Mysore/Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, who visited his home Constituency of Varuna in Mysuru district for the first time after assuming office for the second time, received a warm welcome from a large crowd at Suttur Helipad in Nanjangud taluk this noon. The CM arrived from Bengaluru in a chopper and was accorded a rousing reception….
Siddu to launch free bus travel scheme tomorrow
June 10, 2023Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah will inaugurate Shakti, the free bus travel scheme for women tomorrow (June 11). The Congress Government had promised to implement the ‘Shakti’ initiative facilitating free travel for women in State-owned buses ahead of polls. The CM is scheduled to travel in the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) bus route number 43…
Mysuru-Kushalnagar four-lane Highway works to begin soon
June 10, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha held a meeting with concerned officials on expediting the four-lane Mysuru-Kushalnagar Highway at Bengaluru on Thursday. The MP held the meeting at the NHAI (National Highways Authority of India) Regional office in the State Capital, which was attended by Chief Engineer Vivek Jaiswal and officials from the executing company (Dileep…
Parking on six roads will henceforth cost money
June 10, 2023D. Devaraj Urs Road, Ashoka Road, Sayyaji Rao Road, Vinoba Road, Dhanvantri Road, Sri Harsha Road, Town Hall • Two-wheelers: Initial parking fee for two hours: Rs. 10 • Subsequent hours: Rs. 10 per hour • Light motor vehicles: Initial two-hour fee: Rs. 30 • Additional each subsequent hour: Rs. 10 Mysore/Mysuru: After repeated failed…
Tenants still pay Rs. 30 to Rs. 40 a month as rent for MCC properties
June 10, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Despite manifold increase in the rents of private buildings, land value and a steep rise in the land prices, especially in the city areas, hundreds of tenants who have taken several properties owned by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) are still paying a paltry rent of Rs. 30 to Rs. 40 a month. The…
World Environment Day: Inauguration of Butterfly Park at Daksha College in city
June 10, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: As part of the college’s continuous environmental and sustainable development initiatives, a model ‘Butterfly Garden’ was created and inaugurated at Daksha College in Hootagalli here by Dr. N.S. Venkataramanjaneswamy, an innovative farmer from Davangere, B.P. Suresh, Superintendent of Police (retd.), also an active agriculturist, GSR Krishnan, retd. Head of Sales, Tata Group and an…
Teen on his way to visit ailing mother dies in accident
June 10, 2023Madikeri: In a tragic incident, a teenaged youth who was on his way to visit his ailing mother at the District Hospital in Madikeri, was killed in a road accident on Napoklu- Moornadu Road here yesterday morning. Appaji alias Naveen (19), son of late Raju and Kamala couple and a resident of Indira Nagar in…
2-day MyGreen Expo begins
June 10, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The two-day MyGreen exhibition of environment-friendly construction materials, organised by Builders Association of India (BAI), Mysore Centre and Mysore Builders Charitable Trust (MBCT) at Nanjaraj Bahadur Choultry on Vinoba Road in city, began this morning. The exhibition will be open from 10 am to 8.30 pm today and tomorrow and the entry is free…
Mobile phone snatchers thrashed by public
June 10, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Two miscreants, who snatched a phone from a person and tried to flee from the spot, were caught by the public and thrashed before being handed over to the Police. The incident took place on Raja Marga on Wednesday evening. One Shivanna, a resident of Kuvempunagar, was speaking over the phone and walking on…
Footpath markets: Indifference of MCC Officers irks Corporators
June 10, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Corporators Prema Shankaregowda and K.V. Sridhar expressed their frustration with MCC officials for allegedly disregarding the issue of footpath encroachments and the conversion of roads into makeshift markets. During the MCC Council meeting held last evening, Sridhar highlighted the encroachment of footpaths on prominent roads, which forces pedestrians to dangerously walk on the roads….














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