Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court yesterday permitted the operation of bike taxis, while allowing the appeals filed by bike taxi aggregators, individual bike taxi owners and others. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C.M. Joshi directed the State Government to register motorcycles as transport vehicles and grant contract carriage permits. The…
Widening of National Highway-766: Environmentalists oppose felling of trees on Nanjangud-Ooty Road
January 24, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: With the authorities planning to fell down as many as 98 trees for the widening of National Highway (NH)-766, environmentalists severely opposed the move at the public hearing meet held near Ganapathi Temple at Sindhuvallipura on Nanjangud-Ooty Road yesterday. Speaking at the public hearing, Parashuramegowda of ‘Parisarakkagi Naavu’ said that the widening of Mysuru-H.D….
Week-long drive sees surge in COTPA, traffic and petty cases
January 24, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Police have intensified enforcement across the city, registering thousands of cases under various laws during a special operation conducted between Jan. 15 and 22. According to officials, 711 cases were booked under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), 2003, during the period. Daily registrations ranged from 39 cases on Jan….
High Drama at Session of Karnataka Legislature: City BJP stages protest against Congress Legislators
January 24, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: A day after the Congress staged a demonstration accusing the Karnataka Governor of acting unconstitutionally by refusing to read the speech copy of the State Government on the first day of the Special Session of the State Legislature, the Opposition BJP staged a demonstration against the unruly behaviour of Congress Legislators in the session…
Rs. 16 lakh excess salary bills: Three MCC staff suspended
January 24, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Three staff of the Health Section at Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) have been suspended with a pending inquiry on charges of dereliction of duty. First Division Assistants (FDAs) M. Pushpavathi and K.L.C. Papa and Second Division Assistant (SDA) C.H. Anitha, are those staff of the Health Section kept under suspension, according to the orders…
Cultural link missing among urban dwellers, rues Prasanna
January 24, 2026MP Yaduveer Wadiyar attends first edition of ‘Uttarayana’ Art and Culture Festival at JCAC Mysore/Mysuru: Veteran theatre person Prasanna has given a clarion call to youths to blend culture, that is missing among urban dwellers leading towards its peril. He was speaking after inaugurating the first edition of five-day ‘Uttarayana,’ Art and Culture Festival organised…
Auto drivers assault bike taxi passenger; Police action sought
January 24, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Even as news of the Karnataka High Court permitting bike taxi services went viral yesterday, another video has surfaced showing auto drivers allegedly assaulting a Rapido bike passenger in Mysuru. The video is now widely circulating on social media. The incident took place at Mysuru City Railway Station, where a 19-year-old youth had booked…
Workshop for aspiring women entrepreneurs held
January 24, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: ‘Unnati – Avala Pragatiya Payana,’ a one-day workshop for identifying the right enterprise for women aspiring to become self-made entrepreneurs, was organised on Jan. 17 at Rotary Brindavan School under the District Project for Women Empowerment. It was conducted as a joint project by Rotary Club of Belthangadi and Rotary Club of Brindavan with…
Mysuru to get Rs. 100 cr. NIMHANS Hospital
January 23, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: The proposed National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) Hospital in Mysuru will be equipped with state-of-the-art facilities to cater to the healthcare needs of Mysuru and neighbouring districts, including Mandya, Hassan and Kodagu. The hospital will house specialised departments such as Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neuro-Radiology, Neuro-Anaesthesia, Neuro-Psychiatry and Rehabilitation, along with a…
MUDA 50:50 site scam: ED net tightens, ex-Chairman’s Rs. 20.85 crore assets attached
January 23, 2026283 MUDA sites worth Rs. 460 cr. seized so far in expanding probe Mysore/Mysuru: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bengaluru Zonal Office, has provisionally attached assets worth several crores belonging to former MUDA Chairman K. Marigowda, a close aide of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, in connection with the illegal site allotment scam involving the Mysuru Urban…















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