Mysore/Mysuru: Krishnaraja (KR) Constituency MLA T.S. Srivatsa has assured to take measures to allot 4,000 houses to houseless in the next three years. He was speaking during a programme organised to symbolically distribute the title deeds, release of rights documents and No Objection Certificates (NOC), to the beneficiaries of Ashraya Houses of KR Constituency —…
7 Budgets, 7 Sarees: Tribute to India’s handloom heritage
July 23, 2024New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman wore an off-white Mangalgiri saree with a magenta border from Andhra Pradesh to present the full Budget for 2024-25. Earlier in Feb. 2024, she wore a blue saree with Kantha stitch work, famous in West Bengal, while presenting the 2024 interim Budget. In 2023, she opted for a red…
Rs. 45 crore facelift for old DC Office
July 23, 2024City may get a Museum and Art Gallery Mysore/Mysuru: The Old Deputy Commissioner’s (DC) office, known as ‘Attara Kacheri’ during the British Regime, is all set to be converted into a museum. The Tourism Department has prepared a Detailed Project Report (DPR) to facelift and conserve the heritage building at a cost of Rs. 45…
Tourist vehicle owners, drivers press panic button!
July 23, 2024Loopholes in fixing GPS, panic button in tourist vehicles opposed in protest near RTO Mysore/Mysuru: Mysore District Tourist Vehicles Drivers and Owners Welfare Association staged a protest in front of the Regional Transport Office (RTO) West, on Vani Vilasa Road in the city yesterday, opposing the installation of Geographical Positioning System (GPS) and Panic Button…
Advances in geriatrics keep super seniors active, healthy
July 23, 2024Senior consultant Dr. B.V. Rajagopal delivers ‘Health Talk’ at Elder Citizens Council’ Mysore/Mysuru: Due to recent demographic changes and advancements in geriatrics, more super senior citizens (above 80 years) are now active and healthy, said Dr. B.V. Rajagopal, an eminent physician and senior consultant in medicine and clinical cardiology. He spoke to a well-attended audience…
KSRTC hands over Rs. 10 lakh relief to deceased passenger’s kin
July 23, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The wife of a person, who met his tragic end while alighting a KSRTC bus, has been handed over a relief of Rs. 10 lakh from KSRTC Accident Relief Fund. T. Puttaswamy (80) of Palahalli in Srirangapatna taluk, Mandya, had lost his life when he allegedly slipped while getting down from a KSRTC bus…
Bus fare hike imminent
July 23, 2024Bengaluru: The bus fare hike seems to be imminent with the State Government reportedly deciding to hike bus fares after the conclusion of the ongoing monsoon session of State Legislature, scheduled to end on July 26. The State-run Transport Corporations (KSRTC, BMTC, NWKRTC and KKRTC) have sought a 25 percent hike in bus fares in…
Day-long District BJP Executive Meeting begins
July 23, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The day-long Special Executive Meeting of Mysuru District (Rural) BJP began at GLN Convention Hall on Ring Road here this morning. State BJP General Secretary Nandeesh Reddy, also a former MLA, inaugurated the meeting, during which the party organisational matters, preparations and the strategy to be adopted for Local Body Polls that are likely…
Pay hike, clearance of arrears for KSRTC employees demanded
July 23, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: D.S. Suresh, Honorary President of KSRTC Employees Union, has urged for fulfilment of demands of KSRTC employees, including hike in salary and clearing salary arrears among others. He was speaking to media persons, after presiding over a meeting of district office-bearers of KSRTC Employees Union, at Jaladarshini in the city recently. “The previous BJP…
Advocates stage protest
July 23, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Strongly condemning the action of a Civil Judge at Badami in Bagalkot, who ordered the detention of an advocate for a silly reason, Mysuru city advocates voluntarily boycotted the court proceedings and staged a demonstration in front of the District Courts Complex on Krishnaraja Boulevard here yesterday. Maintaining that it was wrong on the…















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