Mandya DC Dr. Kumara holds meeting with officials, instructs to construct 3 helipads and green rooms Mandya: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi scheduled to visit Adichunchanagiri Mutt in Nagamangala taluk of Mandya district on Apr. 15, Mandya Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. Kumara has directed the officials to show no laxity in following the protocol for…
The Lalitha Mahal Palace is back in the news… again. The Karnataka Cabinet has once more decided to invite private players to repair, restore and manage the Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel. It sounds promising. It always does. The same decision was announced in 2024 and several times before and several years prior and nothing came…
Just bids ? It may be recalled, in the first e-auction of sites held in August-September 2025 after the formation of MDA, a 20×30 ft. site in Vijayanagar was bid for Rs. 2 crore. However, the winning bidder of the site could not make the mandatory 25 percent payment and the bid was cancelled. Many…
Union Ministers Somanna and HDK conduct window-trailing inspection Mysore/Mysuru: The maximum speed of trains operating between Bengaluru and Mysuru has been increased from 110 kmph to 135 kmph, enabling the distance to be covered in about an hour, said Union Minister of State for Railways V. Somanna. Addressing a joint press meet along with Union…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka High Court has stayed the ongoing construction works atop Chamundi Hill in Mysuru being carried out under the Centre’s National Mission on Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Heritage Augmentation Drive (PRASHAD) scheme. A Bench, led by Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum passed the order on Apr. 7, halting the Rs. 47 crore project. The…
Tender floated to restore, operate and maintain the heritage Palace Hotel Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government has begun the process of leasing out the Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel in Mysuru, built by the Mysore Maharajas, for renovation, maintenance and long-term operation. The tender process is currently underway, with Apr. 30 fixed as the last date for…
Environmentalists warn saplings may struggle without adequate soil area Mysore/Mysuru: More than 40 trees, each nearly 50 years old and belonging to different species, were cut down during the midnight between Apr. 12 and Apr. 13, 2025, along the stretch from Kalikamba Temple to the SP Office Circle to facilitate the widening of a 50-ft…
Mysore/Mysuru: AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge’s recent remark likening the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to a “poisonous snake” has triggered sharp reactions in political circles. Former Mysuru-Kodagu MP Prathap Simha has launched a scathing attack on Kharge, accusing him of speaking in the style of Pakistan’s Founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the Muslim League leader during India’s…
Building height restricted around Mysore Airport Mysore/Mysuru: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has issued a public advisory cautioning against unauthorised constructions in the ‘Red Zone’ around Mysore Airport at Mandakalli, stating that strict height restrictions apply to buildings in the area. In a press release issued last night, Mysore Airport Director P.V. Ushakumari said…
Mysore/Mysuru: Members of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) accompanied by villagers staged a protest demanding authorities to stop the works on constructing NIMHANS-like Hospital on a land located at Sy. Nos. 60, 68 and 8 of Gudamadanahalli in Varuna hobli, Mysuru taluk, yesterday. The protesters, who arrived atthe spot when officials were levelling the land…
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