Mysore/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…
24-year-old dies of heart attack
June 28, 2024Napoklu: A woman, who was getting ready for work, suffered a heart attack and died at her home in Nelaji village near Napoklu yesterday. The deceased is Nilika Ponnappa (24), daughter of coffee planter Manavattira Ponnappa (Ponnu) and Sita couple, who was working as a data entry operator on outsource basis at Kodagu Institute of…
Rider killed as bus hits
June 28, 2024Hunsur: A two-wheeler rider was killed on the spot when a KSRTC bus rammed into the bike he was riding on National Highway – 275 near Arasu Kallahalli village in the taluk on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Manju (25), son of Ravi and a resident of Kurubarahosalli village in the taluk. Manju…
Panel discussion tomorrow on ‘Core Concerns of Our Times’
June 28, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Mysore Open Forum (MOF) has organised a panel discussion on ‘Core Concerns of Our Times’ by three Columnists and an Editor (of Deccan Herald) at 10.30 am on June 29 at Wadiyar Centre for Architecture, Krishnaraja Boulevard, Mysuru. The three Columnists are Maj. Gen. S.G. Vombatkere (retd.), Capt. G.R. Gopinath and Ravi Joshi. Maj….
Youth goes missing
June 28, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: A 27-year-old youth, who left his house on Apr. 15 at about 7 pm, saying that he was going to Mellahalli Circle to get his phone number recharged, has since gone missing. The missing youth is Bharat Kumar, a resident of Harohalli village in the taluk. He is 5ft. tall, oily red complexioned and…
Unidentified body found
June 28, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: VV Puram Police, on June 24 at about 8.45 am, have found a body of an unidentified man near Lakshmi Venkateshwaraswamy Temple at Vontikoppal and have shifted the body to the mortuary. The deceased is aged about 75 years, 5.5 ft. tall, oval faced, oily red complexioned, normal built, bald and was wearing a…
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