Month: August, 2026

Events Today

JSS Mysuru Urban Haat and Office of the Development Commissioner (Handlooms), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India

August 6, 2026

12th National Handloom Day celebrations, District-level Handloom Fair, Krishnaraja MLA T.S. Srivatsa inaugurates, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Additional Commissioner B.N. Veena and Department of Handlooms and Textiles (Mysuru) Deputy Director B.S. Somashekar guests, 4 pm; Expo open to public, JSS Mysuru Urban Haat premises, Hebbal Industrial Area, up to 9 pm.

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Appointed as APRO of Diocese of Mysore

August 6, 2026

Most Rev. Dr. Francis Serrao SJ, Bishop of Mysore, has appointed Gracian Rodrigues, former President of Konkani Christian Association, Mysuru, as the Associate Public Relations Officer (APRO) of the Diocese of Mysore, with effect from August 2026. He will function under the guidance of and in collaboration with the Vicar General & Public Relations Officer,…

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Free health camp on Aug. 11

August 6, 2026

NJS Charitable Trust, Mysuru, in association with Mysuru Veerashaiva Sajjana Sangha, has organised a free health check-up camp at Kanti Mallanna Kalyana Mandira on Kabir Road in Mandi Mohalla on Aug. 11 from 9.30 am to 2 pm. For registration and details, contact Mob: 94487-53597 or 99161-55453 or 94487-38657, according to a press release from…

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Apply for Taluk Co-ordinator post

August 6, 2026

The Women and Child Development Department has invited applications to fill one vacant post of the Taluk Co-ordinator under the Central Government’s Rashtriya Poshan Abhiyan (National Nutrition Mission). The post is a temporary honorarium & contract based. Those in the age group of 18-45 years who are able to write and communicate in Kannada and…

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Rly. pensioners monthly meeting

August 6, 2026

The monthly meeting of Railway Pensioners Welfare Association, Mysuru, will be held on Aug. 8 at its office in city at 11.30 am. Association General Secretary G.S. Swaminathan will address the pensioners regarding the activities of the Association and also narrate the circulars issued recently. Association President Parthasarathy will preside, according to a press release.

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Story-telling at Suruchi Rangamane

August 6, 2026

As part of ‘Kathe Kelona Banni-944’ programme, Kalasuruchi has organised a story-telling by V.G. Sridhara, Freelance & Heritage Photographer, Mysuru, at Suruchi Rangamane, #476, Chitrabhanu Road, Kuvempunagar, on Aug. 8 from 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm. For details, contact Mob: 92435-81097 or 99459-43115.

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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