Mysore/Mysuru: With preparations in full swing across the State, country and the world for International Day of Yoga, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has urged the Union Government to revise the Goods and Services Tax (GST) levied on Yoga training institutions. The MP met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently, requesting a reduction in…
Traffic hurdle
June 20, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: The footpath and road along an one kilo-metre stretch from 101 Ganapathy Circle in Agrahara to M.V. Srinivasan Circle (Five Lights Circle) near Seth Mohandas Tulsidas (SMT) Maternity Hospital in city has turned into a chock-a-block, with rampant footpath and road encroachments, leaving the motorists and pedestrians fuming throughout the day. The very stretch…
Bomb threat emails target city schools; Police on toes
June 20, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Following hoax bomb threats reported in schools across Bengaluru, Hassan and Udupi districts, several schools in Mysuru have now received similar fake bomb threat emails. One such threat was sent to Rotary Ideal Jawa School on JLB Road yesterday. After Jnanasarovara International School on Bannur Road received a bomb threat email around 12 noon…
Tiger mauls tribal woman to death
June 20, 2025Gundlupet: A tribal woman, who was tending to a flock of sheep at a field bordering Bandipur Tiger Reserve, was mauled to death by a tiger yesterday. The deceased is Puttamma (44), a resident of Deshipura Colony. She had lost her husband recently and was living with her two children Sharath and Abbayi. Yesterday afternoon,…
MCDCC Bank polls: Nomination papers of one candidate rejected
June 20, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: With the scrutiny of nomination papers of candidates for the MCDCC (Mysuru-Chamarajanagar District Co-operative Central) Bank polls having taken place yesterday, the nomination paper of one candidate has been rejected. The candidature of Shivanna who had filed nomination as a delegate of Hebbalaguppe Agricultural Credit Co-operative Society in H.D. Kote taluk, has been rejected,…
Tiger spotted near school
June 20, 2025Hunsur: Parents of children studying in Morarji Desai Residential School, near Dharmapura Social Forest at Bilikere Hobli in the taluk are a feared lot after a CCTV camera installed in the school has captured movement of a tiger near the school. About 15 days ago, information was given to the Forest Department after a tiger…
Hanuma Jayanti: Shobha Yatra in Nanjangud tomorrow
June 20, 2025Nanjangud: Yatra has been organised as part of Hanuma Jayanti celebrations by Sri Veeranjaneya Dharma Jagruti Balaga in the town tomorrow (June 21). Krishna Jois, a leader associated with the Balaga, addressed media persons here yesterday and gave details of the Yatra. MLA Darshan Dhruvanarayan, Chennabasava Swamiji, High Court Advocate Arun Shyam and former MLA…
Elderly man dies after falling from train
June 20, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: An elderly man died on the spot after falling from a moving train yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Prasanna (63), co-ordinator of Kukke Subramanya Temple Trust and a resident of Basavanagudi in Bengaluru. Prasanna, who had gone to Kukke Subramanya, arrived at Mysuru Railway Station in the train. After stopping for some time,…
Industrialist ends life
June 20, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: An industrialist, who was reportedly suffering from illness, committed suicide by hanging self Mysuru, June 20 (RK&KS)- at his factory in Hebbal Industrial Area in the early hours on June 16. The deceased is Arjun (40), a resident of an apartment in V.V. Mohalla, who was running SS Industries at Hebbal Industrial Area. It…
Hindustani Vocal Concert at BVB Mysuru tomorrow
June 20, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: As part of its 145th Cultural Outreach Programme, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB), Mysuru Kendra, along with BVB Bengaluru and Infosys Foundation, Bengaluru, has organised Hindustani Vocal Concert by Vidwan Dr. Dattatreya Velankar at its premises in Vijayanagar 1st Stage on June 21 (Saturday) at 6 pm. He will be accompanied by Sumith Naik on…















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