Madikeri: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will formally inaugurate the Bhagamandala flyover in the Cauvery basin on Friday (Jan. 31). He will be accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, Large and Medium Scale Industries Minister M.B. Patil, MLAs A.S. Ponnanna, Dr. Manthar Gowda and other dignitaries. The Rs. 30 crore project, aimed at addressing frequent flooding…
Artificial Water Spring!
January 30, 2025Mysuru: Following the damage in the valve of a drinking water pipe near Valmiki Junction at Vinayakanagar (Paduvarahalli) in city early this morning, an artificial water spring was created for some time, resulting in wastage of gallons of water. It is surmised that, the valve of the drinking water pipe, opposite the petrol bunk on…
City remembers Mahatma Gandhi on Sarvodaya Day
January 30, 2025Mysuru: “Dr. B.R. Ambedkar had said that only those who have understood history can create history,” said Karnataka State Higher Education Council Vice-Chairman Prof. S.R. Niranjana. He was speaking after inaugurating the 77th Sarvodaya Day (Death Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi) in honour of Mahatma Gandhi, organised by Centre for Gandhian Studies, University of Mysore (UoM)…
Prevent jumbos from straying out of forest in summer: Minister Khandre
January 30, 2025Mysuru: In view of the summer, Minister of Forest, Ecology and Environment Eshwar Khandre has instructed the officials to effectively maintain the Elephant Proof Trenches (EPT) and Solar Fences, to check the menace of wild elephants at the villages in forest fringes and to prevent wild fire. He was addressing a meeting of Senior Forest…
Stampede at Maha Kumbh Mela: 30 persons including four from Belagavi district killed
January 30, 2025Belagavi Additional SP and Special DC appointed as Nodal Officers to bring back mortal remains of four Belagavi residents Prayagraj/Belagavi: Belagavi District Magistrate Mohammed Roshan has appointed Belagavi Additional Superintendent of Police (SP) N.S. Shruti and Special Deputy Commissioner, R&R Project, Belagavi, Harsha Shetty as Nodal Officers for the repatriation of mortal remains of four…
ED proceedings against former MUDA Commissioner ‘illegal’
January 30, 2025Search at Dr. D.B. Natesh’s premises arbitrary, amounted to abuse of legal process: High Court Bengaluru: In a ruling that could impact the money laundering probe into the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment scandal involving Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife B.M. Parvathi, Karnataka High Court (HC) on Monday held that the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED)…
Bangalore Palace land controversy: Governor gives assent to Ordinance bypassing TDR
January 30, 2025Bengaluru: Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot on Jan. 29 gave his assent to the Bangalore Palace Utilisation and Regulation of Land Ordinance, 2025, which was passed in the last Cabinet meeting. The Ordinance allows the State Government to bypass the Supreme Court’s directive to grant Rs. 3,011 crore in Transferable Development Rights (TDR) to the legal…
Mudukuthore Jathra Mahotsava
January 30, 2025Mysuru: Historic Mudukuthore Jathra Mahotsava (Annual Car Festival) will be held from Jan. 31 to Feb. 16. Deputy Commissioner (DC) G. Lakshmikanth Reddy, who presided over the meeting with the officials at his office here yesterday, instructed to ensure all arrangements were in place for the safety and security of the devotees. The DC said…
Fate of good debates uncertain with lack of experts: Speaker
January 30, 2025Mysuru: Expressing concern that industrialists are replacing subject experts in the Legislature, Karnataka Assembly Speaker U.T. Khader wondered what would happen to the debates in the Upper and Lower Houses of the Legislature in the next 10 years if this trend continued. He was speaking at an interaction meet organised by Mysuru District Journalists Association…
Harassment from microfinance companies: Two from Mandya commit suicide
January 30, 2025Mandya: Two persons including a woman in Mandya district have committed suicide following alleged harassment from the representatives of microfinance companies. Those who ended their lives are Sanjay (34), a young farmer from Dugganahalli village, Malavalli taluk and Prema (52), a resident of Konnapura village near Halagur, Malavalli taluk, both in Mandya district. It is…
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