Mysore/Mysuru: A Cultural Exchange Programme between the Indian Institute of Educational Theatre (IIET), Mysuru and the Theatre Action Group (TAG), Jaffna, Sri Lanka, led by Dr. K. Sithamparanathan, was held at Hardwicke School premises on JLB Road in Mysuru recently. Senior Theatre Director Shashidhar Adapa and renowned folk singer Dr. Mysore Gururaj were also present …
Special registration drive for unorganised labourers
January 29, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka State Unorganised Workers Social Security Board and Department of Labour is conducting a special registration drive under Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan (PM-SYM) for unorganised labourers till Mar. 15. District Level Implementation Committee headed by Deputy Commissioner has been formed to conduct the drive in association with various Panchayat Raj institutions, Urban Local…
Vijaya Dabbe memorial contests
January 29, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Samatha Adhyayana Kendra has invited entries from young writers and poets for Dr. Vijaya Dabbe Memorial State-level ‘Lalitha Prabandha’ (Light essay or Lyric essay) and Poetry contests. Women writers in the age group of 20 to 40 years can take part in essay contest while youths in the age group of 20 to 35…
Annual Awards Day ceremony held
January 29, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Citizen Convent at Udayagiri celebrated its Annual Awards Day for the academic year 2025-26 at Kalamandira on Hunsur Road in city recently. The event was graced by MLA Tanveer Sait, MLC Madhu Madegowda, JSS Pharmacy College Associate Professor Dr. Shilpa Palaksha and Secretary of Mysore District Chemists and Druggists Welfare Association Amanullah Khan. Founder-Secretary…
Building on MDA CA site demolished
January 28, 2026Dedicated Task Force soon to protect MDA properties: Commissioner Mysore/Mysuru: Officials of the Mysuru Development Authority (MDA) demolished an unauthorised building under construction on a Civic Amenities (CA) site, valued at lakhs of rupees, at Vajamangala, Mysuru Taluk. Acting on the orders of MDA Secretary L. Johnson, officers and staff carried out the operation between…
MDA asset protection Task Force inactive?
January 28, 2026Dedicated Task Force soon to protect MDA properties: Commissioner Mysore/Mysuru: The Task Force formed by the Mysuru Development Authority (MDA) to protect its assets has failed to begin operations, remaining only on paper and earning the label of a “non-functional task force.” MDA Commissioner K.R. Rakshith had issued an order on Oct. 13, 2025, creating…
Ajit Pawar dies in plane crash
January 28, 2026Maharashtra Dy.CM, four others were flying to Baramati from Mumbai Mumbai: Maharashtra Dy.CM Ajit Pawar and 4 others were killed after an aircraft carrying them crashed in Pune this morning. Aircraft reportedly crashed while attempting to land near Baramati. According to Flight Radar, the flight took off from Mumbai at 8.10 am and disappeared from…
Empathy Drive held to make Bogadi Road safer and accessible
January 28, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Greenpeace India, a Bengaluru-based NGO, in association with Mysore School of Architecture (MSA), held a Public Feedback Board and an Empathy Drive as part of Bogadi Road Re-design under the ‘Mysuru Rising’ Campaign by engaging directly with street users and motorists to create awareness on supporting people with disabilities to safely navigate the crossing…
Malpe boat capsize: One more succumbs; death toll touches 3
January 28, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: One more person, whose condition was critical following drowning after the boat she was travelling on capsized at Hangarkatta Ship Building Yard in Udupi district on Monday, succumbed at a hospital on Tuesday, taking the death toll in the incident to three. Disha (23), a resident of Jalapuri in the city, who was battling…
Nandi Road atop Chamundi Hill reopens for traffic on trial basis
January 28, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Six years after the road leading to Nandi statue from the View Point atop Chamundi Hill in the city was closed for vehicular traffic, following the incidents of back-to-back landslips, the stretch of road has been reopened for traffic, rather on an experimental basis. This decision of the authorities concerned has triggered a fresh…












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