Month: December, 2025

Major upgrade for city’s two heritage colleges
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Major upgrade for city’s two heritage colleges

December 26, 2025

Additional building for Maharani’s Women’s Science College, new hostel for Maharani’s Science and Arts College Mysore/Mysuru: Major educational infrastructure projects have taken off in Mysuru city with the commencement of construction of two key facilities — an additional building for Maharani’s Women’s Science College and a new hostel for Maharani’s Science and Arts College near…

Series of tragedies points to lapses in safety monitoring
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Series of tragedies points to lapses in safety monitoring

December 26, 2025

Mysore/Mysuru: Last night’s accident in front of the Jayamarthanda Gate of Mysore Palace, on the Bengaluru-Nilgiri Road, turned into a scene of sheer horror when a gas cylinder used for inflating balloons exploded, leaving the area drenched in blood and underscoring the gruesome nature of the tragedy. The dismembered remains of the deceased, strewn across…

Bridges on Highway get river name signages
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Bridges on Highway get river name signages

December 26, 2025

Mysore/Mysuru: Signboards displaying river names have finally been installed on bridges built across rivers along the 119-km Mysuru–Bengaluru Highway (NH-275), enhancing commuter awareness and geographical identification. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) installed the signboards as part of a commuter-friendly initiative on elevated bridges spanning various water bodies along the highway. On Aug. 12,…

Mega Cold Storage Unit to come up at APMC Yard
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Mega Cold Storage Unit to come up at APMC Yard

December 26, 2025

Mysore/Mysuru: In a boon to the farming community, a farmer friendly mega Cold Storage Unit is coming up in APMC (Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee) yard at Bandipalya on Mysuru-Nanjangud Road. This cold storage will help the farmers to store their produce whenever crop prices crash and until the price shoots up. This facility will also…

Glanders equine disease scare: 598 blood samples sent for lab testing
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Glanders equine disease scare: 598 blood samples sent for lab testing

December 26, 2025

Horse owners advised to halt inter-district sale, movement Mysore/Mysuru: The death of a two-year-old horse at Mysore Race Club (MRC) after contracting the deadly Glanders — a zoonotic bacterial disease — has prompted animal health authorities to collect and dispatch 598 blood samples, including those from three donkeys and 595 horses, to National Research Centre…

Unsafe LPG use by roadside vendors comes into focus
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Unsafe LPG use by roadside vendors comes into focus

December 26, 2025

Mysore/Mysuru: The balloon gas-filling cylinder blast in front of the Jayamarthanda Gate of Mysore Palace has once again drawn attention to unsafe practices followed by roadside food vendors who use LPG cylinders to cook food in public spaces. Many such vendors neither follow safety instructions nor are fully aware of the dangers involved. Street food…

Temple to distribute two lakh laddus to devotees on Jan. 1
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Temple to distribute two lakh laddus to devotees on Jan. 1

December 26, 2025

Mysore/Mysuru: Sri Yoganarasimhaswamy Temple in Vijayanagar will be distributing two lakh laddus to devotees visiting the Temple on Jan. 1. Addressing the media persons at the temple premises, this morning, Prof. Bhashyam Swamiji, Founder of Sri Yoganarasimhaswamy Temple, said that preparations are underway to distribute two lakh laddus with a total of 135 cooks working…

Noopura Shree Award conferred on Dr. Vasundhara Doraswamy
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Noopura Shree Award conferred on Dr. Vasundhara Doraswamy

December 26, 2025

Mysore/Mysuru: International danseuse Dr. Vasundhara Doraswamy, who is also the  Central Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardee, was conferred Noopura Shree  Prashasthi (Award) for her yeomen service to Bharatanatyam during the Smt. K. Vanajakshamma Memorial 30th Nritya Aradhana  in memory of Natyacharya Prof. K. Ramamurthy  Rao’s mother at a function held at Ganabharathi’s  auditorium  in Kuvempunagar recently…

Centenarian dies
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Centenarian dies

December 26, 2025

Nanjangud: Centenarian Lingappa (Paradeshi Lingappa) passed away at Hulimavu in                                Nanjangud taluk yesterday. The 100-year-old is survived by his wife Chinnamma, 4 sons, including former Hulimavu Gram Panchayat President H.L.Somashekar and Hulimavu Milk Producers Co-operative Society Director H.L. Shivakumar, 2 daughters and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were performed at Hulimavu this…

Youth dies of electrocution at Nanjangud taluk
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Youth dies of electrocution at Nanjangud taluk

December 26, 2025

Nanjangud: In a tragic incident, a 28-year-old youth died of electrocution at Hemmaragala in Nanjangud taluk on Thursday. The deceased youth has been identified as S. Mahesh (28), son of Somanna, a local BJP leader. Mahesh was cleaning his car near his farmhouse in Hemmaragala, when he accidentally trampled upon a fallen live wire and…

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