‘Blaze’ lights up heritage city’s night skies With no Air Show, tourists and residents of the heritage city were a disappointed lot for being denied an opportunity to watch the metal birds fly past the sky. But then, the Dasara High Power Committee, headed by Dasara Special Officer and Deputy Commissioner (DC) G. Lakshmikanth Reddy…
Stunning Stunts
October 8, 2024Over 30 personnel from Corps of Military Police rehearse on ‘Shwet Ashwa’ bikes ahead of Torchlight Parade on Oct. 12 Mysuru: Mounted on Royal Enfield and Hero Xpulse Pro bikes, over 30 personnel from the Corps of Military Police (Indian Army) conducted a rehearsal at the Torchlight Parade Grounds in Bannimantap this morning. Led by…
ED ramps up probe; seeks documents from MUDA
October 8, 2024Lokayukta Police likely to summon CM Siddaramaiah, wife Parvathi and others for questioning after Dasara Mysuru: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has ramped up its investigation into the controversial allotment of 14 sites to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife B.M. Parvathi, by Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA). The sites have now voluntarily been returned to MUDA. In…
A dimming glow amidst festivities
October 8, 2024‘Dasara’ in Kannada becomes ‘Dara’, ‘Upasamithi’ becomes ‘Upamiti’ Mysuru: As Dasara unfolds, the streets of Mysuru shimmer with electric lights. However, significant lapses have been observed on Sayyaji Rao Road, where numerous electric lights are malfunctioning. A banner for Dasara Illumination Sub-Committee-2024 displays faded Kannada letters, transforming ‘Dasara’ into ‘Dara’ and ‘Sub-Committee’ (Upasamithi) into ‘Upamiti.’….
Drone Show dazzles city sky
October 7, 2024Mysuru: As part of the grand Mysuru Dasara celebrations, a spectacular drone show lit up the cultural city’s night sky, leaving the audience spellbound. Organised for the first time by the Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) in collaboration with Bot Lab Dynamics, the event took place last night at the Torchlight Parade Grounds in Bannimantap….
Abhimanyu gains 260 kgs; Bheema leads with 435 kgs
October 7, 2024Final weight check for 14 Dasara jumbos; Abhimanyu the heaviest with 5,820 kgs Mysuru: The final round of weight checks for 14 Dasara elephants participating in this year’s festival was conducted this morning at a weighbridge on Dhanvantri Road. The weight of 9 Dasara jumbos from first batch was recorded at the same weighbridge on…
Stop Abusing India Abroad
October 7, 2024Learn from Indira Gandhi and Hillary Clinton The Opposition in India MUST realise that to save the Constitution and to strengthen Democracy (about which they made much during the 2024 Parliamentary Election) they should make Parliament the battle-ground where the weapons are speeches, barbed words and insults should flow back and forth across the Parliamentary…
NaMo Bharat Rapid Rail on Mysuru-Bengaluru route
October 6, 2024Bengaluru: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has announced that the newly launched NaMo Bharat Rapid Rail (Vande Metro), inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will cater to short distances, specifically routes like Bengaluru to Mysuru and Bengaluru to Tumakuru. “These trains are designed for cities such as Bengaluru and Mysuru. The distance between Bengaluru and Mysuru…
MUDA 50:50 site allotment scam: Original records of six 40×60 sites in Devanur 3rd Stage go missing
October 6, 2024Included in 100 files taken by Urban Development Minister Byrathi Suresh in a helicopter: MUDA staff Mysuru: Even as the probe into massive corruption in Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land deals has intensified, critical documents tied to sites approved under the 50:50 scheme are vanishing without a trace from MUDA’s record room. Under the…
‘Free entry for drone show today and tomorrow’
October 6, 2024Mysuru: Chairman of Dasara Illumination Sub-Committee Syed Iqbal has appealed to the people to watch the spectacle of Drone Show, organised for the first time as part of Nada Habba Mysuru Dasara at Torchlight Parade Grounds in Bannimantap in the city. He was addressing media persons at the corporate office of Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation…















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