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Vested interests spreading false claims on Gopura damage: Temple Authority
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Vested interests spreading false claims on Gopura damage: Temple Authority

January 16, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: Reacting to the High Court notice over alleged damage to Chamundi Hill, the Temple Gopura and other heritage structures due to the ongoing PRASHAD works, Sri Chamundeshwari Temple Development Authority Secretary M.J. Roopa said vested interests were spreading falsehoods. “Certain vested interests are claiming that the Gopura view will be obstructed or that digging…

Residents oppose PRASHAD works, voice concerns to Pramoda Devi Wadiyar
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Residents oppose PRASHAD works, voice concerns to Pramoda Devi Wadiyar

January 16, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: Strong opposition has emerged from residents against the development works being taken up at Chamundi Hill under the Central Government’s PRASHAD scheme. On Wednesday evening, members of the local community conveyed their objections to Pramoda Devi Wadiyar of the erstwhile Mysore royal family, stating that the works were unnecessary and detrimental to the sanctity…

2025 Mysuru Dasara inauguration row: Banu Mushtaq recalls threats, trolling and Court battles
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2025 Mysuru Dasara inauguration row: Banu Mushtaq recalls threats, trolling and Court battles

January 16, 2026

Intl. Booker Prize winner at Jaipur Lit Fest Jaipur: International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq has said that she endured years of harassment and violence for challenging patriarchy and communalism. Speaking at an interaction after delivering the keynote address at the five-day 19th Jaipur Literature Festival-2026 yesterday, she said she was subjected to sustained online…

Bhagini Raaga Sourabha Grand Karnatak vocal concert
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Bhagini Raaga Sourabha Grand Karnatak vocal concert

January 16, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: BSS Vidyodaya and RAAGA Music Academy, Mysuru, in association with Sanskar Bharati, have organised Bhagini Raaga Sourabha — a resplendent evening of Karnatak music featuring the accomplished young vocalist Vid. N.H. Shri Hari Bhat at BSS Vidyodaya in Krishnamurthypuram on Saturday (Jan. 17) at 6 pm. He will be accompanied by Vid. Rupanagudi Ratna…

Elected as Fellow of KSTA
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Elected as Fellow of KSTA

January 16, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: Dr. Shobith Rangappa, Director of Adichunchanagiri Institute for Molecular Medicine, Adichunchanagiri University, Mandya, has been conferred as Fellow of Karnataka Science and Technology Association (KSTA) by the State Government for his contribution to Science and Technology.  The award was presented to him by Science and Technology  Minister N.S. Boseraju and Prof.  A.H. Rajasab, Chairman…

Shabe-Mayraj-un-Nabi celebration
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Shabe-Mayraj-un-Nabi celebration

January 16, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: The Mosque Management Committees will be celebrating Shabe-Mayraj-un-Nabi and offer Namaz-e-Isha Prayers at various Masjids in city tonight. Prayer timings:  8 pm: Masjid Hazarath Meer Hayath Saheb, opp. Muslim Burial Grounds at Mandi Mohalla; 8.30 pm: Masjid Madeen Munawara at R.S. Naidu Nagar; 9 pm: Masjid Hali Meamoon Jamath on Vinoba Road in Shivarampet;…

Noopur team to present Kathak at BVB tomorrow
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Noopur team to present Kathak at BVB tomorrow

January 16, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: As part of its monthly cultural programme, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB), Mysuru Kendra, has organised Kathak recital by Hari & Chethana and team — Nidhika, Sirisha, Varuni, Udisha and Seema Krishnan — of Noopur Performing Arts Centre, Bengaluru, at BVB’s Thathachari auditorium in Vijayanagar 1st Stage at  6 pm on Jan. 17. Hari-Chethana, a…

Classical vocal concert
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Classical vocal concert

January 16, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: Sri Thyagaraja Sangeetha Sabha Charitable Trust, Mysuru, has organised a Karnatak classical vocal concert by Vidu. Rupasri Shankar at 6 pm tomorrow (Jan. 17) at Sri Lakshminarasimhaswamy Temple, SBM Colony, Srirampura, Mysuru. She will be accompanied by Vid. Amogha Nadadur on violin, Vid. Vikram Bharadwaj on mridanga and Vid. T.N. Ajay on ghata. Artiste’s…

Tarmac Talks
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Tarmac Talks

January 14, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: Amid the ongoing “Chief Minister’s chair battle” in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar held separate conversations with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at the Mysore Airport yesterday. The brief but private exchanges, which took place on the Airport tarmac, have triggered intense curiosity in State political circles. Shivakumar reached the…

Together on arrival, separate on departure
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Together on arrival, separate on departure

January 14, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: In a telling moment amid the Congress leadership tussle, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who had flown together from Bengaluru to Mysuru to receive Rahul Gandhi, took separate routes on their return. Though the official itinerary had both leaders scheduled to fly back to Bengaluru on the same special aircraft,…

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