Mysore/Mysuru: Shikshagraha Movement presented Shikshana Nava Chetana Award, a district-level school innovation initiative aimed at recognising and encouraging low-cost, context-driven improvements in schools across Mysuru and Kodagu districts. The awards were presented during Shikshana Samvaada, a district-level education dialogue, by Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, at Rani Bahadur auditorium, Manasagangothri in city. The winners…
Activists flay housing plan for squatters
January 1, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government’s decision to distribute houses in Baiyappanahalli to migrants displaced from the unauthorised Kogilu settlement in Bengaluru has drawn sharp criticism. Girish Shivarchak, Founder and State President of Kasturi Karnataka Nyayapara Vedike, has urged that priority be given to homeless Kannadigas rather than migrants. Addressing a press meet at Pathrakarthara Bhavan yesterday,…
New Year Bash…
January 1, 2026Mysureans ushered in New Year 2026 with music and dance as organisers made elaborate arrangements to welcome the guests for the celebrations. People along with their friends and families visited various clubs, hotels and resorts located in and around the city as the countdown began. Celebrations were also held at some residential layouts and apartments…
Nrityagiri Monthly Dance Series – January Edition: Bharatanatyam recitals on Jan. 2
January 1, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Nrityagiri, Mysuru, will be organising Monthly Series of Dance Performances at its premises, #16/1, Preethi Layout, Srirampura, from January, 2026, showcasing exceptional talents in Bharatanatyam and classical arts. The January edition will feature performances by Ashwini Manjunath from the USA, senior disciple of Nrityagiri and Anveshha Madhusudan from Mysuru, disciple of Vidu. Lakshmi Shavanth…
City Urdu poetess at Saudi Arabia Poets’ Meet
January 1, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Dr. Maha Jabeen Nairn Ghazaal (Hindi pen-name “Madhoo”), an erudite Urdu-Hindi poetess, fiction writer and scholar from city, participated in an International Poets’ Meet held in the third week of December at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She was among four poets invited from India and also the sole woman participant from across the globe at…
Sadvidya student excels in Kannada essay contest
January 1, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: B.N. Druthi, a student of Sadvidya Semi-Residential PU College, Vijayanagar, has secured second place in Divisional-level Kannada essay competition held in Udupi recently. The competition, organised by the Pre-University Education Department, featured participants from across the division. Druthi wrote her essay on the topic “The Role of Teachers in the Digital Era” and was…
Mysuru readies to ring in New Year
December 31, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Colourful fireworks will light up the sky, marking the New Year celebrations at Mysore Palace tonight, with the illuminated architectural marvel providing a spectacular backdrop. The celebrations will begin with a performance by the Karnataka Police Band, whose English and Kannada orchestra will set the mood and keep the surging crowd engaged from 11…
Chamundi Hill braces for New Year devotee rush
December 31, 2025DC chairs meeting, directs special arrangements for deity’s darshan Mysore/Mysuru: Anticipating a huge rush of devotees to Chamundi Hill on New Year tomorrow (Jan. 1), Deputy Commissioner G. Lakshmikanth Reddy has instructed officials to make suitable arrangements for the convenience of visitors. Chairing a meeting of officers at his office meeting hall here yesterday, DC…
Drunk & drive checking intensified in city
December 31, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Police have intensified drunk and drive checking across the city. Checking is being conducted till late nights at prominent roads and junctions, near bar and restaurants by stopping motorists both two-wheelers and four-wheelers and are subjecting riders and drivers to alcometer (breathalysers) test. If a motorist is found to have consumed liquor…
Crowds swell at tourist spots; Muthathi shut on Dec. 31, Jan. 1
December 31, 2025Chamarajanagar: With just a few hours left to usher in the New Year, tourists continued to throng various tourist spots and temples across Chamarajanagar district. Visitors were seen at Male Mahadeshwara Hills, K. Gudi, Shivanasamudra, Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta, Hogenakkal Falls and other tourist destinations, accompanied by family and friends. Male Mahadeshwara Hills, one of the…















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