The Karnataka Cabinet has decided to invite private players for the repair, restoration and management of Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel. A long-awaited decision, it raises hopes that this grand heritage structure may finally receive the care it deserves. Many Mysureans feared that by the time our Government finally decides to completely lease or restore Lalitha…
Siddaramaiah meets PM Modi, urges him to restore NABARD lending
November 29, 2024New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi this noon to submit a memorandum seeking Central assistance on several issues. The CM thanked Modi for meeting him on short notice and outlined six key demands. Siddaramaiah urged the PM to address the 58 percent reduction in the National Bank…
Sculptor Arun Yogiraj to inaugurate Mysuru Children’s Literature Festival tomorrow
November 29, 2024Mysuru: The ninth Edition of Mysuru Children’s Literature Festival-2024, organised by Mysuru Literary Forum Charitable Trust and Mysuru Book Clubs-2015, will be held on Nov. 30 at Wind Chimes, Nazarbad, Mysuru, from 2 pm to 6.30 pm. This event promises to be an exciting celebration of stories, creativity and young imaginations. The festival will be…
Cabinet opens doors to privatise Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel
November 29, 2024Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet has decided to invite private parties for the repair, restoration and maintenance of the iconic Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel in Mysuru. The chosen party must ensure the preservation of the property’s heritage status, said Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K. Patil during a press briefing after the Cabinet meeting yesterday. The…
Will Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel be privatised?
November 28, 2024Cabinet meeting at 3 pm Bengaluru: After years of uncertainty, the State Cabinet is finally poised to decide on transferring the management of Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel in Mysuru to a private hotel firm. The decision is expected to be made during the Cabinet meeting scheduled for 3 pm today. Currently, the hotel is managed…
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November 28, 2024Who is afraid of India? Not Bangladesh! Winter is here. And the Winter Session of Parliament. It got off last Monday (25.11.2024) to a rocky start. Pandemonium prevailed and both Houses were adjourned within minutes of commencement. I had expected this. Congress being the single largest party among the I.N.D.I. Alliance in both the Houses,…
Transfer of 240 MUDA and Private Layouts to Local Bodies tomorrow
November 27, 2024Another 700 Layouts to be handed over by Dec. 15 Mysuru: Even as the investigation into the MUDA’s 50:50 alternative sites allotment scam is underway, the MUDA is all set to hand over 240 Layouts developed by it and private developers to the MCC and the respective Urban Local Bodies — Hootagalli CMC and Bogadi,…
MUDA 50:50 sites scam: Original land owner’s niece petitions JMFC Court in Mysuru
November 27, 2024Mysuru: The mega MUDA 50:50 ratio alternative sites allotment scam, which is being probed by Mysuru Lokayukta Police, has taken another twist. It has now come to light that Jamuna, the niece of J. Devaraju, original land owner of 3.16 acres of land at Kesare in Mysuru, which was purchased by CM Siddaramaiah’s brother-in-law B.M….
18 from Belagavi School injured in Mysuru accident
November 27, 202416 students, 2 teachers hurt as NWKRTC bus overturns after ramming a road divider near Fountain Circle; they had arrived on a tour on Monday night Mysuru: As many as 18 people including 16 students, who had come on a tour from Belagavi district, suffered injuries after a North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NWKRTC)…
MUDA 50:50 sites scam: I have not committed any wrongdoing: Byrathi Suresh
November 26, 2024Lokayukta search warrant leak led to Urban Development Minister Byrathi Suresh taking away 140 files: Snehamayi Krishna Mysuru/Bengaluru: Allegations of irregularities in the allotment of sites by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) have ignited a Statewide uproar. Accusations against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah have turned the MUDA scam into a focal point in Karnataka politics….















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