Date: August 5th, 2026

Elephant electrocuted
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Elephant electrocuted

August 5, 2026

Ponnampet: An elephant, suspected to have died of electrocution, was found inside an estate at Mayamudi in Ponnampet taluk of Kodagu district this morning. The elephant, aged between 35 and 45 years, was reportedly electrocuted yesterday night after it came in contact with a power line in the estate belonging to one A. Devaiah. Hunsur…

Mysuru has capability to be a model city of the country: Urban Planner
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Mysuru has capability to be a model city of the country: Urban Planner

August 5, 2026

Mysuru: “With an organised and well co-ordinated planning, Mysuru has the capability of becoming a model city not only for Karnataka but to the entire country,” said Varun Michael Pais, an Urban Planner and Researcher at University of California, Berkeley. He was delivering a talk on the topic ‘Mysuru at crossroads: Planning, democracy and the…

Unabated menace of fake RTI activists
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Unabated menace of fake RTI activists

August 5, 2026

Former State Information Commissioner Dr. L. Krishnamurthy explains how RTI Act is blatantly being misused Mysuru: Former Commissioner of Karnataka Information Commission Dr. L. Krishnamurthy has expressed his regret over how the fake Right To Information (RTI) activists have reduced the very purpose of framing RTI Act. He was addressing the gathering at the 40th…

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Woman claims divine powers, allegedly cheats elderly man of Rs. 31.80 lakh

August 5, 2026

Saraswathipuram Police register case following Court direction Mysuru: A woman, claiming that she has divine powers, has allegedly cheated an elderly man from Bantwal of Rs. 31.80 lakh and Sarswathipuram Police, based on the direction from the Third JMFC Court, have registered a case. The accused woman is M.M. Vijayalakshmi, a resident of Saraswathipuram in…

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Two held for transporting ganja

August 5, 2026

Cops launch hunt to nab ganja supplier in Periyapatna Mysuru: In separate cases, Mandi Police have arrested two persons and seized 592 grams of ganja, while youths prevented smuggling of ganja at a village in Periyapatna and have handed over 1 kg of the narcotic substance to the Police. In the first case, Mandi Police…

Action & Auction…
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Action & Auction…

August 5, 2026

Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner M.K. Savitha has served a deadline of Aug. 15 for the vehicle owners to voluntarily clear their vehicles — unused, scrap or abandoned — parked on public roads, footpaths, road side and public places since a longer time. Any failure on the part of vehicle owners to heed the…

Vishwanath accuses Siddu of thwarting Tanveer Sait’s inclusion in Ministry
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Vishwanath accuses Siddu of thwarting Tanveer Sait’s inclusion in Ministry

August 5, 2026

Mysuru: Accusing former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of thwarting senior NR MLA Tanveer Sait’s entry to the State Cabinet, former MLC A.H. Vishwanath alleged that Siddaramaiah  has done so because he believes that the induction of Sait would pose a challenge for his Minister son Dr. Yathindra Siddaramaiah’s Mysuru District in-Charge responsibility. Addressing a press meet…

Chamundeshwari Vardhanti concludes with Durbar Utsava
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Chamundeshwari Vardhanti concludes with Durbar Utsava

August 5, 2026

Wadiyar era custom and tradition still practiced at Hill temple; Pramoda Devi Wadiyar participates in rituals performed to Utsava Murti Mysuru: The Vardhanti Mahotsava (birthday celebration) of Goddess Chamundeshwari atop Chamundi Hill in city concluded yesterday night with Durbar Utsava performed to the Utsava Murti of the presiding deity. Chief Priest of Chamundeshwari Temple Dr….

Legal awareness must among all: KSLSA Member-Secretary
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Legal awareness must among all: KSLSA Member-Secretary

August 5, 2026

Awareness programme on ‘POCSO Act, NDPS Act and The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act’ held in city Mysuru: District Judge and Member-Secretary of Karnataka State Legal Services Authority (KSLSA) H. Shashidhara Shetty has said it is essential for every public to be aware of law. He was speaking after inaugurating a legal awareness programme on…

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