issue
August 8, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Narasimharaja (NR) Police have arrested a youth on the charges of stabbing a woman with a dagger, over a petty issue at Gandhinagar in city last night. It is said that the youth, was sitting in front of the house of the woman and smoking when the latter objected to it. The youth got…















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