Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has written a letter to Mayor Sunanda Palanetra to name the park after late actor Dr. Vishnuvardhan, which is located near Chamaraja Circle. Also, he has requested the Mayor to install a statue of the late actor inside the park. Simha has urged the Mayor to take up the issue…
World Tourism Day celebration tomorrow
September 26, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru Travels Association (MTA) will be celebrating World Tourism Day tomorrow (Sept. 27) at 10.30 am at Mysore Palace South Gate. The titular head of Mysuru Royal Family Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar will inaugurate the Tourism Day celebration by welcoming the tourists with sweets and flowers. Members from Mysuru Travels Association, Hotel Owners Association,…
Four Police Stations in Mysuru to get new buildings
September 26, 2021Bengaluru: Home Minister Araga Jnanendra said that the State Government has sanctioned Rs. 200 crore for construction of buildings for 100 Police Stations in the State, which are currently functioning from rented buildings or in dilapidated buildings. Replying to a question by MLC Sandesh Nagaraj on the last day of the Legislative Council Session here…
Three arrested for smuggling pangolin
September 26, 2021Virajpet: The Virajpet Forest officials have arrested three persons on charges of smuggling a pangolin (ant-eater) and have rescued the mammal besides seizing the Maruti Omni van used for transporting it. The arrested are 28-year-old T.K. Ramappa of Hammiyala in Somwarpet taluk, 39-year-old L.N. Vasanth Kumar of Magge village in Sakleshpur taluk and K.B. Suresh…
Mysore Palace Board hikes entry fee
September 25, 2021Previous increase in charges was in 2017 Mysuru: The Mysore Palace Board that manages the Mysore Palace, a major attraction for tourists who come from all over the world, has revised the entrance fee and the charges for the Sound and Light Show, which has already come into effect. The increase after a gap of…
Lead a law-abiding life: City Top Cop tells rowdies
September 25, 2021Mysuru: With the countdown for the 10-day Dasara festival beginning, City Police held a parade of history-sheeters at the City Armed Reserve (CAR) Grounds at the foot of Chamundi Hill last evening. Addressing the rowdy-sheeters, City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta warned them against indulging in unlawful activities. He warned over 250 rowdy-sheeters drawn from various…
Need to change ways of handling waste
September 25, 2021National Green Tribunal State-Level Committee Chairman Justice Subhash B. Adi outlays measures Mysuru: National Green Tribunal (NGT) State-Level Committee Chairman Justice Subhash B. Adi has strictly instructed Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to take steps for the scientific disposal of waste and has asked the Civic Body to penalise people who dump waste on roadsides and…
From Oct. 1, theatres to open to 100 percent capacity: CM
September 25, 2021State Government to announce separate guidelines for Dasara Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai yesterday said that cinema theatres will be allowed to open to 100 percent capacity from Oct. 1 in districts where COVID Test Positivity Rate (TPR) is less than one percent. TPR refers to the number of people testing positive for COVID-19…
Exhibitors welcome move; but checking vaccination status impractical
September 25, 2021Mysuru: Reacting to the State Government allowing cinemas to open to 100 percent capacity, M.R. Rajaram, Vice-President, Karnataka Film Exhibitors’ Federation, has welcomed the move. “At last, the Government has heard our desperate pleas and we are the last sector to be given relief though the Government has permitted all other activities. We are optimistic,”…
Best Legislator Award to BSY
September 25, 2021Mysuru District Minister greets former CM Mysuru: Mysuru District Minister S.T. Somashekar has greeted former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, who is an MLA from Shikaripura in Shivamogga, for being honoured with the Best Legislator Award during the Legislature Session that concluded in Bengaluru yesterday. In a press statement, Somashekar said that BSY, who is a…















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