13-14 kgs daily for male jumbos; 11-12 kgs for females Mysuru: The first batch of nine Dasara elephants which have arrived in city from various elephant camps to participate in the world famous Jumboo Savari and housed in Mysore Palace premises, are being given special care and are put on special nutritional diet. Conservator of…
Residents cry foul over plan to divert Roopanagar water
September 6, 2026Bogadi Town Panchayat plans to connect overhead tanks to neighbouring Cauvery Nagar layout Mysuru: Residents of Roopanagar have objected to the Bogadi Town Panchayat’s move to divert drinking water from the layout to neighbouring Cauvery Nagar. Roopanagar layout was developed in 1990 by Deepa House Building Cooperative Society (DHBCS), about 10-km from Mysuru City Railway…
‘Best Teacher’ awards conferred
September 6, 2026Technology can’t replace teachers: Minister Dr. Yathindra Siddaramaiah Mysuru: District Minister Dr. Yathindra Siddaramaiah said that though Information Technology is advancing rapidly, with the advent of AI (Artificial Intelligence) in all sectors, technology can never replace the role of teachers. He was speaking after inaugurating the District-level Teachers Day celebrations marking the 138th birth anniversary…
Rajivnagar gets two Miyawaki mini forests
September 6, 2026Mysuru: In a bid to reduce rising temperatures, curb air pollution and enhance biodiversity, a mini-forest developed using the Miyawaki method was inaugurated at a park in front of Shine International School in Rajivnagar recently. Mysuru City Corporation Commissioner M.K. Savitha formally launched the project by planting saplings and watering them. The initiative is being…
Kalyani Cleaning Drive, Shramadhan by Seshadripuram students
September 6, 2026Mysuru: Seshadripuram Degree College, Hebbal, Mysuru, in association with the IQAC and NSS Unit, took an active initiative to clean the historic Kalyani at Doddamaragowdanahalli in Yelwal, Mysuru district, recently. Around 42 NSS volunteers actively participated in the cleaning drive. The Kalyani, which is more than 200 years old, had been completely covered with weeds,…
Senior citizen duped of Rs. 5 lakh by online fraudsters
September 6, 2026Mysuru: Cyber criminals, on the pretext of providing Senior Citizen Pension Card, have duped a 63-year-old man of Rs. 5 lakh. The senior citizen, who lost his money, is Lokesh (name changed), a resident of Ramakrishnanagar in city. On Sept. 2, when Lokesh was browsing his Facebook account, he came across a website link offering…
GTD elected as Karnataka Co-op. Federation President for 7th time
September 6, 2026Bengaluru: In yet another display of his dominance in the State Co-operative sector, Chamundeshwari JD(S) MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD) has been elected unopposed as the President of Karnataka State Co-operative Federation (KSCF), Bengaluru, on Friday. This is the seventh time that he has been elected President. B.K. Shivakumar has been elected unopposed as the Vice-President…
KSRTC ‘Power Plus’ gutted
September 6, 2026All 16 passengers escape unhurt; incident near Bilikere on Mysuru-Hunsur Highway Mysuru: A Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) electric bus ‘Power Plus’ was completely gutted after it accidentally caught fire near Rangaiahna Koppal close to Bilikere on Mysuru-Hunsur Highway yesterday. The incident occurred when the bus with 16 passengers was travelling towards Mysuru from Gonikoppa…
A deadly prick!
September 6, 2026Drunk juice vendor impaled on iron spikes, dies Mysuru: A sugarcane juice vendor died of excessive bleeding after getting his thigh pierced to the spikes of iron grill of a park in Nazarbad Police limits last night. Police sources said that the deceased is Ravikumar (38), a resident of Rajivnagar, a sugarcane juice vendor near…
Man ends life
September 6, 2026Mysuru: A loader at Mysuru New Goods Terminal (MNGT) Yard ended his life by hanging self to the iron grill of a Government School compound at Metagalli and the incident came to light this morning. The deceased has been identified as Santosh (33), a resident of Metagalli in city. It is said that Santosh initially…












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