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Fallout of back-to-back crimes in Udayagiri: Shut shops by 10 pm: Residents
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Fallout of back-to-back crimes in Udayagiri: Shut shops by 10 pm: Residents

January 25, 2026

Police to enforce deadline if traders cooperate Mysore/Mysuru: Following a spate of crimes, including murder and clashes over trivial issues under Udayagiri Police Station limits, the City Police held a ‘Jana Samparka Sabhe’ (people’s contact meeting), during which residents urged the Police to ensure that commercial establishments in the area shut down by 10 pm….

PRASHAD Scheme will affect Temple structure: Yaduveer
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PRASHAD Scheme will affect Temple structure: Yaduveer

January 25, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has expressed concern that the ongoing works under the Centre’s Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Heritage Augmentation Drive (PRASHAD) at Chamundi Hill could pose a threat to the iconic Gopura (tower) of the Sri Chamundeshwari Temple. Speaking to reporters at the BJP office in Mysuru yesterday, he said authorities…

Nirman building approval website HACKED!
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Nirman building approval website HACKED!

January 25, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: The Nirman 2.0 website, launched by the State Government to streamline and bring transparency to the building plan approval process, has been hacked and has remained non-functional for the past 20 days, severely affecting residents of Mysuru and neighbouring local bodies seeking building licences. The Karnataka State Data Centre (KSDC), which manages Nirman 2.0,…

Rathasapthami
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Rathasapthami

January 25, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: Hundreds of devotees thronged the Mysore Palace this morning to have a darshan of the Utsava Murtis on the occasion of Rathasapthami. Eight Utsava Murtis of various Gods and Goddesses from Palace temples were brought out and placed in front of the Palace, enabling devotees to have darshan. Rathasapthami is a Hindu festival observed…

Only Hindi-English at post offices, Kannada ignored
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Only Hindi-English at post offices, Kannada ignored

January 25, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: Postal services, heavily relied upon by the general public, are increasingly sidelining the Kannada language. In post offices, transaction documents — including challans used for depositing and withdrawing money — are printed only in English and Hindi, leaving many citizens struggling to fill out forms and forcing them to seek assistance. This is not…

People must protest by closing post office accounts: KDA
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People must protest by closing post office accounts: KDA

January 25, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: Chairman of the Kannada Development Authority (KDA), Purushotham Bilimale, has said that mere correspondence will not resolve the issue of neglect of Kannada in postal services and stressed that a large-scale protest is essential to safeguard the language. Responding to Star of Mysore on the continued sidelining of Kannada in post office transactions, Bilimale…

9 tribal achievers invited for R-Day celebrations
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9 tribal achievers invited for R-Day celebrations

January 25, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: A total of nine members from tribal communities, including two from Mysuru district and four from Chamarajanagar district, are among achievers from various fields invited to participate in the Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi on Jan. 26. The tribal achievers were jointly selected by the Karnataka Scheduled Tribes Welfare Department and the city-based…

Ex-MP meets MP Yaduveer, raises railway, traffic issues
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Ex-MP meets MP Yaduveer, raises railway, traffic issues

January 25, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: Former MP Prathap Simha met Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar seeking the extension of certain trains and the construction of railway underbridges at several level crossings to ease traffic congestion in the city. In a memorandum submitted to the MP, Simha pointed out that the railway underbridge at K.G. Koppal is too narrow,…

Sri Krishna-Balarama Ratha Yatra held
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Sri Krishna-Balarama Ratha Yatra held

January 25, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: A grand Sri Krishna-Balarama Ratha Yatra, organised by International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), Mysuru, was held in city yesterday. The chariot with the statues of Lord Krishna and Lord Balarama passed through main thoroughfares of the city with thousands of devotees from various parts of the city singing songs dedicated to Lord Krishna….

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