Mysuru: A water bottle stuck under the brake pedal caused a serial accident involving four cars on the Mysuru-Hunsur Highway this morning, damaging all the vehicles and bringing traffic to a halt during peak hours. The accident occurred at 10.30 am between B.M. Hospital signal and the St. Joseph’s School signal near Temple Road. The…
Car veers off main road
October 9, 2026Mysuru: A speeding Swift Dzire carrying four people veered off the main road and crashed onto the service road near Akkamahadevi Road on the Outer Ring Road around 9 am today. According to reports, the car (KA-45-M-3545), driven by one Harish, went out of control. Police have termed it a self-accident, as no other vehicle…
‘Check fake goods, substandard food’
October 9, 2026MLA urges DC to curb sale of counterfeit ‘Mysuru Brand’ products Mysuru: Krishnaraja MLA T.S. Srivatsa has urged the Mysuru Deputy Commissioner (DC) to form a special squad to check sale of counterfeit and substandard food items and fake products sold under the ‘Mysuru Brand’ during Dasara. In a letter to the DC, he said…
Garden of Democracy
October 9, 2026Dasara Flower Show from Oct. 11 Mysuru: The Department of Horticulture will organise the Dasara Flower Show-2026 at Kuppanna Park from Oct. 11 to 21 under the theme ‘Festival of Democracy’, Joint Director K.N. Roopashree announced. Addressing a press conference at the Department’s auditorium in Curzon Park, Mysuru, she said the flower show would be…
Higher Education Minister holds review meeting of Mysuru, Hassan, Mandya and Chamarajanagar Varsities
October 9, 2026Mysuru: Higher Education Minister Basavaraj Raya Reddy reviewed the functioning of Mysore, Mandya, Hassan and Chamarajanagar Universities at Crawford Hall here on Wednesday. The Vice-Chancellors of all these Universities were present at the meeting. The Minister sought inputs on the number of permanent faculty, teacher vacancies, guest lecturers and outsourced faculty from the VCs. He…
Floral elephants, heritage replicas at Lingambudhi Botanical Garden
October 9, 2026Mysuru: Apart from Kuppanna Park, Lingambudhi Botanical Garden will also host a Dasara Flower Show, with floral displays and traditional decorations planned across the premises. Visitors will be welcomed at the entrance by a grand floral replica of elephants made using roses, chrysanthemums and ornamental foliage. A Bali-style arch made of coconut fronds and life-sized…
Howdah too Heavy for Mahendra
October 9, 2026Mysuru: Dasara tusker Mahendra, who was in the race to carry the Golden Howdah, failed to complete the weight-training exercise after refusing to move forward with the wooden howdah on his back yesterday. Officials subsequently decided to drop him from the race. Mahendra set out from the Palace premises last evening with the wooden howdah…
Protect migrant kids from abuse, exploitation: ADC
October 9, 2026Echo of girl’s rape, murder during Dasara-2025 Mysuru: In the wake of the rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl from a nomadic community in Mysuru during last year’s Dasara, the District Administration has stepped up measures to protect children accompanying migrant families, prevent child labour and curb abuse of minors during this year’s festival….
Mysore Bar Association greets new Principal District Judge Jayanth Kumar
October 9, 2026Mysuru: The Mysore Bar Association greeted new Principal District and Sessions Court Judge B. Jayanth Kumar, who assumed office at a programme organised in the Association premises in District Law Courts Complex here recently. Judge Jayanth Kumar replaces Justice Usharani, who was appointed as an Additional Judge of Karnataka High Court over a fortnight ago….
‘Name Old Mysuru region as Nalwadi Karnataka’
October 9, 2026Mysuru: With the State Government naming the erstwhile Hyderabad-Karnataka region as Kalyana Karnataka and Mumbai-Karnataka region as Kittur Karnataka, BJP MLC Raghu R. Kautilya has urged the State Government to name Old Mysuru region either as Nalwadi Karnataka or Nalwadi Mysuru region as a mark of honour for the erstwhile Mysore Maharaja Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar….














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