Bengaluru: Kannada actor Dileep Raj (48) passed away here this morning after suffering a heart attack. Sources said that the actor suffered an attack at 6 am and was rushed to Apollo Hospital in Kumaraswamy Layout. Unfortunately, efforts to revive failed and the doctors declared him dead. He is survived by his wife Srividya and…
Two bikes with same number plates perplex RTO
May 13, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Two Royal Enfield bikes with the same registration number (MEG 2261) has become a headache to RTO officials who are trying their might to trace the original bike. These two bikes, one in the name of Jayanth of Mysuru and another in the name of a soldier from Andhra Pradesh are parked in front…
Caught in the act!
May 13, 2026Mirror wall fails to shame public urination offenders Mysore/Mysuru: In an innovative attempt to curb public urination, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) installed a stainless-steel mirror wall along Bengaluru-Nilgiri Road near the Sub-Urban Bus Stand. However, as the Kannada saying goes, “Nayi bala donku” (a dog’s tail can never be straightened), a recent incident showed…
Assembly reforms: Speakers’ panel begins parleys in Mysuru
May 13, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has constituted a high-level committee comprising Speakers of six State Legislative Assemblies to bring uniformity in the policies and procedures of Legislatures across the country, Uttar Pradesh Assembly Speaker Satish Mahana said. Addressing reporters after presiding over the committee’s first preliminary meeting at Silent Shores Resort & Spa in…
NHAI drops free-flow tolling plan on NH-275
May 13, 2026Open-loop road design hampers MLFF rollout on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway Mysore/Mysuru: The ambitious plan to convert the 117-km Mysuru-Bengaluru Access-Controlled Highway (NH-275) into a barrier-less, high-speed tolling corridor has been officially shelved. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) had planned to introduce the Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) tolling system from June 2026 to ensure seamless…
NEET-UG-2026 cancelled
May 13, 2026Bengaluru: National Testing Agency (NTA) has cancelled National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET)-UG-2026 held on May 3 across the country, following the alleged question paper leak, putting 23 lakh students including 1.5 lakh students of Karnataka in a state of quandary. This development comes first time since NTA took over the responsibility of conducting NEET…
Jharkhand CM Soren visits Golden Temple at Bylakuppe
May 13, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren paid a ceremonial visit to the Namdroling Monastery (Golden Temple) at Bylakuppe yesterday, where the monastery’s administrative officials received him. Soren was honoured with a traditional offering on behalf of the monastery and was later taken to the reliquary stupa of His Holiness and the Main Temple. His visit…
Mysore Palace leaves Speakers spellbound
May 13, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysore Palace, one of the city’s most iconic heritage landmarks, left the visiting State Assembly Speakers impressed with its architectural grandeur and rich history during a tour held last evening. The dignitaries visited the Palace after attending the preliminary meeting of the high-level committee. From the moment they entered through the ornate gateway,…
MDA reclaims encroached land worth Rs. 1.5 crore
May 13, 2026Unauthorised structures built on Govt. land in Nachanahalli demolished Mysore/Mysuru: Continuing its drive against encroachment of Government lands, the Mysuru Development Authority (MDA) reclaimed about one acre of encroached land at Nachanahalli in an operation carried out this morning. The reclaimed land forms part of 8 acres and 2 guntas in Survey No. 21 of…
Farmers plan padayatra to CM’s office in city on May 15
May 13, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Demanding cancellation of land allotted for building NIMHANS-like hospital at Gudumadanahalli in Varuna hobli in the district, farmers under the banner of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha, from Mysuru, Chamarajanagar and Kodagu districts, will be taking out a padayatra from Gudumadanahalli to Chief Minister’s office located at Zilla Panchayat office premises on Krishnaraja Boulevard in…













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