Mysore/Mysuru: A man was found bludgeoned to death with a large stone slab just about 500 metres from Udayagiri Police Station in the early hours of today. The deceased has been identified as Umer (35), a resident of Shanthinagar in city and the murder is said to have taken place at about 5.30 am today….
Friends going in rickshaw assaulted
May 5, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Unidentified persons, who waylaid an autorickshaw, have assaulted three friends who were proceeding in the auto near Silk Factory Circle on May 1. Those who were assaulted are R. Madhusudan of Janata Nagar, Tejas and Pavan. According to the complaint from Madhusudan, on May 1 at about 11.30 pm, when he, Tejas and Pavan…
Veerashaiva Mahasabha elections: Court orders recount of votes in two months
May 5, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: A City Court has ordered recount of votes polled in the elections held on July 21, 2024 for President and Director posts of Mysuru District Unit of Akhila Bharata Veerashaiva-Lingayat Mahasabha, within two months. Varuna Mahesh, who had unsuccessfully contested for the District President’s post, had filed a petition (Petition No.1388/2024) in the 12th…
CPM demands roll-back of LPG cylinder price hike
May 5, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Condemning the steep hike in the prices of commercial LPG cylinders and 5-kg cylinders, by the Central Government, CPI(M) – Communist Party of India (Marxist), Mysuru District Committee, has demanded the roll-back of hike in price. In a press release, CPI (M) has stated that, following the increase in price of commercial LPG cylinders…
Two persons go missing
May 5, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: In separate cases, two persons have gone missing from Narasimharaja (NR) Police limits in city. In the first case, 30-year-old Santosh has gone missing. He is 5.2 ft. tall, dark complexioned, has dimple cheeks, normal built, speaks Kannada and was wearing a cream coloured sweater with floral design and blue jeans pants at the…
‘Charaka’ handloom products expo-cum-sale from May 8
May 5, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: An expo-cum-sale of natural colour pure cotton handloom products by Charaka Mahila Vividoddesha Kaigarika Sahakara Sangha (Charaka Women’s Multipurpose Industrial Cooperative Society), Heggod-Bheemanakone, near Sagar, will be held at Jagannatha Centre for Art and Culture (JCAC) in Vijayanagar, Mysuru, from May 8 to 10. Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji will inaugurate the expo-cum-sale…
Assembly Elections
May 4, 2026New Delhi: Counting of votes for the 2026 Assembly elections in West Bengal, Assam, Keralam, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry is underway since 8 am today, with early trends throwing up a few major surprises. Among the standout developments is the performance of actor-turned-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), which has surged ahead in Tamil Nadu,…
TVK eyes power in very first elections
May 4, 2026Six-decade DMK-AIADMK dominance faces disruption in Tamil Nadu Chennai: If actor-turned-politician ‘Ilayathalapathy’ Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), which has emerged as the single largest party in early trends in Tamil Nadu and is within striking distance of the halfway mark, manages to sustain its lead, it could mark a watershed moment not just for the…
Karnataka By-elections: Congress retains Bagalkot and Davanagere South
May 4, 2026Bengaluru: Even as the Congress party faced rout in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Assam Assembly polls, except for Keralam, where it is all set to form the next government along with its alliance partners, the party had some reasons to smile in Karnataka as it managed to retain both Bagalkot and Davanagere South…
Rising LPG prices: Public backlash likely: KPCC
May 4, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: KPCC spokesperson M. Lakshmana warned of a public backlash over the steep hike in prices of commercial LPG cylinders and other essential commodities. Addressing reporters at Congress Bhavan in the city yesterday, he accused the Centre of burdening people by increasing cylinder prices soon after polling concluded in five States. “BJP leaders had promised…















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