Bengaluru: The by-election to three vacant seats in the State Legislative Council will take place on June 30. The by-elections have been necessitated following the resignation of Baburao Chinchanasur, Laxman Savadi and R. Shankar, who quit their seats to contest the May 10 Assembly elections. The term of Chinchanasur was to end on June 17, …
Students stage protest against lack of hostel facilities
June 7, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Students of University of Mysore (UoM), led by All India Democratic Students Organisation (AIDSO), staged a protest against the lack of basic facilities at the Maharaja College Hostel, yesterday. The protesters assembled near Crawford Hall and shouted slogans against the UoM. “We are facing the problem of drinking water for the last two months…
T. Narasipur accident: 3 recovering, to be discharged soon
June 7, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: All the three persons, who are undergoing treatment at K.R. Hospital for the injuries suffered in the ghastly accident between a car and private bus near Kurbur village in T. Narasipur taluk on Mysuru-Kollegal Highway on May 29 that claimed 11 lives (10 on the spot and one in hospital), are recovering and are…
Girl goes missing from city
June 7, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A 19-year-old girl, who was pursuing her studies at Government First Grade College at Rajivnagar and residing at her grandmother’s house in Udayagiri, who left her house on May 31 saying that she was going to the college to enquire about admission to 2nd year PU, has since gone missing. The missing girl is…
Pratibha Puraskara for Bhavasara Kshatriya students
June 7, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Bhavasara Kshatriya Graduates Association, having office at P-1, 8th Main road, Hebbal first stage (Sri Gnaneshwari Educational Institutions Building) in the city, has invited applications from meritorious students of Bhavasar Community who have scored more than 85 percent marks in SSLC, PUC (2022-23) for Pratibha Puraskara. The last date for applying…
Veena recital on June 10
June 7, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: As part of the centenary celebrations of Vainika Vidwan Ganaklabhushana M.J. Sreenivasa Iyengar (MJS), Vidushi Yogavandana will present a veena recital on June 10 (Saturday) at 6 pm at Ganabharathi’s Veene Seshanna Bhavan in Kuvempunagar. She will be accompanied by Vid. A. Radhesh on mridanga and Vid. Shamith Gowda on ghata. Profile: Vidu. Yogavandana…
Construction of Chamundi Hill retaining wall: 10 months on, 40 percent work over; 3 more months needed
June 6, 2023New technology of fixing retaining wall to Hill’s rocky structure to prevent landslides Mysore/Mysuru: Works on constructing a retaining wall to restore the portions of the Nandi Statue Road atop Chamundi Hill that witnessed a series of landslides is still a work-in-progress project even after 10 months and till now, only 40 percent has been…
City’s renowned Karnatak vocalist Dr. Gowri Kuppuswamy passes away at 92
June 6, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Renowned Karnatak vocalist Dr. Gowri Kuppuswamy, who was residing with her son Dr. M. Hariharan at his flat in Jayalakshmipuram, passed away this morning following brief illness at a private hospital in city. She was 92. She leaves behind her daughter Dr. Radhika Prabhakar, a Pathologist in Singapore, son- in-law Dr. K.S. Prabhakar, a…
Mysuru-Kushalnagar four-lane Highway: MP sets deadline for land acquisition process
June 6, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The land acquisition process for the Access-Controlled Four-Lane Expressway between Mysuru and Kushalnagar will be completed within one-and-a-half months. Once the land is acquired, it will be handed over to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already launched the Rs. 4,130 crore project to lay a 93-km-long Highway…
Stray woes spark heated debate at MCC post-Budget meeting
June 6, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Mayor Shivakumar has instructed Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Officers to ensure that stray cattle do not create trouble on the roads in the city. Following the tabling of Budget of MCC for the year 2023-24 at Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar Council Hall, there was a serious discussion on the menace of stray dogs and stray…















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