Mysore/Mysuru: K. Lakshman (60), Founder-President of the city’s Lions Club of Narasimharaja and a resident of Kaverinagar, passed away at a private hospital here on Friday night. He leaves behind his wife, daughters and a host of relatives and friends. Lakshman also served as the Dharmadarshi of Chamundeshwari Temple in Kaverinagar. His last rites were…
9 child labourers rescued
June 29, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: In the month-long Pan India Child Labour Rescue and Rehabilitation Campaign organised by the District Administration as part of World Day Against Child Labour observed from June 1 to 30, the authorities, who raided shops and other commercial establishments across the city on June 24 and 25, have rescued nine child labourers found working…
Man brutally murdered in Nanjangud
June 29, 2024Nanjangud: In a ghastly incident, a 47-year-old man was brutally murdered by smashing his head with a boulder near Hadinaarukalu Mantapa close to Srikanteshwara Swamy Temple in the town, yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Bangaru, a vegetable merchant who used to supply to Tamil Nadu and a resident of Haradanahalli village in Chamarajanagar….
Scandalous violation of law in 50:50 ratio site distribution
June 28, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: In a surprise visit yesterday afternoon, a three-member team led by an IAS Officer grilled Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) Commissioner G.T. Dinesh Kumar and other officials over reports of MUDA allotting about 4,500 to 5,000 sites to land losers under a 50:50 ratio, allegedly circumventing the rules. The inspection team from Bengaluru comprised…
‘Somanathapura Tourist Circuit planned during forthcoming Dasara’
June 28, 2024Joint Director of Tourism M.K. Savitha inaugurates two-day India Domestic Travel Mart Mysore/Mysuru: Sri Chennakeshava Temple at Somanathapura near Bannur in the district, that was declared United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) World Heritage Site in September 2023, still remains unexplored by many tourists, when it comes to the volume of tourists visiting…
UoM presents Rs. 80.35 crore deficit budget for 2024-25
June 28, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: A deficit budget of Rs. 80.35 crore for the year 2024-25 was presented by Finance Officer K.S. Rekha at the University of Mysore (UoM) Academic Council Meeting held at Crawford Hall here this morning. Rekha said the expected revenue is Rs. 277.39 crore as against the expenditure of Rs. 357.74 crore, resulting in a…
Glass bridge in Madikeri faces landslide risk; closed
June 28, 2024Heavy rains pound Kodagu District; Dubare Elephant Camp shut as River Cauvery swells Kushalnagar: The second glass bridge in Kodagu district, installed just four months ago at Nandi Motte in Hebbatageri village on the road to Abbey Falls and Mandalapatti in Madikeri taluk, is now facing a precarious situation. Following a landslide underneath the bridge…
Walk to learn civic issues in your Wards: GTD tells MCC Officers
June 28, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Chamundeshwari JD(S) MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD) has suggested the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) officials to go on a walk or a tour of the Wards in their jurisdiction in the morning hours, to understand the problems faced by people and redress them. He was speaking during a progress review meeting on MCC Wards in…
‘MUDA collecting taxes from Layouts handed over to MCC’
June 28, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: MLA G.T. Devegowda has directed MCC Commissioner Ashaad-Ur-Rahman Shariff to write to Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) again, not to collect taxes from the residents of Ananda Nagar, which has been already handed over to MCC. Citing Karnataka Municipal Corporation (KMC) Act, GTD said “As per the Act, the local bodies should collect the…
Valmiki Development Corporation Scam: BJP stages massive protest, seeks resignation of CM Siddaramaiah
June 28, 2024Police foil bid to lay siege to DC Office Mysore/Mysuru: As part of its Statewide agitation demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in connection with the alleged financial irregularities to the tune of Rs.187 crore in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation (KMVSTDC), the City and District Units of the BJP staged…












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