PM Modi inaugurates Rs. 3,300 crore OSAT facility at Sanand, Gujarat Sanand (Gujarat): Kaynes Technology, a Mysuru-based electronic design and manufacturing company (Kaynes Semicon), has begun commercial production at its semiconductor OSAT (Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test) Plant in Sanand, Gujarat, following its inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Mar. 31. The facility will…
IAS Officer M.S. Archana takes charge as CESC MD
April 1, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: IAS Officer M.S. Archana took charge as the new Managing Director (MD) of Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) Limited at CESC headquarters in Vijayanagar Second Stage here on Tuesday evening, following the retirement of K.M. Munigopal Raju upon superannuation on Mar. 31 (see page-9). Archana previously served as the Special Deputy Commissioner of Bengaluru…
CESC MD Munigopal Raju retires
April 1, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: K.M. Munigopal Raju, Managing Director (MD) of the city headquartered Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) Limited, who retired upon superannuation on Mar. 31, was given a warm farewell at a function organised at CESC Head Office in Vijayanagar Second Stage here yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, Srirangapatna MLA and CESC Chairman Rameshbabu Bandisiddegowda said…
Gajendra relocated after public appeal
April 1, 2026Lonely 75-year-old Dasara jumbo gets a new home at Mathigodu Mysore/Mysuru: Gajendra, the 75-year-old Dasara elephant who had been living in isolation at the Boodipadaga Elephant Camp in Chamarajanagar district, has been relocated to the Mathigodu Elephant Camp in the Nagarahole Range of Kodagu following orders from Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre. The move comes after…
Samiti warns against cutting lake buffer zone
April 1, 2026‘Reduction of buffer zone area will threaten very existence of lakes’ Mysore/Mysuru: Following the recent gazette notification issued by the State Government under the Karnataka Tank Conservation and Development Authority (Amendment) Act, 2025, revising lake buffer zones from a uniform 30 metres to a tiered system based on lake size, the Parisara Ulisi Samiti has…
‘Matsya Darshini’ near old DC’s Office: Preparations on to raze defunct canteen building
April 1, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Preparations are being made to build the city’s first hi-tech fish food stall ‘Matsya Darshini’ by Karnataka Fisheries Development Corporation Limited, near the old Deputy Commissioner’s (DC) Office. The old building to the right side of old DC’s Office, earlier being used as a canteen, located on the footpath of the road leading towards…
CM to visit Gundlupet on Apr. 21
April 1, 2026Gundlupet (Chamarajanagar): Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will inaugurate the project of filling up 110 lakes in Gundlupet taluk on Apr. 21, said MLA H.S. Ganesh Prasad. Presiding over the meeting of officials at Gundlupet Taluk Office auditorium here yesterday, he said that the CM would also inaugurate the works under the Amrut Project to provide drinking…
Veterinarian Dr. Nagaraj feted on attaining superannuation
April 1, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Renowned veterinarian Dr. Nagaraj, popularly known as the ‘Elephant Doctor,’ was felicitated for his meritorious service by his well-wishers on attaining superannuation on Mar. 30. Dr. Nagaraj has been a veterinarian for Dasara Jumbo squad for 21 times and had supervised the securing of the Golden Howdah atop Ambari elephants. A simple person, Dr….
House burgled at Vijayanagar
April 1, 2026Gold, silver, cash worth Rs. 7.53 lakh stolen Mysore/Mysuru: Burglars, who broke into a house at Vijayanagar 4th Stage, 2nd Phase, have decamped with gold jewellery, silver articles and cash worth Rs. 7.53 lakh from the house. The burglary took place at the house of one H.R. Raghu, when he and his family members had…
Model-making contest marks Natl. Science Day at St. Philos
April 1, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: In a vibrant display of scientific temper and creativity, the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) and the Department of Physics (UG & PG) at St. Philomena’s College, Mysuru, jointly organised the Oak Jubilee National Science Day-2026 (Phase II) Model- Making Competition on Mar.24 in the college auditorium. The competition featuring nearly 40 working models…














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