Mysore/Mysuru: In the wake of rising concern over the use, sale and impact of narcotic substances on Mysuru’s social environment, the Ulama-O-Huffaz Union, Mysuru District, will hold an awareness campaign on Aug. 1 across all mosques, neighbourhoods and streets in Rajivnagar, according to Union Secretary Naseerullah Khan. Addressing a press conference at Pathrakarthara Bhavan, Khan…
Sushira’s 24th Annual Music Festival from Aug.1
July 30, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Sushira, Sri V. Desikachar’s Academy of Music, Mysuru, has organised its 24th Annual Music Festival from Aug. 1 to 3 at Sangeetha Kalanidhi Mysore K. Vasudevacharya Bhavana, Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha, JLB Road in city at 6.30 pm. Aug. 1: Karnatak vocal concert will be presented by Vidu. Yoga Kirthana. She will be accompanied by…
Drugs worth Rs. 390 cr. seized during raid in city
July 29, 2025Mumbai Zone 10 DCP reveals details of 192.53 kg Mephedrone drug bust in Mysuru Mysore/Mysuru: In a follow-up to the massive anti-narcotics operation conducted on July 26, the Police have confirmed that the clandestine drug manufacturing unit unearthed in Mysuru was producing Mephedrone (commonly known as MD) worth Rs. 390 crore in the international market….
Seven Police teams mobilised to hunt down drug peddlers
July 29, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: The shocking discovery of an MDMA drug manufacturing unit on Mysuru’s outskirts has triggered one of the city’s most extensive anti-narcotics crackdowns in recent years. Since Sunday evening, City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar has personally spearheaded sweeping raids across multiple neighbourhoods, targeting suspected drug peddlers and users. Simultaneous operations were carried out at 59…
‘Mysuru’s drug mafia your grant?’
July 29, 2025R. Ashoka asks Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Mysore/Mysuru: In a blistering political attack, Opposition Leader in the Legislative Assembly R. Ashoka has held Chief Minister Siddaramaiah accountable for the surge of drug mafia activity in Mysuru —his home district. Responding to a recent remark by his son Dr. Yathindra Siddaramaiah, who said, “Others gave a little,…
200 corner, intermediate MDA sites up for grabs
July 29, 2025e-auction begins on July 31 after 6 pm Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru Development Authority (MDA), the re-branded version of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), has initiated the process of auctioning 200 corner, intermediate and premium sites online, valued at a whopping Rs. 250 crore, from 6 pm on July 31. The last date for expressing interest to…
Zoo, Karanji Lake entry fee hiked by 20%
July 29, 2025Revised entry fee effective from August 1 Mysore/Mysuru: Entry ticket rates for Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens (Mysuru Zoo) and Karanji Lake Nature Park will be revised upwards by 20 percent from Aug. 1, 2025. The hike, approved during the 159th Governing Board meeting of the Zoo Authority of Karnataka (ZAK) held on July 10, comes…
International Tiger Day: Plastic-free Tiger Reserve campaign, plantation of 2,000 seedlings launched
July 29, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: The Global Tiger Day also known as International Tiger Day is celebrated today across the country, with the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, inaugurating the celebrations at New Delhi this morning. The Conservators of Forest (CF) and Deputy Conservators of Forest (DCF) from 57 Tiger Reserves across the country…
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium stampede case: Suspended Cops reinstated; disciplinary action pending
July 29, 2025Bengaluru: In a major relief to the five top Police officers who were suspended on the charges of dereliction of duty, that claimed 11 lives during the stampede at the premises of M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on June 4, the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR), has issued an order on Monday revoking…
BJP posts book on Nalwadi to Dr. Yathindra Siddaramaiah
July 29, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Strongly opposing the statement of Congress MLC Dr. Yathindra Siddaramaiah, who had said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had contributed more than the erstwhile Mysore ruler Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar for the development of Mysuru, the City BJP Yuva Morcha on Monday posted books on the life of Nalwadi, to MLC Dr. Yathindra and his father…















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