Water bill arrears in Mysuru city Mysuru: Urban Development and Mysuru District Minister Dr. Yathindra Siddaramaiah has assured that the Government will take steps to resolve the issue of pending water bills amounting to several crores of rupees in Mysuru city, arising from alleged anomalies in the services handled by Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company…
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Three Dasara elephants on wild elephant capture duty
August 22, 2026Just 4 days before Gajapayana… Dhananjaya, Prashanth and Sugreeva capturing rogue elephants in Kodagu Mysuru: Concerns have been raised over the deployment of three elephants selected for this year’s Dasara festivities in wild elephant capture operations, with only four days remaining for their ceremonial march to Mysuru. Twelve elephants have been selected for this year’s…
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Will Abhimanyu get a final Dasara send-off?
August 22, 2026Mysuru: Discontent has erupted on social media over the Forest Department’s decision to exclude the famed ‘Combing Star’ Abhimanyu from this year’s Dasara elephant team. Netizens have launched a ‘Justice for Abhimanyu’ campaign, demanding that the veteran elephant be brought to the festival and given a dignified farewell. Traditionally, elephants that retire after carrying the…
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Farmers threaten to gherao CADA office on Aug. 24
August 22, 2026Mysuru: Demanding release of water to canals from Kabini and Taraka reservoirs, the KRRS has threatened to lay siege to CADA (Cauvery) office in city on Aug. 24, if water was not released by then. Addressing a press meet at Jaladarshini Guest House here on Thursday, KRRS President Badagalapura Nagendra said, the farmer agitation demanding…
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Kannada activists to lay siege to KRS
August 22, 2026Mandya: Kannada activist and former MLA Vatal Nagaraj announced that pro-kannada groups will lay siege to KRS Dam on Aug. 26 in protest against the State Government for releasing 15,000 cusecs Cauvery water every day to Tamil Nadu. Speaking to media persons at Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar Circle here on Thursday, Vatal Nagaraj expressed his anger over…
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Traffic diverted at LIC Circle
August 22, 2026White topping of Mysuru-Bengaluru Road Mysuru: The white topping of 1.8-km stretch of Mysuru-Bengaluru Road, between St. Philomena’s College junction near LIC Divisional Office Circle (T.N. Narasimha Murthy Circle), Bannimantap and JSS Pharmacy College Circle in Shivarathreeshwar Nagar here, began this morning. PWD Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) Mahadeva Swamy told Star of Mysore, the works…
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Plans ready, land transfer awaited: Union Minister
August 22, 2026Mysore Airport expansion Mysuru: Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu has assured that the expansion and development of Mysore Airport will begin once Karnataka Government transfers required land. Speaking to reporters after the Consultative Committee Meeting organised by the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) at the Grand Mercure Hotel in Mysuru yesterday, the…
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Now, you can borrow, read books at Mysore Airport
August 22, 2026Mysuru: A ‘Flybrary’, a facility where air travellers can borrow, read and exchange books, was inaugurated at Mysore Airport yesterday by Union Minister for Civil Aviation Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu. The initiative is aimed at encouraging reading among passengers and providing them with an alternative way to spend their waiting time at the airport. Inaugurating…
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‘Land acquisition in final stage; clearance pending for around 7 acres of land’
August 22, 2026Don’t wait for land transfer to prepare Airport DPR: MP Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has urged Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu to initiate the preparation of the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the expansion of Mysore Airport without waiting for the State Government to complete the land acquisition process….
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Declare Chamundi Hill a No-fly Zone: Yaduveer
August 22, 2026Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Wadiyar has urged the Union Government to officially declare Chamundi Hill a no-fly zone, citing its religious and cultural significance. At the Consultative Committee Meeting in Mysuru yesterday, Yaduveer made the request directly to Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu. He stressed the need to safeguard the sanctity of the…
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