Mysore/Mysuru: Union Minister of State for Railways V. Somanna has called the move of the Opposition parties to oppose the Women’s Reservation Bill tabled in the Parliament recently, as a ‘sinful act.’ Addressing media persons at City BJP Office in Chamarajapuram here yesterday, Somanna called out Congress, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and other parties of…
Premature infant dies at Cheluvamba Hospital
April 24, 2026Parents allege ant colony attack, hospital denies; post-mortem report awaited Mysore/Mysuru: A premature infant admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Cheluvamba Hospital has died, with the parents alleging that the baby was attacked by a colony of ants and accusing hospital staff of gross negligence. A complaint has been lodged at Devaraja…
ADC directs officials to clear lake encroachments
April 24, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Additional DC Dr. P. Shivaraju has directed officials to carry out a survey of all lakes and other water bodies in the district and to take measures for clearing of encroachments along lake banks, within a week. Presiding over a meeting of District Level Lake Conservation Committee at the ZP Hall here on Thursday,…
Disha shows new disha for special kids
April 24, 2026Mythri School student with Down Syndrome clears SSLC exams Mysore/Mysuru: S. Disha, a 17-year-old student, with Down syndrome and 75% disability, of city’s Mythri School, has cleared the recently held SSLC examination of which the results were announced yesterday. Disha, scored 68 marks in Kannada, 44 in Mathematics, 44 in Science and 69 in Social…
Congress needs Muslims, not vice versa: Ulemas
April 24, 2026Congress faces community backlash over action against Muslim leaders Bengaluru: A group of Islamic scholars (Ulemas or Ulamas) on Wednesday issued a sharp warning to the Congress, asserting that the party’s political fortunes in Karnataka rest significantly on the support of the Muslim community. The statement comes in the wake of disciplinary action taken against…
500-metre Dr. Rajkumar Road stretch: Relief for commuters as road work resumes
April 24, 2026Land-owners stall work seeking compensation; work re-starts after MDA’s written assurance Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has resumed the long-pending development works on Dr. Rajkumar Road near Yeraganahalli, offering some relief to residents after months of delay. Residents of Yeraganahalli, Raghavendranagar, Kalyangiri, Shakthinagar and Siddarthanagar had flagged the condition of a hazardous 500-metre stretch…
Four students from district are toppers
April 24, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: With the SSLC exams results declared yesterday, Mysuru district, which has stood 20th in the ranking of districts, has earned the distinction of having four toppers, with 2 of them coming State second toppers and one each becoming third and fourth toppers. While Government run Karnataka Public School (KPS), Yelwal student R. Madhuri and …
Girl student ends life for not getting expected marks in SSLC exam
April 24, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: A girl student, who did not get the marks she had expected in the SSLC exams ended her life by hanging self at her house yesterday. The deceased girl student is Trishala, daughter of Manju alias Shivakumar and Savitha couple and a resident of Kurahatti village in Nanjangud taluk. A student of a private…
Rs. 500 betting case: HC stays probe against Home Minister Dr. G. Parameshwar
April 24, 2026Bengaluru: In a relief, the High Court of Karnataka in an interim order stayed the investigation into the alleged Rs. 500 betting case against Home Minister Dr. G. Parameshwar here yesterday. The High Court Bench of Justice Sunil Dutt Yadav said whether a case could be registered even for a casual or humorous remark. The…
State calls for feedback on new alcohol tax model
April 24, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Government’s Resource Mobilisation Committee (RMC), constituted to review State’s excise taxation framework on alcohol, has submitted its report, proposing a shift to a public health-oriented model with taxes linked to alcohol content. The report states that Karnataka’s current excise framework taxes alcohol based on price and product category rather than on alcohol content….















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