57% of city fleet comprises ageing buses from other depots Mysore/Mysuru: People opting for public transport in Mysuru city are being forced to travel in rickety and highly polluting KSRTC buses dumped from other depots, triggering widespread resentment and concern over commuting standards in the Heritage City. Several KSRTC buses are visibly old, uncomfortable and…
Mysore/Mysuru: Even with nearly 28 months to go for the Assembly elections, the battle lines for the BJP ticket from the Chamaraja Assembly Constituency are already clearly drawn, with aspirants openly staking claim and taking the fight to the media. Amidst this growing churn, several BJP aspirants called on the Leader of the Opposition in…
Mysore/Mysuru: Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly, R. Ashoka, has alleged that there was an attempt to kill MLA Gali Janardhan Reddy in Ballari. Condemning the incident, he announced that the BJP Core Committee has decided to organise a massive rally in Ballari on Jan. 17. Speaking at a press conference at the…
Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has assured that all problems in Mysuru will be resolved within a fixed timeframe, with citizen complaints taken up on a priority basis. In a press release, the MP stated that Ward-level measures are being initiated to improve the city’s condition. He added that a letter has already…
Kuvempu Vishwamanava Welfare Trust fetes former PM Mysore/Mysuru: Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda (HDD) has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting that the late poet laureate Kuvempu be conferred the Bharat Ratna posthumously. In his letter, Deve Gowda highlighted Kuvempu’s stature as a great poet, philosopher and thinker who enriched lives through his…
Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing the BJP of trying to fool people by holding a rally at Ballari on Jan. 17 in protest against the recent Ballari violence, in which a Congress worker was killed in firing, Mysuru District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa said, though the BJP was free to hold the rally, it is nothing but a…
Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities Development Corporation Chairperson G. Pallavi heard grievances from nomadic slum-dwellers of Sathagalli Ambedkar Colony here on Saturday. During her visit, the slum-dwellers poured in their grievances on the deplorable conditions they are living in the colony. “There are 560 group houses in the colony…
Mysore/Mysuru: Children’s Bahuroopi, organised as part of the 25th edition of Bahuroopi National Theatre Festival-2026, was inaugurated by veteran theatre artiste and Rajyotsava Awardee Rameshwari Verma at Kalamandira in the city this morning. Speaking after inauguration, Rameshwari Verma said that theatre is one thing which needs to be viewed with both eyes and heart. “Plays…
Union Budget 2026-27 to be presented on Feb. 1 Mysore/Mysuru: The Union Budget for the year 2026-27 will be presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Feb. 1 (Sunday) and the Economic Survey Report is scheduled to be tabled on Jan. 29. This will be first instance when the Union Budget would be presented…
‘Rotary-Kadamba’ theatre award conferred Mysore/Mysuru: Asserting that dramas are a strong medium for sending out thought-provoking messages to the society, senior theatre artiste Srimathi Hariprasad said, plays must be compulsorily included as a subject in every curriculum. She was speaking after receiving ‘Rotary-Kadamba’ theatre award at a programme organised under the joint aegis of Rotary…
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