Mysuru: Urban Development Minister Dr. Yathindra Siddaramaiah has assured that officials and staff found guilty in the erstwhile Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), now Mysuru Development Authority, site allotment scam will face disciplinary action as per law. Replying to questions raised in the Legislative Assembly by K.R. Constituency MLA T.S. Srivatsa on irregularities in MUDA’s…
Mysuru SP inspects Yuva Dasara venue
August 21, 2026Mysuru: A team of officials led by Mysuru SP Mallikarjun Baladandi, who is also the Deputy Special Officer for Yuva Dasara Sub-Committee, inspected the 100-acre land near Uttanahalli Road, which has been hosting Yuva Dasara for past two years, on Wednesday. The officials checked on various parameters including security aspects, organising the events, parking facilities…
Ahead of Dasara, 20 new buses hit city route
August 21, 2026Mysuru: Ahead of Dasara, the public transport has got a push with the State Government allocating 20 new buses to the fleet of KSRTC City Division. The City Bus Division had a vast fleet of buses, with 130 buses among them classified as condemned and sent to scrap previous year. To fill the gap, the…
Oxford Professor visits Dr. S. Radhakrishnan’s bungalow, Oriental Research Institute in city
August 21, 2026Mysuru: Prof. Diwakar Acharya, Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics at University of Oxford, England, visited Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Centre for Philosophy and Indian Culture, University of Mysore, at Saraswathipuram in the city this morning. Prof. Diwakar is holding the same position Dr. S. Radhakrishnan held during his stint at Oxford University between 1936…
Two-wheeler lifter arrested; 33 vehicles worth Rs. 15 lakh recovered
August 21, 2026Mysuru: Devaraja Police, have arrested a two-wheeler lifter and have recovered 31 two-wheelers worth about Rs. 15 lakh from him. The accused has been identified as 41-year-old Srinivas alias Seena, a resident of Niluvadi Village, Haranahalli Hobli in Periyapatna taluk. He was apprehended, when the Police team was investigating into a two-wheeler lifting case, which…
Father injured in assault; Teenage son ends life
August 21, 2026Fight over tying cow with neighbours leads to tragedy Nanjangud: A man suffered injuries, following a fight with his neighbours over tethering cows and was admitted to a hospital. Depressed over the incident, his son ended his life by hanging self later. The tragic incident took place at Singaripura village in the taluk on Wednesday….
Murder bid: Man gets 10-year rigorous imprisonment
August 21, 2026Mysuru: The 4th Additional District and Sessions Court has sentenced a man to 10 years rigorous imprisonment after he was found guilty of attempting to murder a man following old enmity. The accused who is convicted is Babu Thomas, while the victim is Chandrashekar. On June 14, 2022 at about 10.50 pm, Chandrashekar was standing…
Octogenarian among three gone missing from city
August 21, 2026Mysuru: In separate cases, an 80-year-old man is among three persons who have gone missing from city. In the first case, 80-year-old Ramegowda, who left his house in Metagalli Police limits on June 6 at about 4 pm, saying that he was going out to collect money, has since gone missing. Ramegowda speaks Kannada, Tamil,…
Masked men stab youth; flee with Rs. 20,000 cash
August 21, 2026Hunsur: Two bike- borne masked miscreants, who waylaid a youth, allegedly attacked him with a knife and robbing him of Rs. 20,000 cash, before fleeing away. The incident took place in a broad daylight near Modur Gate in the taluk on Wednesday afternoon. The youth, who was stabbed is identified as Sachin, son of Kalegowda,…
Chamundi Hill steps turn RED!
August 21, 2026Vermilion, turmeric leave steps slippery; devotees call for scientific cleaning Mysuru: The steps leading to Sri Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamundi Hill have turned red, not because of any divine curse, but due to the excessive application of vermilion (kumkum) and turmeric by devotees during the recent Ashada season as part of their vows to Goddess…













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