Mysore/Mysuru: Lashing out at the State Government for failing to address farmer issues despite farmers of Belagavi region protesting for days demanding minimum price of Rs.3,500 per tonne of sugarcane, Union Minister for Steel and Heavy Industries H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) wondered what Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was doing when farmers have hit the streets in Northern…
Dragon Pond to fire up Dasara Expo Grounds
November 7, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: The Dasara Exhibition Grounds, which is drawing large crowds since the day it was opened to the public this year, will soon have a new addition aimed at keeping the venue active throughout the year. While the exhibition typically runs for about 90 days during and after Dasara, the grounds remain dormant for the…
Filling vacant Govt. jobs: AIDYO launches signature campaign
November 7, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Seeking the filling up of all vacant posts in State and Central Governments and urging an end to irregularities in recruitment, the All India Democratic Youth Organisation (AIDYO) launched a signature campaign in front of Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple at the Palace North Gate yesterday, as part of its nationwide movement. The AIDYO members pointed…
KSRTC completes fleet-wide fire emergency safety checks
November 7, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: In the aftermath of the horrific bus fire in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh — where 20 passengers lost their lives after a private sleeper bus travelling from Hyderabad to Bengaluru caught fire following a collision with a bike — the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) Mysuru has launched a comprehensive safety audit of its…
Peripheral Cancer Centre to come up in Mysuru
November 7, 2025Bengaluru: The State Cabinet has approved the construction of Peripheral Cancer Centre at the premises of PKTB Sanatorium on KRS Road in Mysuru. The Cabinet which met here yesterday gave its approval for purchasing required medical equipment at a cost of Rs. 94.55 crore for the Cancer Centre. The Centre will come up adjacent to…
Hindus face State-sanctioned apartheid: Dr. Anand Ranganathan
November 7, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Eminent scientist, author and political commentator Dr. Anand Ranganathan said that India’s secular framework has evolved into a structure of “State-sanctioned apartheid” where laws and practices privilege minority communities and constrain the majority. He was speaking at the launch of Kannada version of his best seller ‘Hindus in Hindu Rashtra: Eighth-Class Citizens and Victims…
U-turn…
November 7, 2025Student retracts bribery charge against UoM officials; receives marks card Mysore/Mysuru: A day after staging a lone protest by lying down in the middle of the road in front of Crawford Hall — the administrative building of the University of Mysore (UoM) — on Tuesday, alleging that Varsity officials had demanded a bribe to issue…
Music University to hold its 10th Convocation tomorrow
November 7, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: The 10th Annual Convocation of Karnataka State Dr. Gangubai Hangal Music and Performing Arts University will be held at its premises on JLB Road in city on Nov. 8 at 11.30 am. Governor-Chancellor Thaawarchand Gehlot will preside. Kalamandalam University, Kerala, Vice-Chancellor Prof. B. Ananthakrishnan, will be the chief guest and deliver the Convocation address….
Private firm employee waylaid, assaulted on Pulikeshi Road
November 7, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: A private company employee and his friend were allegedly waylaid and assaulted with a lethal weapon on Pulikeshi Road in Mandi Mohalla during the early hours of Tuesday. The victims have been identified as S. Rajeev, a resident of T.K. Layout and his friend Tejas. At around 2.30 am, Rajeev, who works at a…
Kanakadasa Jayanti in city on Nov. 8
November 7, 2025Mysore/Mysuru:The 538th Bhakta Kanakadasa Jayanti will be celebrated under the aegis of Kanakadasa Jayantyotsava Samiti at Kalamandira on Hunsur Road here tomorrow (Nov. 8). Announcing this at a press meet in city yesterday, Samiti President M.K. Somashekar, who is also a former MLA, said that the Jayanti celebrations will begin with a grand procession of…















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