Mysuru: Forest officials at the Bandipur Tiger Reserve have fined two bikers from Tamil Nadu Rs. 25,000 for illegally riding a motorcycle inside the safari zone. The riders, identified as Devaradhan and Vijaykumar from Coimbatore, were let off after paying the penalty and submitting a written undertaking. The incident occurred around 4.30 pm on July…

Police, influential persons shielded gold fraud accused; DC urged for CBI probe Mysuru: Members of the Karnataka Rashtra Samithi (KRS) party have urged the Deputy Commissioner (DC) to initiate legal action against Police officials and influential persons linked to accused Soundar Raj alias Chinnathambi in the multi-crore gold fraud case. In a memorandum submitted to…

Accused arrested Mysuru: At a time when the Police are often accused of failing to act promptly on oral or written complaints or delaying the registration of FIRs, Mandi Mohalla Police recovered a doctor’s stolen motorcycle even before a formal complaint was lodged. The unusual case came to light on July 21, 2026,  when the…

36 trees felled, 33 more marked for Dasara Kambala: Activists Mysuru: Several organisations have condemned the large-scale felling of trees and destruction of a lake for the proposed Dasara Kambala, despite repeated assurances that no trees would be cut. In a statement, the Joint Action Committee, comprising Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha, Dalit Sangharsha Samiti, Parisarakkaagi…

Bylakuppe: Ambassador of France to India Thierry Mathou, accompanied by his wife Cécile Mathou, visited Tibetan Buddhist institutions at Bylakuppe on Wednesday. He was accompanied by Marc Lamy, Consul General of France in Bengaluru; Hemangini Rakshit, Attachée de Presse/Chargée de Mission and Jigmey Tsultrim, Chief Representative of Central Tibetan Administration (CTA). The delegation began its…

Mysuru: BJP workers from the party’s City and Rural Units staged a protest at Ramaswamy Circle this morning, condemning the Congress party’s recent attempt to lay siege to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence in New Delhi. Alleging that Congress workers had staged the protest at the Prime Minister’s residence at the behest of vested interests,…

Mysuru: The Mysuru City Congress and the KPCC Publicity Committee organised a torchlight protest march last night to condemn the alleged theft of donations at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. The march began at Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple near Mysore Palace, where Congress leaders and party workers gathered with placards and flaming torches while raising slogans….