Mysore/Mysuru: At a time when India is facing a growing e-waste crisis, producing about 10.1 lakh tonnes every year and not even 25 percent of it is recycled, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is showing the way by making attractive artworks out of e-waste and displaying them at its offices and at parks. The message…
10-lane Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway (NH-275): Rs. 250 toll on one-way trip to Bengaluru: MP
February 14, 2023Pratap Simha firm on naming road as ‘Kaveri Expressway’; PM Modi to inaugurate in March Mysuru: Even as unconfirmed charts mentioning the toll rates for travel between Mysuru and Bengaluru on the 10-lane Access-Controlled Expressway are doing the rounds in social media even before the official announcement of the actual rates, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha…
Tiger menace in Ponnampet taluk: Kodagu Forest staff under pressure to capture big cat
February 14, 2023Family loses three persons in 48 hours; Combing operation begins to trace elusive feline Gonikoppa/Bengaluru: Soon after she heard the news of the death of two close relatives in tiger attacks at Palleri and K. Badaga villages in Ponnampet taluk of South Kodagu, a 65-year-old Jayamma died of shock at Koluvige tribal colony in Mysuru…
PM Modi meets Kannada film industry powerhouses
February 14, 2023Praises South movies for giving a great boost to India’s culture, identity Bengaluru; Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Kannada actors Yash and Rishab Shetty along with a few social media influencers at Bengaluru’s Raj Bhavan on Sunday evening. Late actor Dr. Puneeth Rajkumar’s wife Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar and ‘Kantara’ producer Vijay Kirgandoor of Hombale Films…
Vote verification machines arriving in city tonight
February 13, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Over 4,274 VVPAT (Voter Verified Paper Audit Trails) systems will arrive in Mysuru city at around 11 tonight from the manufacturing facility in Hyderabad. VVPAT or Verified Paper Record (VPR) is an independent paper record of the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM). VVPAT is connected with the EVMs through a printer port, which records vote…
Mysuru-Kushalnagar four-lane Highway – Clear land acquisition hurdles: MP directs officials
February 13, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: With Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari announcing grants for the construction of a new access-controlled four-lane road from Mysuru to Kushalnagar, things are finally falling in place for the proposed Highway. A meeting was chaired by Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha at the Deputy Commissioner’s Office this morning where he and…
50 percent rebate on pending traffic fines: City Cops rake in Rs. 12.30 crore in 9 days from Feb. 3 to 11
February 13, 2023Mysuru second after a record collection of Rs. 123.62 crore in Bengaluru Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Police have collected a total of Rs. 12,30,50,650 in nine days as pending traffic fines after the Government announced 50 percent rebate on Feb. 2. With this, Mysuru stands second after a record collection of Rs. 123,62,95,611 (Rs. 123.62 crore)…
Real award for me is longevity of my works: Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa
February 12, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Acclaimed writer Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa who was recently selected for the coveted ‘Padma Bhushan,’ said that the real award for him is longevity of his literary works running up to centuries. He was speaking at ‘Vandane-Abhinandane’ programme for felicitating Padma awardees from Mysuru, jointly organised by Akhila Bharatiya Sahitya Parish at, H.V. Rajeev Sneha…
Miraculous escape for occupants as car catches fire atop Chamundi Hill
February 12, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Occupants of a car had a miraculous escape when the car in which they were travelling caught fire atop Chamundi Hill yesterday evening. The car has been completely gutted in the fire. It is learnt that the relatives of one J. Prashanth, a resident of HSR Layout in Bengaluru, were on their way to…
‘Our people deserve best infrastructure’
February 12, 2023Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweets on new Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-lane Access-Controlled Expressway is set to be inaugurated next month. The project has won Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s praises as he took to Twitter saying that it is the story of world-class infrastructure and unprecedented growth in Karnataka. Yesterday, he replied to a…
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