Initially the train will run from Apr. 1 to July 23: MP Mysore/Mysuru: Thanks to the efforts of Mysuru-Kodagu MP Prathap Simha, the Railway Ministry has approved running of an express train between Mysuru and Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. In a social media post under the head ‘Get ready to travel to Rameswaram,’ MP Simha…
Ensure no water crisis during summer: DC tells officials
February 25, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: With summer season fast approaching, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. K.V. Rajendra asked officials to take precautionary steps and measures to ensure that there is no drinking water crisis in the district during summer. He was presiding over the District Disaster Management Committee meeting at his office on Bannur Road in Siddarthanagar here recently. Stressing…
Krishnaraja Housing Scheme in limbo; MLA raises it in House
February 25, 2024Bengaluru: Krishnaraja MLA T.S. Srivatsa has underscored the urgent need for Housing Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan to expedite the construction of houses for beneficiaries in his Constituency. Highlighting the details, Srivatsa mentioned that the State Government had already approved the construction of 1,440 houses and had identified the beneficiaries. However, as the location of the…
Newspaper circulation and cartoons’ popularity falling: MP Prathap Simha
February 25, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: ‘Vyangyachitra Simhavalokana,’ a Kannada book authored by cartoonist M.V. Nagendra Babu (Banter Babu) was released at a programme organised jointly by Karnataka Cartoonists’ Association, Bengaluru and District Kannada Sahitya Parishat, Mysuru, at Kannada Sahitya Bhavan, Vijayanagar, in city yesterday. Mysuru-Kodagu MP Prathap Simha, who released the book, said: “Drawing a cartoon is not an…
Magha Purnima: Devotees take holy dip in River Cauvery at Srirangapatna
February 25, 2024Srirangapatna: Sri Nimishamba Temple located on the banks of River Cauvery witnessed a heavy rush yesterday morning with devotees arriving in large numbers to take a holy dip in the river on the occasion of Magha Purnima, believed to be sacred as per the Hindu tradition. The devotees, after taking the holy dip, visited Nimishamba…
State Government Employees Meet in Bengaluru on Feb. 27
February 25, 2024Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to inaugurate Mysore/Mysuru: A day-long conference of State Government employees will take place at Krishna Vihar, Palace Grounds in Bengaluru on Feb. 27. Addressing a press meet here recently, Karnataka State Government Employees Association Mysuru District Unit President Govindaraju said Karnataka High Court Judge Krishna S. Dikshit will inaugurate the workshop organised…
Industrialists, bizmen attend Export Awareness Camp
February 25, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: A one-day awareness camp on export was organised by Visvesvaraya Trade Promotion Centre (VTPC), Bengaluru, at Institution of Engineers-India (IEI), Mysuru Centre, on Feb. 20. The camp, organised in association with District Industries Centre (DIC), Mysuru and Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industries (MCCI), saw the participation of industrialists and businessmen, irrespective of men…
Felicitation to Dr. C.N. Manjunath tomorrow
February 25, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Former Jayadeva Hospital Director Dr. C.N. Manjunath, who retired recently from service, will be felicitated at ‘Dhanyavaada Dhanvantari’ felicitation programme organised by Nammooru Nammoru Samsthe at Kalamandira in city at 5 pm tomorrow (Feb. 26). Announcing this at a press meet at Pathrakartara Bhavan here yesterday, Samsthe President Beedanahalli Satish Gowda said that Dr….
Dr. Sudhendar Hanumantha Rao passes away
February 25, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Dr. Sudhendar Hanumantha Rao (58), a Mysurean, who was working as a Dean of IIM, Sambalpur in Orissa, passed away on Feb. 22 at Odisha. He leaves behind his wife Gayathri, one son and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were held on Feb. 23 at Sambalpur in Odisha, according to his…
Fund Crunch Traffic signal project delayed
February 24, 2024Lapse of funds, additional expenses force MCC to borrow bank loan to salvage project The MCC will procure funds from the banks to install the traffic signals and the process is on. We expect the sanction of money immediately. Five traffic signal lights will be installed in two to three days and five others will…















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