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, 2026NJS 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, 2026The 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, 2026The 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, 2026As 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.
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Elephant electrocuted
August 5, 2026Ponnampet: 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…
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Mysuru has capability to be a model city of the country: Urban Planner
August 5, 2026Mysuru: “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…
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Unabated menace of fake RTI activists
August 5, 2026Former 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, 2026Saraswathipuram 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, 2026Cops 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…
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