Mysore/Mysuru: BJP-JD(S) coalition candidate K. Vivekananda is sure to emerge victorious in the ensuing Legislative Council Polls from South Teachers Constituency, said Former Chief Minister and JD(S) State President H.D. Kumaraswamy, here yesterday. Addressing the joint convention of JD(S) and BJP leaders at a convention hall in Nivedithanagar in city, H.D. Kumaraswamy said the ensuing…
Fresh attempt to revive Zoo aquarium project
May 22, 2024Search begins for transaction advisors to prepare DPR after studying technical & financial feasibility Mysore/Mysuru: The much-touted and long- pending world-class aquarium project at the Mysuru Zoo (Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens), which has been in limbo for over 12 years, has gained fresh traction. Zoo authorities are now looking to select transaction advisors or consultancies…
MCC Main Office building roof is leaking
May 22, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Following incessant rainfall, the roof of Main Office building of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), a heritage structure, is witnessing seepage of water at places, triggering anxiety among the staff. On Tuesday, the rooms in the first floor of the building were waterlogged affecting the functioning of several departments in MCC. The staff who reported…
Southwest Monsoon to be robust for Karnataka
May 22, 2024IMD predicts 106 percent more rain this monsoon, above normal levels across country Bengaluru: A cyclonic circulation is currently situated over North Kerala in the lower and middle tropospheric levels, with another circulation present over the North Coastal Andhra Pradesh region in the lower tropospheric levels, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). These circulations…
Cholera, vomiting-diarrhoea: K.R. Hospital, District Hospital get 25 additional bed facility
May 22, 2024MCC takes up preventive steps to control spread of epidemic Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to provide timely treatment to those suffering from vomiting, diarrhoea and cholera, the Health Department is keeping vigil across the district and 25 additional bed facilities have been made at KR Hospital in the heart of the city and at the…
Rains active in Kodagu; KRS Dam level rising steadily
May 22, 2024Madikeri: In Kodagu district, an average rainfall of 32.24 mm was recorded in the last 24 hours ending at 8.30 am on Tuesday. On the same day last year, the rainfall was 0.67 mm. The total rainfall from January to date is 230.48 mm, compared to 123.56 mm during the same period last year. Consequent…
CWMA orders Karnataka to release 2.5 tmcft of Cauvery water to TN
May 22, 2024Chennai: The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) on Tuesday directed Karnataka to comply with the Cauvery Water Regulatory Committee’s (CWRC) recommendation to release 2.5 tmcft (thousand million cubic feet) of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu for May. However, the authority has failed to guarantee the lower riparian State, Tamil Nadu, to receive its due share…
Miscreants siphon off Rs. 15.98 lakh from Hassan Dy.SP’s accounts
May 22, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Miscreants have siphoned off a total of Rs. 15.98 lakh from two bank accounts of Hassan Sub-Division Dy.SP P.K. Muralidhar. The Dy.SP has two Canara Bank accounts, one in Madikeri Main Branch and the other in Bhagamandala Branch. On May 20 at about 1.30 pm, the Dy.SP began getting messages on his mobile phone…
Seers to inaugurate BSS Vidyodaya at Krishnamurthypuram in city tomorrow
May 22, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: BSS Vidyodaya (formerly Bhagini Seva Samaja), built at Krishnamurthypuram in city under the joint aegis of Y.K. Amrutha Bai S.K. Surama Bai Bhagini Seva Samaja Educational and Cultural Trust and Sri Vijaya Vittala Vidya Pratishtana, will be inaugurated tomorrow (May 23) at 5 pm. Announcing this at a press meet at BSS Vidyodaya in…
Special lecture on ‘Anthropological Museum from Lakshadweep’ held
May 22, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: As part of International Museum Day – 2024, Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI), Southern Regional Centre, Mysuru, had organised a special lecture titled “Concept to Reality – The First Collections of Zonal Anthropological Museum from Lakshadweep Islands” in city recently. Prof. Pramod Kumar Misra, an esteemed anthropologist, delivered the lecture and delved into fascinating…















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