Mysore/Mysuru: Mysore Elite Round Table-256 (MERT-256), part of the prestigious Round Table India movement, held its Annual General Meeting recently at Luxe-Atmosphere, Mysuru. The event marked the official takeover of the new leadership team for the year 2025-26. LMF Tr. Shiva Swaroop Urs took over as Chairman for the year with LMF Tr. Rahul Jain…
Mysuru theatre artistes allege bias in Nataka Academy awards
August 2, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru Jilla Havyasi Rangakarmigala Vedike, an association of amateur theatre enthusiasts, has accused the Karnataka Nataka Academy of sidelining Mysuru’s artistes in the selection of its annual awards. Addressing reporters at Patrakarthara Bhavan, former Rangayana Director C. Basavalingaiah alleged that of the 93 awards conferred by the Academy this year, nearly 50 have gone…
Excise Dy.SP conducts inquiry, orders crackdown on narcotics network
August 2, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Following the discovery of a large quantity of drugs in a shed at Belavatha on Mysuru Outer Ring Road (ORR) and registration of the case by the Mumbai Police in Maharashtra, suspicion has grown that narcotics may have been supplied from Mysuru. In a proactive step aimed at tightening surveillance and curbing drug-related offences…
Muguru Sangha distributes scholarship
August 2, 2025Muguru Karnataka Brahmana Sangha recently distributed scholarship to 53 economically backward students at Sharada Nikethana in Chamundipuram, Mysuru, in association with H.V. Rajeev Sneha Balaga. Sangha President M. Vishwanathaiah, Secretary K.R. Manjunath and former MUDA Chairman H.V. Rajeev distributed the scholarship to students in the presence of Sangha Directors.
Ordinary shed, extraordinary crime
August 1, 2025Inside an illegally built shed operated a drug factory with AC rooms, cellars & hi-tech equipment Mysore/Mysuru: At first glance, it looked like a nondescript car shed — its walls of corrugated metal sheets standing quietly beside Outer Ring Road service lane. Two cars parked inside reinforced the illusion of a modest garage. But behind…
From parks, tea shops to puncture stalls: Tight Police net on narcotics
August 1, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Following the recent bust of an MDMA production unit at Belavatha on Mysuru’s Outer Ring Road, the City Police have intensified their crackdown on narcotics across the city. Acting on fresh intelligence, officers under the jurisdiction of Nazarbad Police Station carried out targeted raids, vehicle checks and house searches in Raghavendranagar’s EWS Quarters late…
Mysuru-Kushalnagar Highway Project: MP urges launch date for Phase 2
August 1, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: The Central Government, which has taken up the project of improved connectivity to Mysuru, is expected to announce the launch date for Phase 2 of the Mysuru-Kushalnagar Highway project soon, according to Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar. The MP met Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi and…
Light Testing… Countdown for Dasara begins with illumination demos
August 1, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: As Mysuru gears up for the grand Dasara festivities, countdown preparations are already visible in the city’s famed illumination displays — one of the festival’s biggest attractions during Navarathri. Demonstration of the lighting have begun in the evenings, offering glimpses of what promises to be another spectacular edition. Three days ago, the first demonstration…
Cabbage Dump !
August 1, 2025Hassan farmer trashes 14-tonne load, suffers Rs. 1.50 lakh loss Mysore/Mysuru: A cabbage farmer from Hassan, who brought 14 tonnes of cabbage to APMC market in Bandipalya, Mysuru, after being assured by a middleman of securing a good price for his produce, was forced to dump the entire truck load after the middleman backed out,…
70-member team to care for 14 Dasara elephants
August 1, 2025First batch led by Captain Abhimanyu to arrive on Aug. 4; Preparations in full swing at Mysore Palace Mysore/Mysuru: To manage the 14 elephants participating in Nada Habba Dasara 2025 festivities, led by the Golden Howdah elephant Captain Abhimanyu, the Forest Department has formed a dedicated team of 70 personnel, including mahouts and caretakers (kavadis)….












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