Mysuru: The Mysuru City Unit of Akhila Bharata Sharana Sahitya Parishat will present ‘Shakuntala Jayadeva Sharana Award-2024’ to woman writer Dr. M.S. Veda and social worker from Bengaluru S. Mahadevaiah at a programme to take place at Shivarathri Rajendra Bhavan here at 10.30 am tomorrow (Jan. 8). Announcing this at a press meet at Pathrakartara…
Pratibha Puraskar to Ganiga students
January 7, 2025Mysuru: Mysuru District Ganiga Association had organised a function to present Pratibha Puraskar for the community students who had scored high marks in SSLC and PUC examinations. The event was held at Yadava Community Hall on Dewan’s Road in city yesterday. Speaking at the function, MLA G.D. Harish Gowda said that Ganiga community is deemed…
Session on conserving, restoring antiques, works of art on Jan. 11
January 7, 2025Mysuru: A session titled “Conservation and Restoration of Antiques and Works of Art” under the ‘Speak History 2.0’ series will take place on Jan. 11 at 11 am at Padma Farm in Mysuru. The session will be led by Padma Shree awardee and nonagenarian S. Subbaraman, a renowned archaeologist and conservator with decades of experience…
Interaction on GST amendments, Amnesty Scheme held in city
January 7, 2025Mysuru: The Karnataka Government’s Department of Commercial Taxes, in collaboration with the Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), conducted an awareness programme for taxpayers under the GST Council. The session, held at a private hotel, focused on recent amendments to the GST Law, including availing Input Tax Credit (ITC) benefits under Section 16(4) and…
Elected as President of Basava Balaga Federation
January 7, 2025Mysuru: B.K. Nagaraju was elected unanimously as the new President of Federation of Basava Balagas for the year 2025 at a function organised by the Federation at Suttur Mutt premises in city yesterday. The candidate chosen by the Co-ordination Committee of Veerashaiva-Lingayat leaders was chosen as the new President of the Federation in the presence…
AAP demands completion of Ambedkar Bhavan
January 7, 2025Mysuru: Expressing his anger over the non-completion of Ambedkar Bhavan on Dewan’s Road in city, the District President of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) L. Rangaiah has demanded that the Government must complete the construction of the Ambedkar Bhavan at the earliest. Else, the people will collect donations from the public and complete the building, he…
Bengaluru techie suicide case: Karnataka High Court rejects wife’s plea to quash FIR
January 7, 2025Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court (HC) yesterday rejected a plea filed by Nikita Singhania, wife of Bengaluru techie Atul Subhash, who died by suicide in December 2024. Nikita had moved the High Court seeking quashing of the FIR registered against her. A Bengaluru Court had granted interim bail to Nikita, her mother Nisha Singhania and…
Waqf Board claims… 70 heritage sites, Govt. land in Srirangapatna as its own
January 6, 2025Department of Archaeology building, Tipu Armoury, Obelisk monument claimed Srirangapatna: Even as the Karnataka Government was compelled to retract eviction notices against farmers embroiled in disputes over Waqf property — where vast stretches of land cultivated by farmers for generations were declared Waqf Board properties — fresh cases of Government properties being labelled as Waqf…
Online traffic fine paying website NOT WORKING
January 6, 2025Citizens forced to visit Police Stations to pay fine Mysuru: The Karnataka State Police‘s traffic fine payment website (https://payfine.mchallan.com:7271) has become non-functional, compelling violators to visit Police Stations to clear their penalties. This technical snag comes at a time when traffic penalty collections are already low across the State. In Mysuru city alone, as of…
Kattemad Temple dress code row: Meeting inconclusive; Kodagu Deputy Commissioner to decide
January 6, 2025Madikeri: A meeting of the Kattemad Maha Mrityunjaya Mahadeshwara Kshetra Temple Committee, residents and other community representatives held at Maragodu VSSN Hall yesterday failed to reach a consensus regarding the ongoing dress code controversy. It was ultimately decided to defer the matter to the Deputy Commissioner (DC) for resolution. The controversy erupted on Dec. 28,…















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