Koppal District Minister invites Gavimutt Seer to inaugurate Dasara; Mysuru District Administration to formally extend invitation on Oct. 3 Mysuru: Kannada and Culture Minister Shivaraj Tangadagi, who is also Koppal District Minister, invited Sri Abhinava Gavisiddeshwara Mahaswamiji of Gavimutt, Koppal, to inaugurate the Mysuru Dasara festivities this year. The Minister met the Seer at Gavimutt…

Mysuru: The Mysuru District Administration hosted a special breakfast for the families of Mahouts and Kavadis of the Dasara elephants at the Mysore Palace premises this morning. More than 150 members attended the programme. The breakfast menu included obbattu (holige), dosas, idlis, vadas, uppittu, sagu, pongal, puliyogare, jalebi, tea and coffee. Minister in-charge of Mysuru…

Bengaluru: An elderly man who was on his morning walk on Mysuru Road was suspected to have been trampled to death by a wild elephant in the early hours of today. The deceased has been identified as Nagaraj (60), a resident of Anchepalya on Mysuru Road. After leaving his house at about 5 am today,…

169 accidents, 97 deaths in 3 years on Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway Mysuru: Twelve accident-prone black spots have been identified by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) along the 119-km Bengaluru-Mysuru National Highway-275. These 12 black spots recorded a total of 169 accidents and 97 deaths between 2023 and 2025. Among the black spots, 10 are…

Mysuru: Mysuru City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar has issued an order revising the routes of KSRTC and other transport buses entering and leaving the city through Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Circle (Manipal Hospital Junction) on Mysuru-Bengaluru National Highway-275. The ongoing Rs. 63.67-crore flyover/ grade separator project being taken up by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) at…

Mysuru: Energy Minister K.J. George has directed officials to make the illumination planned for this year’s Dasara more attractive and innovative than last year and ensure that power supply is not affected. Speaking at a preparatory meeting for the 2026 Dasara celebrations at the Karnataka Engineers’ Association auditorium in Kadakola on Friday, George said lakhs…

Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar’s grandiose Dasara-2026 District Minister to retain overall supervision Mysuru: For the grand Dasara celebrations this year, CM D.K. Shivakumar has decided to assign responsibilities for managing various segments & daily events of the festival to 22 Ministers. Unlike previous years, when the responsibility was largely handled by the Mysuru District Minister,…

Mysuru: The first wooden howdah rehearsal was interrupted as a result of sudden heavy rains in city. The Forest Department, as part of the preparations to this year’s Jumboo Savari, mounted the wooden howdah on one of the Dasara jumbos, Mahendra. While the elephants were heading towards the Palace North Gates, the sudden cloudburst disrupted…

Buffaloes to race on 147-metre-long twin tracks; trial run on Oct. 15 Mysuru: The 147-metre-long buffalo race tracks that will host Dasara Kambala for the first time have been named ‘Vijaya-Dashami’, signifying Vijayadashami, the “tenth day of victory” in Sanskrit. The name combines ‘Vijaya’ (victory) and ‘Dashami’ (tenth day). The track will have buffaloes competing…

Traffic to be diverted before Varuna Aqueduct to keep vehicles moving at Manipal Hospital Junction Mysuru: Last Dasara season, between Sept. 22 and Oct. 12, 2025, an average of 28,516 vehicles, including 25,113 cars and SUVs, entered Mysuru every day through the Bengaluru-Mysuru National Highway 275. This year, the traffic volume is expected to increase…