Mysore/Mysuru: The identification process for voters aged 85 and above, including those aged 99 and over 100 years, in Mysuru has been completed. According to data provided by the District Administration, there are 41,617 voters aged between 85 and 99 years, along with 1,994 voters aged over 100 years. Arrangements will now be made to…
Rs. 99.20 lakh cash in gunny bag seized on Expressway
March 19, 2024Rs. 537 crore worth of cash, liquor, drugs seized since August 2023 in Karnataka ahead of election Mysore/Mysuru: Election Officers at a check-post in Mandya have seized a significant sum of unaccounted cash, totalling Rs. 99.20 lakh. The discovery was made inside a car stopped at Kongaboranadoddi check-post situated in Maddur taluk (Nidaghatta) along Mysuru-Bengaluru…
Mathigodu Elephant Camp in Kodagu now a tourist centre
March 19, 2024By M.T. Yogesh Kumar The Mathigodu Elephant Camp, situated a short distance away from the Anechowkur Gate at the entry of Kodagu district from Mysuru, has transformed into a tourist attraction and is set to welcome visitors soon. Among its notable residents are the Dasara Howdah Elephant and the fearless tusker, Abhimanyu. Passersby along the…
‘You don’t have to come to Palace; I will come out to meet you’: Yaduveer
March 18, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu BJP Lok Sabha candidate Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar of the erstwhile Mysore royal family extended a warm invitation to voters to meet him, assuring them, “You don’t have to come to the Palace; I will come out to meet you. Moreover, I will open an office outside the Palace and it will be…
Water Tank on the verge of collapse razed
March 18, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The University of Mysore (UoM) authorities have finally addressed the longstanding demand to remove the dangerous overhead water tank at the Sports Pavilion adjacent to Maharaja’s College Grounds in the city. The concrete water tank had been in a state of disrepair for the past 15 years, ever since it became defunct due to…
Mysuru-KRS Road closed for Railway Level Crossing works, traffic diverted
March 18, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-KRS Road has been partially closed near the Railway Level Crossing after Hotel Royal Inn junction, following the maintenance works taken up by the South Western Railways (SWR), Mysuru Division. The works began yesterday at 8 am and is expected to conclude later today. In view of the safety of vehicle riders and general…
50-year fete of V. Sreenivasa Prasad’s political career inaugurated in city
March 17, 2024Former CM S.M. Krishna and other dignitaries release biography ‘Swabhimaniya Nenapugalu’ Mysore/Mysuru: The Golden Jubilee celebrations of former Union Minister and incumbent Chamarajanagar MP V. Sreenivasa Prasad’s political career was inaugurated at Convocation Hall of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), Mukthagangothri campus in the city this morning. A biography of Prasad in Kannada titled ‘Swabhimaniya…
Heavy rush for KSIC discount sale
March 17, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) factory located on Manandavadi Road witnessed huge rush this morning with thousands of women from various parts of city thronging the premises to lay their hands on Mysuru Silk sarees that were up for a discount sale. The KSIC has announced a three-day discount sale of the rejected…
Mysuru-Kodagu LS Constituency has 20,72,337 voters
March 17, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: With the Lok Sabha polls for Mysuru-Kodagu Constituency scheduled to take place on Apr. 26, the Model Code of Conduct has come into force from yesterday soon after the Election Commission of India announced the 2024 LS Polls schedule. As per the schedule, the poll notification will be issued on Mar. 28 and the…
Adieu my gentleman politician: ‘Mayor’ Vasu
March 17, 2024One of the familiar names among the politicians, especially Congress politicians, in our city since early 1980s was that of Vasu. Simply Vasu, without any initials, any prefix or suffix to his name. As a politician, he rose to become a Corporator and then the Mayor of the city during 1989-90 and also an MLA…















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