Date: October 10th, 2026

Dasara is here
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Dasara is here

October 10, 2026

Gavimutt Seer to open festivities atop Chamundi Hill tomorrow Mysuru: Mysuru is ready for the inauguration of the 416th Nada Habba Mysuru Dasara atop Chamundi Hill tomorrow (Oct. 11), with final preparations being completed this morning. Abhinava Sri Gavisiddeshwara Mahaswamiji of Gavimutt, Koppal, will inaugurate this year’s festivities. The Seer is expected to arrive in…

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Directions, helplines, traffic closure at your fingertips

October 10, 2026

Visit: https://mysurupolicedasaraportal.com Mysuru: Mysuru City Police have launched a visitor information portal to help tourists access official announcements, emergency helplines, directions and safety information during Dasara. Available in Kannada and English, the portal (https://mysurupolicedasaraportal.com) can be accessed through any web browser on a smartphone or computer without installing an app or logging in. Visitors can…

Two-phase security strategy for Dasara
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Two-phase security strategy for Dasara

October 10, 2026

Mysuru: The City Police have drawn up an elaborate security plan for Dasara, deploying 5,161 Police officers and personnel from the civil and traffic wings, along with 33 Karnataka State Reserve Police platoons.  In addition, 25 City Armed Reserve / District Armed Reserve platoons, 24 Anti-Sabotage Check Teams and 1,500 Home Guards. Addressing a press…

MLA Sait opens white-topped National Highway stretch
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MLA Sait opens white-topped National Highway stretch

October 10, 2026

Between Millennium Circle (LIC Circle) and Kempegowda Circle (Manipal Hospital Junction) Mysuru: Narasimharaja MLA Tanveer Sait this morning opened a newly white-topped 1.7-km stretch of the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway, between Millennium Circle (LIC Circle) and Kempegowda Circle (Manipal Hospital Junction), for vehicular traffic. He inaugurated the stretch by cutting a ribbon at Millennium Circle, a day…

Last round of waste clearance drive along Ring Road
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Last round of waste clearance drive along Ring Road

October 10, 2026

Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), along with other Urban Local Bodies of the city (Hootagalli City Municipal Council and Srirampura,  Bogadi, Rammanahalli and Kadakola Town Panchayats) carried out the second round of mass cleanliness and waste clearance drive along the entire stretch Outer Ring Road today. The MCC had undertaken the drive under the…

Massive Swachhata Abhiyaan at new Courts Complex
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Massive Swachhata Abhiyaan at new Courts Complex

October 10, 2026

Mysuru: In yet another initiative in taking forward its cleanliness campaign, the MCC, in association with the Judicial Department, launched a massive Swachhata Abhiyaan campaign at the new Law Courts Complex at Malalawadi in Jayanagar (behind Apollo BGS Hospital) on Friday. Speaking after inaugurating the campaign and unveiling the Swachhata Logo, Principal District and Sessions…

Gold Cards in black!
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Gold Cards in black!

October 10, 2026

Mysuru: Seven Gold Cards for Mysuru Dasara were advertised for sale on Instagram, raising suspicions of black-market trading. A youth operating an Instagram page under the name ‘Tilak 76’ posted a photograph of seven Gold Cards and advertised that Dasara passes were available yesterday. He claimed only a few were left and asked interested buyers…

Man brandishes machete in Gokulam, issues life threat
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Man brandishes machete in Gokulam, issues life threat

October 10, 2026

Mysuru: Mysuru, known as the cultural capital and a ‘Yoga Hub’, attracts tourists from across India and abroad. Many foreigners stay here for months to learn Yoga and explore the city’s heritage. Yet, residents themselves are increasingly worried about their safety. Despite initiatives such as ‘Citizen-friendly Police’ and ‘Mane Manege Police’, they allege that the…

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Court nod needed to proceed with FIR…

October 10, 2026

Mysuru: After issuing a Non-Cognizable Report (NCR) instead of registering an FIR, the V.V. Puram Police summoned complainant V. Prajwal to the Police Station again this morning. Following the publication of a report on the incident in Mysuru Mithra, sister concern of Star of Mysore, City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar instructed V.V. Puram Inspector Vivekananda…

Mandya Additional SP Thimmaiah passes away
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Mandya Additional SP Thimmaiah passes away

October 10, 2026

Mysuru: Mandya Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Cheyyanda E. Thimmaiah (Arun) passed away in the early hours of this morning following brief illness. He was aged 57 years and is survived by his wife Divya (Bolakaranda), daughter Kajal and a host of relatives and friends. He was a native of Balamberi village in Madikeri taluk…

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