23% unfit for use; some turn home for caretakers; women use men’s toilets in MCC Wards 25, 49 Mysuru: Despite being one of India’s preferred tourist destinations, Mysuru continues to struggle with inadequate public sanitation facilities. While public toilets have been constructed at several locations, poor maintenance has rendered many of them unusable. Some have even been converted into living…
Mysuru: The public toilet at Town Hall, constructed by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), is a complete mess with lack of maintenance. The civic authority, which is in-charge of its maintaining, has completely neglected it. While the MCC is expecting Mysuru to be accorded with top honour during Swachh Survekshan 2027, it needs to check on existing public toilets, most of which are in a bad…
Mysuru: The tusk of howdah-carrier of Nada Habba Mysuru Dasara elephant Abhimanyu was partially broken at Mathigodu elephant camp in Nagarahole Tiger Reserve forest yesterday. The 59-year-old Abhimanyu was carrying the wooden logs in the camp, when the logs accidentally tilted and a portion of its left tusk was half-broken, unable to withstand the weight of the logs. Abhimanyu, who will be carrying the 750-kg Golden Howdah during…
Mysuru: The Mysuru City Police have formally arrested six persons, including the wife of Nithyananda, a private company employee, in connection with his murder at Kuvempunagar. All the accused have been remanded to judicial custody. The arrested have been identified as S. Susheela (40), wife of the deceased and a private school teacher; V. Harish (32) of K.R. Nagar; Ranganath (42) of Thirumanahalli in Mulbagal, Kolar; M. Chandan (23)…
No robbery angle, just drunken highway shooting; weapon, pellets sent for forensic tests: SP Mandya: The Mandya Police have cracked the case of the early morning shooting near a petrol bunk close to Amaravathi Hotel on the outskirts of Mandya along the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway. Investigations have revealed that all seven accused are between 23 and 27 years of age, with some pursuing…
Bengaluru: The annual Akhil Bharatiya Prant Pracharak Baithak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will be held this year at Belagavi in Karnataka from July 10 to 12. In this Baithak, Prant Pracharaks, Sah Prant Pracharaks, Kshetra Pracharaks and Sah Kshetra Pracharaks from all over the country will participate. As per the Sangh’s organisational structure, Karyakartas…
Mysuru Literature Festival enters 10th edition At a time when libraries were losing relevance with the rise of electronic gadgets, one woman in Mysuru came up with the idea of starting the Mysuru Book Clubs in 2010. The initiative was well-received by the city’s people, inspiring her to launch the Mysuru Literature Festival in 2017. Since then, there…
…after a gap of eight years Mysuru: With the India Meteorological Department forecasting below-normal monsoon rainfall this year due to the El Niño effect, the Agriculture Department has advised farmers in Mysuru district against cultivating paddy, a crop that requires large quantities of water. The prolonged delay in the monsoon and scanty rainfall have left farmers worried about the…
Mysuru: An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) from Kerala, who had gone missing after leaving home for work, was traced to a lodge in Mysuru yesterday by a Kerala Police team and taken back to his home State. The officer has been identified as Abdul Rasheed, attached to Mukkam Police Station and a resident of Balussery in Kerala. He had been missing since…
Activists cite environment, drought, Mysuru Dasara’s traditional character Mysuru: Leaders of various organisations have opposed the proposal to organise Kambala as part of this year’s Mysuru Dasara celebrations, arguing that the event would involve unnecessary expenditure and environmental damage. At a meeting convened under the banner of Parisarakkagi Naavu at Jaladarshini Guest House yesterday evening, representatives of several organisations unanimously resolved to launch a protest demanding that Kambala be dropped from Dasara. A core…
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