Rs. 25.75 lakh valuables recovered Mysuru: In separate cases, Mandi and Hebbal Police have arrested three house burglars and have recovered valuables worth Rs. 25.75 lakh from them. On June 13, a complaint pertaining to house burglary at Bamboo Bazar was lodged at Mandi Police Station. Burglars had decamped with about 35 grams gold jewellery…
Dereliction of duty: H.D. Kote TMC Junior Engineer suspended
September 8, 2024Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Lakshmikanth Reddy has ordered suspension of H.D. Kote Town Municipal Council (TMC) Junior Engineer for failing to maintaining the quality in road and drain works, thus displaying dereliction in performing his duty. The Junior Engineer, who has been suspended, is K. Suresh. He was tasked with the Chief Minister’s Amrut Municipality…
Don’t alter assets of Hill Temple: HC
September 6, 2024Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court (HC) has directed the State Government not to transfer or alter any movable or immovable assets related to the Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamundi Hill in Mysuru. The order was issued yesterday by a Single-Judge Bench led by Justice Hemanth Chandangoudar while hearing a petition filed by Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, a…
MUDA allots original owners’ land to others
September 6, 2024Mysuru: A relative of an elderly couple settled abroad allegedly forged documents to claim compensation when the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) acquired their land. Former MUDA Commissioner G.T. Dinesh Kumar (now suspended pending a departmental inquiry) has been accused of allotting sites on the same land to eight unrelated individuals under the contentious 50:50…
Second batch of five Dasara elephants arrive
September 6, 2024Weight checked today; Sugreeva tops with 5,190 kg Mysuru: The second batch of five Dasara elephants arrived at Mysore Palace yesterday evening and joined the first batch of nine elephants which are housed in temporary sheds at Mysore Palace premises. Upon their arrival, the five elephants — Prashanth, Hiranya, Mahendra, Dodda Harave Lakshmi and Sugreeva…
Chamundi Hill retaining wall works delayed again
September 6, 2024Mysuru: Thirty-four months and 2 weeks (nearly 3 years) have passed after the first major landslide occurred atop the Chamundi Hill between View Point and Nandi Statue (Nandi Statue Road) in October 2021. Yet the critical Rs. 10-crore retaining wall project remains unfinished. Despite promises from two successive Governments – first the BJP and then…
The many avatars of Lord Ganesha
September 6, 2024Demand for Ganesha idols resembling Ayodhya’s Balak Ram Mysuru: With Gowri-Ganesha festival mood setting in, the cultural capital Mysuru is witnessing Lord Ganesha in different avatars like: Balak Ram of Ayodhya, Male Mahadeshwara Swamy, Sri Gururaghavendra Swamy, Kukke Subramanya Swamy among many others to name a few, thus attracting the devotees. Artist Manjunath of K.T….
MP tells BJP workers to increase party membership multifold
September 6, 2024Mysuru: MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has called upon BJP workers to enhance the party membership multifold for realising Prime Minister’s dreams of making the country Viksit and Shreshta Bharat. He was speaking after inaugurating ‘BJP membership drive-2024’ in front of the party office in Chamarajapuram here yesterday. Pointing out that the party has launched…
City markets buzz with festival shoppers
September 6, 2024Mysuru: The markets in the city were chock-a-block with the people shopping for Gowri-Ganesha festival, yesterday. The Gowri festival is being celebrated today, while Ganesha festival is scheduled for tomorrow (Sept. 7). Devaraja Market and the area around Small Clock Tower on Sayyaji Rao Road, Vani Vilas Market at Agrahara, vegetable market on M.G. Road,…
Public offices of profit: CM’s five advisors to lose Legislature membership?
September 6, 2024Bengaluru: Five advisors to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah are at risk of losing their legislative seats due to their involvement in offices of profit. The affected individuals include MLCs K. Govindaraj and Nazeer Ahmed, Yelburga MLA Basavaraj Rayaraddi, Haliyal MLA R.V. Deshpande, and Aland MLA B.R. Patil. Each holds an advisory or significant role connected to…















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