Mysore/Mysuru: Amidst complaints that many families of COVID dead are yet to receive the announced Government compensation, DC Dr. Bagadi Gautham has asked the family members of the COVID dead to visit the respective Taluk Office and banks for getting Government compensation of Rs. 50,000. Pointing out that the family members have to submit documents…
Man kills divorced wife
January 30, 2022Mandya: A 40-year-old man, who had divorced his wife four years ago, has allegedly murdered the woman by slitting her throat with a knife and has also bludgeoned her with a stone. The incident took place at Ragimuddanahalli in the taluk on Friday evening. While the deceased has been identified as Shalini (32), the accused…
Mysuru City and Mysuru Rural KSRTC Divisions to merge on Mar. 1
January 30, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: As per a Government decision taken on Dec. 28, 2021, the Mysuru City and Rural Divisions of KSRTC will be merged and named as ‘Mysuru Division’ with effect from Mar. 1. KSRTC MD Shivayogi C. Kalasad has ordered that the new Mysuru Division will come into effect from Mar. 1, following the merger of KSRTC…
‘Direct to home’ piped gas project – No chance to pocket commission: MP
January 29, 2022‘Opposition to a people-friendly and safe scheme by elected representatives is unfortunate’ Mysore/Mysuru: The row kicked up by the ‘direct to home’ Piped Natural Gas (PNG) project launched by the Centre and being implemented in Mysuru has caused deep fissures among the BJP MLAs S.A. Ramdas, L. Nagendra and MP Pratap Simha and today, the…
Now, MLA Nagendra locks horns with MP Pratap Simha
January 29, 2022‘You can’t just dig the roads and leave’ Mysore/Mysuru: A chink in the armour of Mysuru BJP has been exposed with MLAs openly opposing the Centre’s piped gas project that is being implemented in Mysuru in a phased manner. The project has been backed by Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha and rumblings have been heard from…
Qualms on gas pipeline project uncalled for
January 29, 2022International oil expert says MCC should approve people-friendly project without any misgivings Mysore/Mysuru: The move to put hurdles on the ambitious gas pipeline project by a section of Corporators and elected representatives is unfortunate and will go down in Mysuru’s history as a chapter of infamy. This is nothing but betrayal of the city by…
Mysuru-Kushalnagar four-lane Highway: Land, forest hurdles hamper road works
January 29, 2022DC, officials assure all impediments will be cleared in a time-bound manner Mysore/Mysuru: A special meeting was called at the Mysuru Deputy Commissioner’s (DC) Office this morning regarding the implementation of the Mysuru-Kushalnagar four-lane, 93-km National Highway (NH) parallel to the existing NH-275. The meeting took into account certain hurdles that have to be cleared…
No night curfew from Jan. 31
January 29, 2022Bengaluru: In a big relief for business and commercial establishments and the people at large, the State Government has decided to lift the night curfew from Jan. 31. Announcing this at a press briefing at Bengaluru this noon, Revenue Minister R. Ashoka said the Government has decided to do away with night curfew (10 pm…
MP and MLA assure of saving Kalastawadi temple on Highway
January 29, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the popular Anjaneya temple at Kalastawadi on Mysuru-Benglauru Highway faces the threat of demolition for Highway expansion, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha and Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda have assured the villagers that the temple would be saved from demolition. The two visited Kalastawadi after the villagers expressed apprehension that the temple would be…
Burnt Kannada library at Rajivnagar reopens for public
January 29, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The Kannada library of Syed Isak at Rajivnagar 5th Cross, which was burnt down in the wee hours of Apr. 9, 2021, was inaugurated on Wednesday as part of Republic Day (Jan. 26). Interestingly, students inaugurated the library that now offers more than 2,000 books in various languages, particularly Kannada and newspapers in Kannada,…















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