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High Drama at Session of Karnataka Legislature: City BJP stages protest against Congress Legislators
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High Drama at Session of Karnataka Legislature: City BJP stages protest against Congress Legislators

January 24, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: A day after the Congress staged a demonstration accusing  the Karnataka Governor of acting unconstitutionally by refusing to read the speech copy of the State Government on the first day of the Special Session of the State Legislature, the Opposition BJP staged a demonstration against the unruly behaviour of Congress Legislators in the session…

Rs. 16 lakh excess salary bills: Three MCC staff suspended
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Rs. 16 lakh excess salary bills: Three MCC staff suspended

January 24, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: Three staff of the Health Section at Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) have been suspended with a pending inquiry on charges of dereliction of duty. First Division Assistants (FDAs) M. Pushpavathi and K.L.C.  Papa and Second Division Assistant (SDA) C.H. Anitha, are those staff of the Health Section kept under suspension, according to the orders…

Cultural link missing among urban dwellers, rues Prasanna
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Cultural link missing among urban dwellers, rues Prasanna

January 24, 2026

MP Yaduveer Wadiyar attends first edition of ‘Uttarayana’ Art and Culture Festival at JCAC Mysore/Mysuru: Veteran theatre person Prasanna has given a clarion call to youths to blend culture, that is missing among urban dwellers leading towards its peril. He was speaking after inaugurating the first edition of five-day ‘Uttarayana,’ Art and Culture Festival organised…

Auto drivers assault bike taxi passenger; Police action sought
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Auto drivers assault bike taxi passenger; Police action sought

January 24, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: Even as news of the Karnataka High Court permitting bike taxi services went viral yesterday, another video has surfaced showing auto drivers allegedly assaulting a Rapido bike passenger in Mysuru. The video is now widely circulating on social media. The incident took place at Mysuru City Railway Station, where a 19-year-old youth had booked…

Workshop for aspiring women entrepreneurs held
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Workshop for aspiring women entrepreneurs held

January 24, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: ‘Unnati – Avala Pragatiya Payana,’ a one-day workshop for identifying the right enterprise for women aspiring to become self-made entrepreneurs, was organised on Jan. 17 at Rotary Brindavan School under the District Project for Women Empowerment. It was conducted as a joint project by Rotary Club of Belthangadi and Rotary Club of Brindavan with…

Mysuru to get Rs. 100 cr. NIMHANS Hospital
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Mysuru to get Rs. 100 cr. NIMHANS Hospital

January 23, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: The proposed National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) Hospital in Mysuru will be equipped with state-of-the-art facilities to cater to the healthcare needs of Mysuru and neighbouring districts, including Mandya, Hassan and Kodagu. The hospital will house specialised departments such as Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neuro-Radiology, Neuro-Anaesthesia, Neuro-Psychiatry and Rehabilitation, along with a…

MUDA 50:50 site scam: ED net tightens, ex-Chairman’s Rs. 20.85 crore assets attached
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MUDA 50:50 site scam: ED net tightens, ex-Chairman’s Rs. 20.85 crore assets attached

January 23, 2026

283 MUDA sites worth Rs. 460 cr. seized so far in expanding probe Mysore/Mysuru: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bengaluru Zonal Office, has provisionally attached assets worth several crores belonging to former MUDA Chairman K. Marigowda, a close aide of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, in connection with the illegal site allotment scam involving the Mysuru Urban…

Siddaramaiah case: Fate of Lokayukta ‘B’ report on Jan. 28
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Siddaramaiah case: Fate of Lokayukta ‘B’ report on Jan. 28

January 23, 2026

Bengaluru: The Special Court for Elected Representatives on Thursday deferred the hearing in the MUDA (Mysuru Urban Development Authority) scam case involving Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to Jan. 28. The Special Court for Elected Representatives was earlier expected to pronounce its order on the ‘B’ report filed by Mysuru Lokayukta Police. The Lokayukta Police had submitted…

Beware of ‘Digital Arrest’ con by scamsters: CEN ACP Manoj Kumar
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Beware of ‘Digital Arrest’ con by scamsters: CEN ACP Manoj Kumar

January 23, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: City Cybercrime, Economic Offences and Narcotics (CEN) Wing ACP Manoj Kumar has appealed to the public to be aware of non-existence of any legal procedures like ‘Digital Arrest’ and ‘House Arrest.’ He was speaking during a public meeting on Cybercrime organised by Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) at its office on Vivekananda Road in Yadavagiri…

Leopard that killed M.M. Hills pilgrim captured
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Leopard that killed M.M. Hills pilgrim captured

January 23, 2026

Chamarajanagar: The Forest Department personnel have captured the leopard aged between two and three years which had attacked and killed a pilgrim on padayatra near Taalu Betta at the foot of Male Mahadeshwara (MM) Hills on Jan. 21 morning. The big wild cat was tranquillised and captured by the Forest Department near Rangaswamy Vaddu yesterday…

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