Mysuru: Heaps of rotten fruits left uncleared at the premises of old RMC on Bamboo Bazar Road in city, poses a threat of spreading epidemic, with the intermittent rainfall in the wake of advanced south west monsoon set to aggravate the situation further. The market having over 150 stalls mainly dealing with wholesale fruit business,…
Residents slam MCC over flooding, encroachments, gross neglect
June 8, 2025Mysuru: As the monsoon sets in, city residents have voiced growing frustration over the Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) failure to implement proactive flood prevention and urban maintenance measures. Repeated flooding in low-lying areas has become an annual ordeal, with clogged drains and delayed civic responses leaving citizens vulnerable and angry. Same story every monsoon Despite…
Deputy Commissioner to head Mysuru Development Authority
June 8, 2025Mysuru: With the Government yet to name a non-official personality to head the newly formed Mysuru Development Authority (MDA) — earlier Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) — Mysuru Deputy Commissioner (DC) G. Lakshmikanth Reddy will head the MDA as its Chairman. The Urban Development Department had issued an order in this regard over 10 days…
District in-Charge Secretary tells officials to act swiftly on projects amid rains
June 8, 2025Mysuru: S. Selvakumar, District in-Charge Secretary and Zilla Panchayat (ZP) Administrator, has directed district officials to prepare timely action plan reports based on available grants, secure prompt approvals and expedite the execution of development works. “With the onset of the rainy season, focus must shift towards villages. Start implementing the necessary works immediately,” Selvakumar instructed…
Inter-College Science and Technology, Literary and Cultural Fest: ‘Sharadothsava-2K25’ held
June 8, 2025Mysuru: Sarada Vilas College (SVC) had organised its flagship event ‘Sharadothsava-2K25,’ an Inter-College Science and Technology, Literary and Cultural Fest at the Centenary Hall of Sarada Vilas Educational Institutions (SVEI) in Krishnamurthypuram recently. Chief guest Prof. M. Krishnegowda, retired Principal, St. Philomena’s College, Mysuru, a noted humourist and an alumnus of SVC, inaugurated the event….
Awards shouldn’t be only yardstick for photos, videos
June 8, 2025Mysuru: Observing that getting a prize for Photos and Videos should not be the only yardstick for the profession, noted columnist G.L. Tripurantaka, who is also the Co-ordinator of Suttur JSS school, said that every photo or video should stick on to the saying that ‘a single photo can explain in one go, when it…
MCC raids two godowns at Santhepet
June 8, 2025458 kgs banned plastic seized; Rs. 15,000 fine imposed Mysuru: The officials of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Zone-6, conducted raids on two godowns at Santhepet, and seized a total of 458 kgs of banned plastic, besides imposing a total fine of Rs. 15,000. The officials, who began conducting inspections of godowns from 12 noon till…
Man found hanging at Brindavan Layout
June 8, 2025Mysuru: An unidentified man was found hanging from a tree, inside a park at Brindavan Layout 1st Stage on June 6, in V.V. Puram Police limits in the city. The deceased is aged between 30 and 35 years and was found hanging using a telephone cable from a Honge tree. The Police, who questioned some…
Online fraud: Elderly citizen among two cheated of over Rs. 22 lakh
June 8, 2025Mysuru: In separate cases, online fraudsters have cheated two persons including a senior citizen to the tune of Rs. 22,56,650 in city. In the first case, a 60-year-old resident of Bogadi, was befriended by a man on Facebook on Mar. 23. The man, who introduced himself as Philo Victor, told the senior citizen that he…
Folk scholar Rajappa passes away
June 8, 2025Mysuru: T.S. Rajappa (83), a folk scholar, retired researcher and a resident of Kuvempunagar, passed away following age related illness at a private hospital in city yesterday. He leaves behind his wife Nagamani, three sons and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were performed at Veerashaiva Burial Grounds at Vidyaranyapuram this afternoon, according…















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