Month: May, 2026

‘SC order binding on all’
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‘SC order binding on all’

May 13, 2026

Mysore/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
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Gold & Silver get costlier

May 13, 2026

Mysore/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
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Blocked Road near Railway Goods Shed opens for trucks

May 13, 2026

MP 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
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Actor Dileep Raj passes away

May 13, 2026

Bengaluru: 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
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Two bikes with same number plates perplex RTO

May 13, 2026

Mysore/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!
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Caught in the act!

May 13, 2026

Mirror 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
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Assembly reforms: Speakers’ panel begins parleys in Mysuru

May 13, 2026

Mysore/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
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NHAI drops free-flow tolling plan on NH-275

May 13, 2026

Open-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
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NEET-UG-2026 cancelled

May 13, 2026

Bengaluru: 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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