Month: January, 2026

In Briefs

Elected unanimously

January 31, 2026

The following have been declared elected unanimously as the Board of Directors of United Minorities Credit Co-Operative Society Ltd., Rajivnagar, for the year 2026-31: S. Moinuddin Pasha, Aslam Pasha, M.M. Fakkir Mohammed, Noor Farzana, Mohammed Ayub, Khalilur Rahman Khan, Adil Khan, Tabreez Ahmed, J. Hidayath Kabeer, Jude Benedict Daly and Asma Tabassum. Meanwhile, the election…

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Pustakotsava extended

January 31, 2026

Due to public demand, the University of Mysore’s Prasaranga, located on Hunsur Road, Manasagangothri, has extended ‘Prasaranga Pustakotsava – 2025,’ a book fair in which Prasaranga publications will be sold at a discounted price, by another month till Feb. 28. The fair was earlier scheduled to end on Jan. 31. This is the 2nd extension,…

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Public interaction

January 31, 2026

In order to create a wider public awareness about the significance of Millets (Siridhanya), the Agriculture Department has organised a public interaction with millet crops growers and sellers, at P. Kalingarao Sabha Bhavan in Dasara Exhibition Grounds at 11 am tomorrow (Feb. 1). Prior to the interaction, a Millets Walk (Siridhanya Nadige) will be taken…

Barrier-free toll from June on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway: No more stopping to pay toll
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Barrier-free toll from June on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway: No more stopping to pay toll

January 30, 2026

Long queues at toll plazas set to ease Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to ensure smoother traffic flow on the access-controlled Mysuru-Bengaluru National Highway-275 and to ease congestion at the existing toll plazas, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has begun implementing a Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) tolling system. The implementation process has commenced, and…

Something Smelly…
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Something Smelly…

January 30, 2026

Stench from house alerts ‘Mane Mane Police’ team; leads to chemical seizure on Mysuru outskirts Mysore/Mysuru: Has the drug manufacturing network extended from Mysuru city limits to its outskirts or rural hinterland? This question is now troubling the Police. A day after the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) raided a chemical manufacturing unit in the Hebbal…

Echo of NCB raid on chemical factory in Hebbal: Industries asked to verify tenants, report suspicion
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Echo of NCB raid on chemical factory in Hebbal: Industries asked to verify tenants, report suspicion

January 30, 2026

Industrialists must know what happens inside their units: City Police Commissioner Mysore/Mysuru: In the wake of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) from New Delhi raiding a chemicals factory in the Hebbal Industrial Area, City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar convened a meeting with industrialists and representatives of industrial management boards in Mysuru to curb illegal activities….

Landlords liable if tenants indulge in illegal acts: DCP
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Landlords liable if tenants indulge in illegal acts: DCP

January 30, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: Addressing industrialists, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) (Crime and Traffic) K.S. Sundar Raj advised landlords to remain constantly vigilant, warning that if tenants are found involved in illegal activities, property owners could land in serious trouble. He cautioned against renting premises solely for higher rents, noting that landlords could face legal difficulties if their…

Chemical factory owner taken into NCB custody
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Chemical factory owner taken into NCB custody

January 30, 2026

Transit warrant obtained from Court to take him outside Karnataka Mysore/Mysuru: In connection with the raid on a chemical factory in Hebbal Industrial Area, sleuths of the Delhi Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) took the factory owner, Ganpath Lal, into custody. After being subjected to sustained interrogation, he was produced before a Mysuru Court yesterday and…

Maharashtra Police forced to act in CM’s home turf: BJP MLA
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Maharashtra Police forced to act in CM’s home turf: BJP MLA

January 30, 2026

Mysuru losing cultural destination image due to drug menace: MP Yaduveer Bengaluru/Mysuru: At the ongoing Legislative session, BJP MLA Sunil Kumar expressed concern that the law and order situation in Karnataka had deteriorated to such an extent that Police from Maharashtra were forced to come to Mysuru — the Chief Minister’s home district — to…

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