2-day voter list mapping drive begins ahead of Special Intensive Revision Mysore/Mysuru: Following directions from the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) today began a two-day verification and mapping drive to compare the 2002 electoral rolls with the 2025 electoral rolls in the city. The exercise is being conducted ahead of…
Grand procession marks Hanuma Jayanti
December 13, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Hundreds of devotees and members of various pro-Hindu organisations, wearing saffron shawls and carrying Bhagavad Dhwaja, took out a grand procession organised by the Mysuru Hanumantothsava Samithi as part of Hanuma Jayanti celebrations in the city this morning. The procession, featuring idols of Lord Rama, Lord Hanuman and Lord Shiva, began from Kote Anjaneyaswamy…
2-day Maagi Mela begins
December 13, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: A two-day ‘Maagi Mela‘ (Winter Festival) began at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry this morning, under the joint aegis of Sahaja Samrudha and Sahaja Seeds. It aims to provide protein-rich seeds/vegetables, which is required more during winter season. Dr. Shivaprasad Huded, Vice-Principal of JSS Ayurveda Medical College, inaugurated the Mela, which will be open for public…
Preventing human-wildlife conflict: Bandipur adopts tech eye to track wildlife
December 13, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Following a tragic incident in which three persons were killed and one seriously injured in tiger attacks near forest-edge villages of the Bandipur Tiger Reserve, the Forest Department has turned to advanced technology to monitor wildlife movement and prevent further human-wildlife conflict. The attacks occurred near villages in the Hediyala and Nugu ranges of…
Tiger sighting: Villagers choke Hunsur Highway
December 13, 2025Hanagodu: Farmers and villagers staged a ‘rasta roko’ near Mutturayanahosahalli in Hanagodu on Hunsur-Virajpet Highway yesterday, demanding the immediate capture of a tiger sighted in the area earlier in the day. Protesters said the tiger had been attacking livestock in Mutturayanahosahalli, Kallahalli, Nagamangala, Hairige, Tattekere and other villages. About six months ago, a video showing…
MP flags law and order collapse in Karnataka
December 13, 2025Raises issues of MDMA, stone-pelting and Udayagiri Police Station attack Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has urged the Union Government to put in place a robust legal framework to restore law and order in Karnataka, which he said has deteriorated alarmingly. Speaking during the Winter Session of Parliament on Friday, the MP flagged…
Chamundeshwari villages to get 24×7 water in six months: GTD
December 13, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: In another six months, every village in the Chamundeshwari Assembly Constituency will have 24×7 access to drinking water. This was announced by Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD) while participating in the inauguration of the Veerashaiva Lingayat Basava Balaga at the premises of V.K. Public School, Vijayanagar 3rd and 4th Stages, Vijayashreepura, in the city….
English Theatre Festival opens with play ‘Two Fathers’
December 13, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru has a long-standing tradition of English theatre, said veteran theatre artiste Sreemathi Hariprasad. She was speaking after inaugurating the first edition of Mysuru English Theatre Festival (METF), organised by Mysuru English Theatre Forum at Jagannatha Centre for Art & Culture in Vijayanagar last evening. The 3-day Fest, which runs till Dec. 14, was…
Horse health camp in Mysuru, Srirangapatna
December 13, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: PFA Mysore, in collaboration with Worldwide Veterinary Services (WVS), Ooty, had organised a two-day horse health camp on Dec. 9 and 10 across Mysuru and Srirangapatna. A total of 47 horses were examined and treated during the camp — 20 in Mysuru on Dec. 9 and 27 in Srirangapatna on Dec. 10. The veterinary…
Congress gets control of MCDCC Bank
December 13, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: With Congress backed candidates winning all the three seats after the counting of votes that was taken up yesterday following a Court order, the party has gained control over the administration of Mysuru-Chamarajanagar District Co-operative Central Bank (MCDCC Bank), having headquarters in Mysuru. With the declaration of victory of 3 Congress candidates, the party…















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