B.K. Mala (69), wife of retired Special Deputy Commissioner K. Tammaiah and a resident of Gokulam, passed away at a private hospital in city on Friday. She leaves behind her husband, one son, one daughter and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were held at Chirashanthidhama in Gokulam yesterday afternoon.
Madanlal Bohara
August 16, 2026Mysuru: Madanlal Bohara (82), a resident of Siddarthanagar, passed away yesterday in city. He leaves behind four sons, three daughters and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were held at the foot of Chamundi Hill this morning, according to family sources.
Preeth Appaiah summits Mt. Kosciuszko in Australia
August 16, 2026Mysuru: Mysuru’s mountaineer Jammada Preeth Appaiah, a resident of Bannimantap, successfully scaled Mt. Kosciuszko in Australia on the occasion of India’s 80th Independence Day yesterday. Mount Kosciuszko is the highest mountain of mainland Australia, at 2,228 metres (7,310 ft) above sea level. It is located on the Main Range of the Snowy Mountains in Kosciuszko…
City’s Padmapriya wins singles title
August 16, 2026ATF 14&U Grade A Tournament Mysuru: Mysuru’s Padmapriya Ramesh Kumar was crowned champion in the Girls’ Singles at the ATF 14&U Grade A Tournament (South East Asia), which concluded at Epsom College, Malaysia yesterday. In the finals, Padmapriya showed tremendous fighting spirit to overcome fellow Indian Khushi Kadian 7-6(7), 2-6, 6-1. In the semi-finals, she…
A 96-year-old recalls… Freedom’s First Dawn
August 16, 2026Padma Shri S. Subbaraman, 96, a retired Superintending Archaeological Chemist with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), recalls the exhilaration of August 15, 1947, when he was a 17-year -old Intermediate student in Coimbatore.Now settled in Mysuru, his remarkable ASI career included conservation and restoration work at the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan, Ajanta Caves, Lepakshi…
Impressionz Gallery inaugurated in city
August 16, 2026Impressionz Gallery, Mysuru’s first contemporary gallery for art, culture and exhibition, was inaugurated in Lakshmipuram yesterday. Seen in the picture are (from left) Krupa Sumanth, Dr. Chaitra Bharath, Kavya Pola, Dr. Anushika Babu, Vinattaa Rao and Aparna Ranga.
Mysuru RBI unit leads India’s foray into polymer notes
August 16, 2026Develops model design for currency notes of Rs. 10 and Rs. 20 denominations By Bapu Lingaraj Urs Mysuru: For the first time in India, polymer (plastic) currency notes are set to undergo field trials, with the Reserve Bank of India’s note printing unit in Mysuru playing a key role. Significantly, the model design for the…
Stop garbage dumping near Govt. School
August 16, 2026Simply putting up a Rs. 1,000 penalty board is not enough… Sir, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has put up a board warning that anyone dumping garbage at the location will be fined Rs. 1,000. However, despite the warning, people continue to dump garbage there, particularly during night. The situation has become extremely unhygienic and the…
Ganabharathi and Raasavrunda
August 16, 2026‘Nartana Namana,’ Pu.Ti.Na’s ‘Gokula Nirgamana’ in memory of Dr. K. Rama Shastry, Dance choreography by Vidu. Nandini Eswer; Music direction by late Vidu. S.K. Vasumathi; Dance direction by Dr. Rohitha Eswer; Performing artistes are Chinmayee Bharadwaj, M.S. Nityashree, M.A. Anisha, L. Kundanika, Sanvi Samarth, N. Harini, U. Brunda, Sinchana Iyengar, N. Anuradha, N. Devika, N….
Department of Studies (DoS) in Jainology & Prakrit and Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies (KIKS), Manasagangothri
August 16, 2026Special lecture programme, DoS in Jainology and Prakrit Chairperson Dr. S.D. Shashikala delivers keynote address, University of Mysore (UoM) VC Prof. N.K. Lokanath inaugurates, KIKS Director Prof. M. Nanjaiah Honganur presides, lectures by Prof. Padma Shekar and Prof. H.L. Shyla, KIKS premises, 2.30 pm.













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