Mysuru: Even as controversy brews over the State Government’s decision to appoint actress Tamannaah Bhatia — who primarily works in Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi films — as the Brand Ambassador for the iconic Mysore Sandal Soap, State BJP President B.Y. Vijayendra has alleged that a State Minister may be behind the appointment. Speaking to the…
New life for Dalvoy Lake
May 26, 2025Government to install advanced water treatment system Mysuru: There is finally new hope for Dalvoy Lake, as the State Government has decided to clean and rejuvenate it using Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) technology. This wastewater treatment process uses a single tank to perform all steps sequentially — filling, aeration, settling and decanting. To purify three…
Bangalore Palace land row: State opposes SC direction to grant TDRs to Royal Family
May 26, 2025New Delhi: Just days after the Supreme Court directed the Karnataka Government to issue Transferable Development Rights (TDR) certificates to the legal heirs of the erstwhile Mysore Royal Family for the acquisition of 15 acres of the Bangalore Palace Grounds, the State has filed an application this morning, challenging the directive. The May 22 order…
Cauvery Aarti: D.K. Shivakumar commissions devotional song
May 26, 2025Bengaluru: To elevate the cultural splendour of the Cauvery Aarti — modelled on the iconic Ganga Aarti — the Karnataka Government has invited noted music directors Hamsalekha, Sadhu Kokila and Arjun Janya to compose a special devotional song dedicated to River Cauvery. Water Resources Minister and Cauvery Aarti Committee Chairman, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar,…
UoM plans guest houses, complexes rent hike to offset financial crisis
May 26, 2025Mysuru: Faced with a severe financial crunch, the cash-strapped University of Mysore (UoM) has decided to increase the rent of all guest houses, residential quarters and commercial complexes under its jurisdiction in a bid to bolster its revenues. The decision was taken at the University Syndicate Meeting held at Crawford Hall, chaired by Vice-Chancellor Prof….
NAREDCO confers Lifetime Achievement Award on D. Madegowda
May 26, 2025Mysuru: Former MLC D. Madegowda was conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award by National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO) at a ceremony held at a private hotel on KRS Road in city on Saturday. Madegowda was presented with the award for his enormous contributions as the Chairman of City Improvement Trust Board (CITB – now…
Two kalyanis revived at Bommanahalli
May 26, 2025Mysuru: In celebration of World Environment Day, the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), Mysuru Regional Office, launched a major cleanliness and plastic waste eradication drive at Bommanahalli village in Mysuru taluk. The initiative was held in collaboration with the District Administration, Madilu Educational and Rural Development Society, Nagawala Gram Panchayat, and several other organisations….
Floriculture stakeholders meet held at CFTRI
May 26, 2025Mysuru: A day-long industry meeting for the Floriculture mission on the theme ‘Advancing Floriculture, Opportunities and Sustainability’ was held at CSIR-CFTRI in city recently where stakeholders of the floriculture business participated. Manjunath Angadi, Deputy Director of the Department of Horticulture, inaugurated the meet along with Dr. Sridevi Annapurna Singh, Director of CSIR-CFTRI and other dignitaries….
Unauthorised borewell: Karnataka Exhibition Authority issues notice to Fun Fair contractor
May 26, 2025Mysuru: The contractor of the ongoing Fun Fair at Dasara Exhibition Grounds has been served a notice by the Karnataka Exhibition Authority (KEA) for drilling a borewell without prior permission from the authorities. It is alleged that the contractor undertook the drilling secretly to ensure an uninterrupted water supply to the replica of Niagara Falls…
Shikshana Ratna Awardee
May 26, 2025Mysuru: Spandana Samskrutika Parishat President T. Satish Javaregowda was conferred with ‘Shikshana Ratna’ award during Mysuru Cultural Festival organised by Atmasri Kannada Samskrutika Pratishthana and Kannadambe Samajika Mattu Samskrutika Sangha at Kannada Sahitya Parishat Bhavan in city recently. The award was presented by former Sanskrit University Vice-Chancellor Nadoja Prof. Mallepuram G. Venkatesh. On the occasion,…















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