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X-mas celebrated in city
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X-mas celebrated in city

December 25, 2025

Bishop Francis Serrao SJ leads rituals at St. Philomena’s Church Mysore/Mysuru:  Special prayers were offered at Churches across the city to mark the birth of Jesus Christ, celebrated worldwide as Christmas, last midnight. More than 40 Churches, particularly St. Philomena’s Church on Ashoka Road in Lashkar Mohalla, wore a festive look as a huge congregation…

AI camera to check man-animal conflict
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AI camera to check man-animal conflict

December 25, 2025

Hunsur: Artificial Intelligence (AI), that is fast pervading every other sector, has now added teeth to Forest Department’s fight to prevent man-animal conflict. The experiment of Forest Department by incorporating the new age technology has met with a success. AI equipped camera was installed in the fringes of Nagarahole forest, where the wild elephants were…

New OPD complex to ease patient rush at K.R. Hospital
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New OPD complex to ease patient rush at K.R. Hospital

December 25, 2025

Rs. 75 crore Outpatient Department facilities to strengthen regional healthcare hub Mysore/Mysuru: Founded and built by Maharaja Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar with the vision of providing free healthcare to poor, Mysuru’s Doddaspathre — K.R. Hospital — is set to witness a major infrastructure upgrade. A modern multi-storey Outpatient Department (OPD) complex will soon come up within…

City Churches light up for X-mas
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City Churches light up for X-mas

December 24, 2025

Mysore/Mysuru: Christmas is here and city’s major Churches are illuminated and decked up for the biggest festival of the community. Special programmes and Holy Mass will be held tonight and tomorrow. St. Philomena’s Church, the tallest Church in city and St. Bartholomew’s Church, the oldest Church are drawing many devotees and visitors. The Wesley Cathedral…

Don’t drink & drive
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Don’t drink & drive

December 24, 2025

Special checking from Dec. 24 to 30 Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to reduce road accident fatalities due to driving and riding vehicles under the influence of alcohol, the City Traffic Police will be conducting special checking drives against drunk and driving across the city from today (Dec. 24) till Dec. 30. City Police Commissioner Seema…

Pink Toilet is Shut
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Pink Toilet is Shut

December 24, 2025

Non-payment of water, power bills, staff salary; power supply disconnected; doors closed since a fortnight Mysore/Mysuru: The city’s first Pink Toilet on Dewan’s Road near D. Devaraj Urs Road, has shut door. It has been a fortnight since the toilet remains inaccessible for women and the reason is trivial: the unpaid water and electricity bills…

Leopard carries away stray dog at Belavadi
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Leopard carries away stray dog at Belavadi

December 23, 2025

Mysore/Mysuru: A leopard attacked a stray dog and carried it away at Belavadi on the outskirts of the city late last night. The incident was captured on a CCTV camera installed at a nearby house. Residents have lodged a complaint with the Forest Department and submitted the CCTV footage as evidence. The footage shows the…

Bommenahalli Township gets MDA Board approval
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Bommenahalli Township gets MDA Board approval

December 23, 2025

20,000 sites to be formed in 2,113-acre land acquired combining four villages Mysore/Mysuru: For the first time in eight years, since the formation of Ravindranath Tagore Nagar (R.T. Nagar) in 2017-18, the Mysuru Development Authority (MDA) is set to issue a notification for the formation of the proposed Bommenahalli Township, located at Yelwal, about 15…

Unsafe UGD pipeline works keep Aravinda Nagar residents wary
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Unsafe UGD pipeline works keep Aravinda Nagar residents wary

December 23, 2025

Mysore/Mysuru: The residents of Aravinda Nagar in the city are in a fix, following what they describe as unsafe and unscientific Underground Drainage (UGD) pipeline related works, being carried out by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), without taking any precautionary measures. Deploying earth excavating machines, the road in front of the houses on 5th main…

Power sharing pact… High Command decision is final
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Power sharing pact… High Command decision is final

December 22, 2025

I am making it clear once and for all, asserts CM Siddaramaiah in Mysuru Mysore/Mysuru: Even as speculations and discussions in political circles over leadership change issue in Karnataka continues, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has asserted that the decision of the Congress High Command is ultimate and binding on everyone in the party. Speaking to press…

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