Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) has urged the State Government to implement the Supreme Court’s (SC) directive on preserving the historic Devaraja Market and Lansdowne buildings without any further delay. In a press statement, MGP Founding President Bhamy V. Shenoy said the Government should not file any appeal against the SC order and appealed…
‘SC order binding on all’
May 13, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Former Supreme Court (SC) Judge Justice N. Santosh Hegde has voiced support for preserving heritage structures and carrying out renovations wherever necessary to ensure their longevity. Sharing his views with MGP’s Bhamy Shenoy, Justice Hegde said that if the Apex Court had directed protection of Devaraja Market and Lansdowne building, there was no question…
Gold & Silver get costlier
May 13, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Customers purchasing gold, silver and platinum will have to shell out more as prices have sky-rocketed following increase in import duties by Central Government. The Government has increased the import duties of both gold and silver to 15 percent from 6 percent as a measure to curb rising imports of both gold and silver…
Blocked Road near Railway Goods Shed opens for trucks
May 13, 2026MP Yaduveer inspects Yadavagiri Goods Shed, promises amenities for truck drivers Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar visited the Railway Goods Shed at Yadavagiri and inspected the facilities and the surrounding road network this morning. More than 700 trucks load and unload goods at this shed every day. The MP also visited the stretch…
Actor Dileep Raj passes away
May 13, 2026Bengaluru: Kannada actor Dileep Raj (48) passed away here this morning after suffering a heart attack. Sources said that the actor suffered an attack at 6 am and was rushed to Apollo Hospital in Kumaraswamy Layout. Unfortunately, efforts to revive failed and the doctors declared him dead. He is survived by his wife Srividya and…
Two bikes with same number plates perplex RTO
May 13, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Two Royal Enfield bikes with the same registration number (MEG 2261) has become a headache to RTO officials who are trying their might to trace the original bike. These two bikes, one in the name of Jayanth of Mysuru and another in the name of a soldier from Andhra Pradesh are parked in front…
Caught in the act!
May 13, 2026Mirror wall fails to shame public urination offenders Mysore/Mysuru: In an innovative attempt to curb public urination, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) installed a stainless-steel mirror wall along Bengaluru-Nilgiri Road near the Sub-Urban Bus Stand. However, as the Kannada saying goes, “Nayi bala donku” (a dog’s tail can never be straightened), a recent incident showed…
Assembly reforms: Speakers’ panel begins parleys in Mysuru
May 13, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has constituted a high-level committee comprising Speakers of six State Legislative Assemblies to bring uniformity in the policies and procedures of Legislatures across the country, Uttar Pradesh Assembly Speaker Satish Mahana said. Addressing reporters after presiding over the committee’s first preliminary meeting at Silent Shores Resort & Spa in…
NHAI drops free-flow tolling plan on NH-275
May 13, 2026Open-loop road design hampers MLFF rollout on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway Mysore/Mysuru: The ambitious plan to convert the 117-km Mysuru-Bengaluru Access-Controlled Highway (NH-275) into a barrier-less, high-speed tolling corridor has been officially shelved. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) had planned to introduce the Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) tolling system from June 2026 to ensure seamless…
NEET-UG-2026 cancelled
May 13, 2026Bengaluru: National Testing Agency (NTA) has cancelled National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET)-UG-2026 held on May 3 across the country, following the alleged question paper leak, putting 23 lakh students including 1.5 lakh students of Karnataka in a state of quandary. This development comes first time since NTA took over the responsibility of conducting NEET…















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