As Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (CESC) will be shifting electric poles to facilitate road widening project at Hullahalli town in Nanjangud, power supply will be disrupted in the areas coming under Hullahalli Feeder limits on Aug. 3, 4, 6 & 7 between 10 am and 7 pm, according to a press release from Assistant…
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Ordinary shed, extraordinary crime
August 1, 2025Inside an illegally built shed operated a drug factory with AC rooms, cellars & hi-tech equipment Mysore/Mysuru: At first glance, it looked like a nondescript car shed — its walls of corrugated metal sheets standing quietly beside Outer Ring Road service lane. Two cars parked inside reinforced the illusion of a modest garage. But behind…
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From parks, tea shops to puncture stalls: Tight Police net on narcotics
August 1, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Following the recent bust of an MDMA production unit at Belavatha on Mysuru’s Outer Ring Road, the City Police have intensified their crackdown on narcotics across the city. Acting on fresh intelligence, officers under the jurisdiction of Nazarbad Police Station carried out targeted raids, vehicle checks and house searches in Raghavendranagar’s EWS Quarters late…
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Mysuru-Kushalnagar Highway Project: MP urges launch date for Phase 2
August 1, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: The Central Government, which has taken up the project of improved connectivity to Mysuru, is expected to announce the launch date for Phase 2 of the Mysuru-Kushalnagar Highway project soon, according to Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar. The MP met Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi and…
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Light Testing… Countdown for Dasara begins with illumination demos
August 1, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: As Mysuru gears up for the grand Dasara festivities, countdown preparations are already visible in the city’s famed illumination displays — one of the festival’s biggest attractions during Navarathri. Demonstration of the lighting have begun in the evenings, offering glimpses of what promises to be another spectacular edition. Three days ago, the first demonstration…
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Cabbage Dump !
August 1, 2025Hassan farmer trashes 14-tonne load, suffers Rs. 1.50 lakh loss Mysore/Mysuru: A cabbage farmer from Hassan, who brought 14 tonnes of cabbage to APMC market in Bandipalya, Mysuru, after being assured by a middleman of securing a good price for his produce, was forced to dump the entire truck load after the middleman backed out,…
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70-member team to care for 14 Dasara elephants
August 1, 2025First batch led by Captain Abhimanyu to arrive on Aug. 4; Preparations in full swing at Mysore Palace Mysore/Mysuru: To manage the 14 elephants participating in Nada Habba Dasara 2025 festivities, led by the Golden Howdah elephant Captain Abhimanyu, the Forest Department has formed a dedicated team of 70 personnel, including mahouts and caretakers (kavadis)….
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See Belur and Halebeedu at Dasara Exhibition
August 1, 2025Musical Fountain, Dragon Lake and other major attractions to be ready before forthcoming Dasara festival Mysore/Mysuru: Belur and Halebeedu, that still stand as a testimony to the architectural marvels of Hoysala dynasty in Hassan, is being recreated in Mysuru, the heritage city that still beckons tourists from far and wide for its aesthetic attractions. The…
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New team of Inner Wheel Mysore
August 1, 2025Mysore/Mysuru:The new team of Inner Wheel Club of Mysore was installed by Past District Chairman (PDC) Geetha Kuttappa along with the inauguration of the 60th Year (Diamond Jubilee) celebration of the Club. Sumathi Ganathe took over as the new President with Dr. Deepa Shekar as Secretary. On the occasion, 7 women auto drivers were provided…
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State-level Sugama Sangeetha Sammelana posters released
August 1, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: The two-day ‘Geethotsava-2025,’ a State-level Sugama Sangeetha Sammelana organised under the joint aegis of Mysuru District Unit of Karnataka Sugama Sangeetha Parishat and Kannada and Culture Department, will be held at Kalamandira on Hunsur Road in the city on Aug. 2 and 3. Announcing this at a press meet here yesterday, Parishat District President…
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