Mysuru: A grand and colourful procession marked the commencement of the two-day ‘Namma Basava Jayanti-2025’ celebrations, organised jointly by the Basava Balagagala Okkuta, Mysuru District Unit of Akhila Bharata Veerashaiva-Lingayat Mahasabha and Veerashaiva-Lingayat Associations, in city this morning. The procession was launched after garlanding the statue of Basaveshwara near Gun House Circle in the heart…
Foundation for Dakshina Ayodhya Sri Baalarama Mandira put off
May 24, 2025Various Dalit activists led by former Mayor Purushotham take objection to temple plans on a Dalit-owned land Mysuru: The ceremony to lay foundation stone for the construction of Dakshina Ayodhya Sri Baalarama Mandira (temple) at Harohalli-Gujjegowdanapura village in Mysuru, scheduled to be held yesterday, was suspended at the last minute, following the stiff opposition of…
Day Care Chemotherapy Centre starts functioning at District Hospital
May 24, 2025Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah formally inaugurated 16 District Day Care Chemotherapy Centres (DCCC) including the one at the District Hospital premises, at Metagalli on KRS road in city yesterday. Siddaramaiah inaugurated the Centre at a ceremony organised by the District Administration, Zilla Panchayat and Health and Family Welfare Department at the hospital premises, from where…
MUDA dissolved, MDA takes charge
May 24, 2025Minimal role of Legislators in Mysuru urban planning in a bureaucrat-driven structure Mysuru:The State Government has officially dissolved the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), and effective May 23, the Mysuru Development Authority (MDA) has come into existence. The newly constituted Mysuru Development Authority (MDA) has been modelled on the lines of the Bangalore Development Authority…
Brand Ambassador for Mysore Sandal Soap: MP Yaduveer slams State’s deal with Tamannaah Bhatia‘
May 24, 2025Actress has no cultural or historical connection to Karnataka’ Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has strongly objected to the Karnataka Government’s decision to appoint actress Tamannaah Bhatia as the brand ambassador for the iconic Mysore Sandal Soap produced by Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited (KSDL). Tamannaah Bhatia is the new brand ambassador for…
Sans outsourced staff, chaos reigns inside MDA
May 24, 202594 outsourced staff sacked; 69 regular staff feel the burden; public services take a hit Mysuru: Days after the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) was renamed as the Mysuru Development Authority (MDA), a major disruption has hit the functioning of the office due to the sudden removal of outsourced staff. A total of 94 outsourced…
MP inaugurates new classrooms built by Round Table India
May 24, 2025Mysuru: MP Yaduveer Wadiyar inaugurated the newly constructed school block at Government Higher Primary School in Yelwal by Round Table India (RTI) through Mysore Round Table – 21 (MRT-21). The new school block consists of four classrooms under the ‘Freedom Through Education’ initiative of Round Table India. The four classrooms would benefit more than 200…
Mango Mela begins at Kuppanna Park
May 23, 2025Mysuru: A three-day Mango and Jackfruit Mela began this morning at Kuppanna Park. Unlike previous editions, this year’s Mela is being held in a spacious venue from 9 am to 9 pm, allowing better crowd movement and more comfortable experience for visitors. Farmers from Mysuru, Mandya, Chamarajanagar, Kolar, Bengaluru and Ramanagara (Bengaluru South) districts have…
RK Vidyashala SSLC student gets 625/625 marks after re-evaluation
May 23, 2025Mysuru: Following re-evaluation, a SSLC student from Sri Ramakrishna Vidyashala (RK Vidyashala), Yadavagiri in city, has got 625/625 marks in the board examination. M.N. Thanmai, hailing from Madikeri in Kodagu district, is that student, who got a centum in all the subjects, joining the league of 22 SSLC topper students in the State, who had…
Tribal students from H.D. Kote attend JEE coaching in Delhi
May 23, 2025Mysuru: Four students of Ekalavya Model Residential School (EMRS), located at Sollepura in H.D. Kote were selected for JEE (Advanced – 2025) special coaching by National Education Society for Tribal Students, New Delhi, an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. The coaching classes were held from Apr. 28 to May 11 at Viswa…















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