Mysore/Mysuru: KPCC Spokesperson M. Lakshmana has said that the alleged MUDA sites scam was a conspiracy orchestrated by the Opposition BJP and JD(S). Speaking to reporters opposite the Lokayukta Office in city this morning, he claimed that certain BJP and JD(S) leaders with “a criminal mindset” hatched a plot to falsely implicate Chief Minister Siddaramaiah…
Akkare Hospital opens in city
January 29, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Akkare Hospital, city’s first super speciality hospital for children and dedicated to comprehensive care for children and women on Kalidasa Road in V.V. Mohalla, was inaugurated recently. The hospital is equipped with modern infrastructure, child-friendly environment, advanced diagnostics and safety-driven clinical protocols aimed at delivering high-quality and ethical medical care with a vision to…
Veteran Trade Union Leader Ananth Subbarao passes away
January 29, 2026Bengaluru: Veteran Trade Union Leader H.V. Ananth Subbarao (85), a resident of Vijayanagar in Bengaluru passed away yesterday. The face of State Road Transport Employees Unions in Karnataka, Subbarao joined the Trade Union movement in 1960s. He was the longest serving General Secretary of All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), of which he was the…
Giraffe Yuvaraja dies at Mysuru Zoo
January 29, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Yuvaraja, a male giraffe, aged about 25 years died at about 10.30 am yesterday due to senility at the Zoo. He was one of the major attractions at Mysuru Zoo. Born on Dec. 7, 2001 to Henry and Honey, which were brought from Germany in 1987, Yuvaraja was hand reared by the animal keepers…
Cultural Exchange Programme of Mysuru’s IIET & Jaffna’s TAG
January 29, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: A Cultural Exchange Programme between the Indian Institute of Educational Theatre (IIET), Mysuru and the Theatre Action Group (TAG), Jaffna, Sri Lanka, led by Dr. K. Sithamparanathan, was held at Hardwicke School premises on JLB Road in Mysuru recently. Senior Theatre Director Shashidhar Adapa and renowned folk singer Dr. Mysore Gururaj were also present …
Special registration drive for unorganised labourers
January 29, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka State Unorganised Workers Social Security Board and Department of Labour is conducting a special registration drive under Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan (PM-SYM) for unorganised labourers till Mar. 15. District Level Implementation Committee headed by Deputy Commissioner has been formed to conduct the drive in association with various Panchayat Raj institutions, Urban Local…
Vijaya Dabbe memorial contests
January 29, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Samatha Adhyayana Kendra has invited entries from young writers and poets for Dr. Vijaya Dabbe Memorial State-level ‘Lalitha Prabandha’ (Light essay or Lyric essay) and Poetry contests. Women writers in the age group of 20 to 40 years can take part in essay contest while youths in the age group of 20 to 35…
Annual Awards Day ceremony held
January 29, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Citizen Convent at Udayagiri celebrated its Annual Awards Day for the academic year 2025-26 at Kalamandira on Hunsur Road in city recently. The event was graced by MLA Tanveer Sait, MLC Madhu Madegowda, JSS Pharmacy College Associate Professor Dr. Shilpa Palaksha and Secretary of Mysore District Chemists and Druggists Welfare Association Amanullah Khan. Founder-Secretary…
Gita on Relationships
January 29, 2026By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Krishna uses three powerful words in the Gita to understand relationships: adhyatma, adhidaivam and adhiyajnam. They appear in chapters 7 and 8, when Arjun asks how to understand the layers of existence and why humans struggle to deal with the world. These Sanskrit words can sound…
Subway to nowhere on Sayyaji Rao Road
January 29, 2026Sir, Sayyaji Rao Road — our historic Raja Marga and the pride of Mysuru’s Dasara procession — today presents a sorry sight. Broken tiles, neglected infrastructure and an unscientific pedestrian subway have turned this once-royal stretch into a zone of filth, stench and public inconvenience. What should reflect Mysuru’s cultural grandeur now resembles a neglected…















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