Legislative Council, Rajya Sabha nomination Mysuru: In what is being seen as a strategic social outreach ahead of future elections, the BJP has sought to expand its support base among smaller and backward communities through its nomination to the Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council. The party’s decision to nominate R. Raghu Kautilya, a leader from…

Sanmitra init iat ive helps 112 abusers renounce habit, rebuild lives Mysuru: In a marked shift from conventional enforcement to rehabilitation, Mysuru District Police have brought 112 identified drug addicts under the State Police Department’s flagship Sanmitra initiative, pairing each of them with a Police officer who acts as a  counsellor, mentor and guide. The…

Swachha Mysuru – Samartha Mysuru Art works installed at public places; MCC’s innovative measure to check waste menace in city Mysuru: Under its newly founded ‘Swachha Mysuru – Samartha Mysuru’ initiative, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has come out with an innovative way to deal with the menace of waste. Using wastes littered by residents at…

Rs. 595-crore Hale Unduwadi Drinking Water Project, the long-term solution forMysuru’s water needs, hit by a… Mysuru: The Rs. 595-crore Hale Unduwadi Drinking Water Project, envisaged as a long-term solution to meet Mysuru’s drinking water needs, has hit a roadblock as the State Government is yet to acquire 14 acres of private land for key…

Night-time concreting, poor quality works trigger backlash in Kodagu Madikeri – The long-pending concrete road project between Alekatte and Inakanahalli in Somwarpet taluk of Kodagu district has come under severe criticism after villagers alleged poor workmanship, prompting them to stop the work and force the Public Works Department (PWD) to initiate re-laying of the stretch….

’37 cases listed from Mysuru; two settled’ Principal District and Sessions Court Judge K.N. Usharani chairing the meeting of various Department Officers over the action plan to collect pending traffic fine, at the Law Courts Complex in Jayanagar, Mysuru, yesterday as Senior Civil Judge and DLSA Member-Secretary Nagaraj Siddappa Ankasadoddi, Mysore Bar Association President S….

Petrol bunk staff helps strangers claiming family emergency; lands in trouble A new form of cyber fraud has surfaced in Mysuru city, with fraudsters exploiting people’s sympathy by fabricating family emergencies and persuading unsuspecting strangers to exchange cash for  UPI transfers. Victims who agree to help often find themselves facing an unexpected ordeal, as the…