Protest walk seeks a full-fledged Environmental Impact Assessment Mysore/Mysuru: In the second major campaign against further development works atop Chamundi Hill, aimed at safeguarding its heritage and fragile environment, hundreds of Mysureans — children, youth and the elderly — climbed the thousand steps of the Hill this morning, urging the preservation of its religious, spiritual…
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made history this morning as she presented a record ninth consecutive Budget in the Parliament. This will take Sitharaman closer to the record of 10 budgets that were presented by former PM Morarji Desai over different time periods. She will continue to hold the record of presenting the maximum…
New Delhi: For the first time in India, that is Bharat’s fiscal history, the Union Budget was presented on a Sunday. Though weekend Budgets are not entirely new in India, a Sunday presentation has never happened before. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Union Budget for 2026-27 in the Lok Sabha at 11 am on…
‘Karnataka cited financial constraints and conveyed reluctance to share costs’ Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has assured that he will work towards reviving the shelved Mysuru-Kushalnagar railway line project. Speaking to Star of Mysore yesterday, he said that the project was scrapped following an assessment by the Railway Department, which concluded that it…
Mysore/Mysuru: The issue of an alleged encroachment of a lake in K.C. Layout (Kempu Cheluvajammanni Layout), near the foothills of Chamundi, was raised in the Legislative Assembly on Friday. Raising the matter, Krishnaraja MLA T.S. Srivatsa drew the Government’s attention to the sudden construction of a compound wall around the lake area and criticised officials…
Mysore/Mysuru: Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD) has issued instructions to the officers, to prepare an estimate for the works to permanently arrest the flow of UGD water towards Lingambudhi Lake and to take up the repair works of Raja Kaluve. He was speaking after inspecting the Raja Kaluve, near Kautilya Vidyalaya at Kanakadasanagar 2nd Stage,…
Mysore/Mysuru: A section of residents of Metagalli has approached the District Administration and the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), seeking urgent intervention against what they describe as unbearable industrial pollution in the Metagalli-Hebbal Industrial Estate. In a representation submitted to KSPCB Senior Environmental Officer and Deputy Commissioner, Brigade Symphony Owners’ Association (BSOA), Metagalli, expressed…
Madikeri: Alleging that Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Wadiyar is making false charges against the State Government over the Mysuru-Kushalnagar railway line, KPCC Spokesperson M. Lakshmana maintained that the State Government has completed the land acquisition process for executing the 87-km Mysuru-Kushalnagar railway project. Addressing a press meet here yesterday, Lakshmana said that the Railways had shelved…
Agri Department hosts District-level public interaction Mysore/Mysuru: In order to create wider public awareness on the health benefits of millets consumption as a rich nutrient, the Agriculture Department hosted a District-level public interaction with millet crops growers and sellers at P. Kalingarao Sabha Bhavan at Dasara Exhibition Grounds in city this morning. During the interaction,…
Mysore/Mysuru: In an effort to secure the top spot for Mysuru in the Swachh Bharat national cleanliness rankings, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) had organised a large-scale plogging campaign (an eco-friendly fitness activity that combines jogging, walking, or hiking with litter collection) at the foot of Chamundi Hill. The initiative, organised yesterday, witnessed enthusiastic participation,…
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