Mysuru, Sept. 7 (MK&DM)- In a bid to create a ‘Drug-Free Mysuru,’ the city’s V.R. Trust, in association with GSS Projects, Maharaja Institute of Technology (MIT), Lions International District 317 G, Rydrex, and several other organisations, organised a bike rally themed ‘Youth Against Drugs’ in the city this morning. Avadhootha Vinay Guruji and Dr. Shushrutha…
Caste census in Karnataka from Sept. 22: Listing of houses launched
September 7, 2025Mysuru, Sept. 7 (SBD&DM)- Ahead of the 15-day caste census to be conducted by the Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes from Sept. 22 to Oct. 7, house listing work has begun across the State to ensure that no household is left out of the survey. The house listing is being carried out with the…
Heritage Circles get a fresh look for Dasara
September 7, 2025Authorities take up cleaning, painting & illumination works Mysuru, Sept. 7 (MTY&VNS)- With this year’s Dasara festivities just around the corner (Sept. 22 to Oct. 2), the District Administration has intensified preparations to ensure grand celebrations. Cleaning and painting works of prominent circles and statues are underway, including K.R. Circle, Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Circle and Chamaraja…
Weight training: Elephant Mahendra does it with finesse
September 7, 2025Mysuru, Sept. 7 (MTY&BS)- To acclimatise the Dasara elephants with weight training ahead of the Jumboo Savari procession, Dasara elephant Mahendra successfully carried the Gaadi-Namda and a cradle loaded with sandbags, completing the exercise with ease. The Dasara festivities will begin on Sept. 22 and conclude with the grand Jumboo Savari on Oct. 2. Along…
84 films to be screened at Dasara Film Festival
September 7, 2025Mysuru, Sept. 7 (MK&VNS)- Dasara Film Festival, one of the major attractions of the Dasara celebrations, will be held from Sept. 14 to 20 at INOX in Mall of Mysore. A total of 84 films, including short films, will be screened during the week-long event. This year’s festival will be inaugurated by District Minister Dr….
CM’s car breaks rules while Govt. enforces them
September 7, 2025Siddaramaiah’s official car flagged six times for not wearing seatbelt, once for speeding; fines cleared Bengaluru, Sept. 7 (BCT)- The official Toyota Fortuner SUV, used by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, the highest executive authority in Karnataka, has been caught violating traffic rules on seven separate occasions since start of 2024. These violations were captured on camera…
Engineers’ Day celebrations: Grand AI tribute: Massive Sir M.V. portrait at MITM
September 7, 2025Mysuru, Sept. 7 (GA&BS)- On account of the birth anniversary of Sir M. Visvesvaraya (Sir M.V.), celebrated as Engineers’ Day on Sept. 15, the Maharaja Institute of Technology Mysore (MITM), in association with SAI CAD Institute, Bengaluru, has planned an ambitious tribute. The Department of Civil Engineering at MITM aims to create a record by…
Mysuru land compensation: SC dismisses Infosys’ plea
September 7, 2025Delay in translating documents from Kannada to English is not a valid ground: Supreme Court New Delhi, Sept. 7 (Agencies)- The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition filed by Infosys Limited challenging the enhanced compensation awarded to the family of a landowner whose property in Mysuru was acquired for the company’s campus expansion. A Bench…
Serial accidents: Three children killed in Chamarajanagar
September 7, 2025Chamarajanagar, Sept. 7 (KS)- Three children were killed while three others sustained injuries in a serial accident between a moped, car and a truck on National Highway (NH) 948 Bypass Road near Gaalipura Layout, here yesterday. The deceased have been identified as Mehran (13), son of Farman and Adan Pasha (9), son of Ayub, both…
Develop royal cemetery Madhuvana as a memorial
September 7, 2025Mysuru, Sept. 7 (PM&BS)- N. Bhaskar, State President of ‘Samvidhana Samrakshana Horata Samiti,’ has urged the State Government to develop Madhuvana — the royal cemetery of the erstwhile Mysore Royal Family — located on Nanjangud Road, into a Memorial. He stated that the Wadiyars, who ruled Mysore State (later Karnataka), developed it into a model…















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