Mysuru: Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD) emphasised the importance of expanding air services for Mysuru’s development. Speaking at the Airport Advisory Committee meeting held at the Mysore Airport last evening, he called for a concerted effort to increase the number of flights operating from the city, restoring Mysuru’s previous momentum in air connectivity. “If air…
14 sites returned to MUDA by CM’s wife Parvathi: Cancellation of sale deed at home casts many doubts
January 4, 2025RTI activist Snehamayi Krishna visits Lokayukta office; submits memorandum to SP Udesh for detailed probe Mysuru: Right to Information (RTI) activist Snehamayi Krishna has submitted a memorandum to Lokayukta SP T.J. Udesh, demanding probe into the nature of returning of 14 alternative sites allotted to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife Parvathi to the Mysuru Urban Development…
The Name Game
January 4, 2025Every time we pray for a game-changing Government, we seem to end up with a name-changing one — more focused on swapping plaques than shaping policies. When Congress holds power, renaming seems to revolve around the Gandhi family. Roads, airports, institutions and even national parks morph into tributes to the dynasty. Karnataka’s Nagarahole National Park,…
Cabinet nod for new bus stand
January 3, 2025KSRTC had prepared DPR to build new bus stand in Bannimantap at an estimated cost of Rs. 120 crore Bengaluru: The State Cabinet has approved the proposal to build a new bus stand with state-of-the art facilities at Bannimantap in Mysuru at an estimated cost of Rs. 120 crore. With this, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has…
MP Yaduveer submits documents to MCC in support of ‘Princess Road’
January 3, 2025Mysuru: Not willing to let down his stand on retaining the name of his ancestor, christened for KRS Road in city as ‘Princess Road,’ Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar submitted relevant documents to Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner Ashaad-Ur-Rahman Shariff on Thursday. Yaduveer, accompanied by a posse of BJP leaders, who walked into MCC…
Musings on New Year 2025: What ails once Tourist Paradise Brindavan Gardens?
January 3, 2025If X-Mas is here can New Year be far behind? Before you are done with your X-Mas cake, the New Year beckons you with whiskey bottles for a bash. Revelry begins with good news of New Year resolutions and ends with bad news of drunken brawls and road accidents. These two days of the Christian…
‘Shakti’ propels KSRTC Mysuru Rural Division towards profit
January 2, 2025Mysuru: The State Government’s ambitious ‘Shakti’ Scheme has given a new lease of life to KSRTC Mysuru Rural Division that was reeling under loss year-on-year. The Division has earned a profit of Rs. 2.3 crore in the last nine months of the current fiscal year-2024-25, with 6.62 crore passengers travelling inKSRTC buses. KSRTC Mysuru Rural…
Row over renaming Princess Road as ‘Siddaramaiah Arogya Marga’: Fresh evidence sheds light on existence of ‘Princess Road’
January 2, 2025Mysuru: Fresh evidence, including maps and postcards, has surfaced to reaffirm the authenticity and historical existence of ‘Princess Road’, now largely forgotten by the public. The road, presently known as KRS Road, is proposed to be renamed as ‘Siddaramaiah Arogya Marga’. Former Mayor Sandesh Swamy presented a map from 1921, which officially designates the road…
Leopard scare at Mysuru Infosys campus: Combing operation continues on third day
January 2, 2025Mysuru: The combing operation by the Forest Department to trace and capture the elusive leopard which was spotted at Infosys campus in city at about 4.30 am on Dec. 31 has continued on the third day today with no traces of the leopard. Even the camera traps installed in the vicinity where the leopard was…
Row over renaming Princess Road as ‘Siddaramaiah Arogya Marga’: Former Mayor cites 1921 map as proof
January 1, 2025Mysuru: Even as Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner Ashaad-Ur-Rahman Shariff clarified to a Congress delegation yesterday that no official record or Gazette notification identifying ‘Princess Road’ (KRS Road, now proposed to be renamed as Siddaramaiah Aarogya Marga,) former city Mayor Sandesh Swamy produced a map as evidence to assert that the road was indeed named…















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