Mysore/Mysuru: In a significant move to accelerate the much-needed expansion and upgrade of Mysore Airport, the State Government has released Rs. 75 crore to the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) for land acquisition and other pending tasks, announced Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha. This allocation is aimed at expediting the commencement of the project and…
Karnataka Bandh to hit normal life in Mysuru tomorrow
September 28, 2023Autos, taxis, trucks to be off roads; Over 1,500 hotels, bakeries closed; DC to take a call on school, colleges closure Mysore/Mysuru: Following the successful Bengaluru Bandh on Sept. 26, pro-Kannada and farmer activists protesting the State Government’s stance on the Cauvery water-sharing dispute are now planning a State-wide Karnataka Bandh tomorrow. The call for…
First-of-its-kind Kaladevi Doll Museum opens at Ramsons
September 28, 2023It has dolls recreating Jumboo Savari of princely rule of the year 1939 Kaladevi Doll Museum will have many more dolls to be arranged on the basis of different concepts. We have been organising the doll exhibition during Dasara for the last 18 years. The dolls designed during those exhibitions have been arranged in the…
14 Dasara elephants undergo weight check
September 27, 2023Veteran Arjuna is mightiest, weighs 5,680 kgs Mysore/Mysuru: All 14 Dasara elephants, including the eight elephants which arrived in the first batch on Sept. 1 and their weights checked on Sept. 6, underwent weight checking at Sairam and Co., 40 tonnes Electronic Weighing Services on Dhanvantri Road here this morning. Though nine elephants arrived in…
CM seeks God’s blessings for rains
September 27, 2023Chamarajanagar: Holding mass prayers for good rains is nothing new in India. People have done everything from frog weddings to dog weddings to please rain gods. Experiencing drought-like conditions across the State and at the same time forced to comply with the orders of the Courts and water regulatory authorities to release Cauvery water to…
Four killed as car crashes into KSRTC bus near Bellur Cross
September 27, 2023Mandya: Two days after a tragic accident on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway on Sept. 25 that claimed the lives of three persons, including two women, and left several others injured due to an SUV driver losing control near Lambani Tanda at Channapatna, four persons were killed in an accident on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru Highway near Bellur Cross…
Cauvery water sharing row: Spate of protests continues in city
September 26, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Even as bandh is being observed in the State capital Bengaluru, opposing release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, series of protests were staged at various parts of Mysuru city by several organisations today, criticising the State Government’s decision to release water to TN. Activists of Cauvery Kriya Samithi (Cauvery Action Committee) staged a…
Cauvery water dispute: Deve Gowda writes to PM Modi, urges to form expert panel
September 26, 2023Bengaluru: Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader H.D. Deve Gowda has called upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi to mediate in the ongoing Cauvery water dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. He proposed the establishment of an independent expert panel to develop a fair water-sharing formula between the two States. At a press conference…
Distress formula, Mekedatu Project only two solutions for Cauvery crisis: CM
September 26, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Facing the heat of today’s Bengaluru bandh over Cauvery water sharing, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has expressed his view that the absence of a “distress formula” that would benefit both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu is the key reason behind the dispute’s prolonged existence without an amicable solution. Speaking to the media at Mysuru Airport this…
Bengaluru bandh tomorrow
September 25, 2023Kannada organisations, activists call for total Karnataka Bandh on Sept. 29 Bengaluru: In protest against the State Government’s decision to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, several pro-farmer and pro-Kannada organisations have called for a complete ‘Bengaluru bandh’ on Sept. 26 (Tuesday). Over 175 organisations and Opposition parties including BJP and JD(S) have extended their…















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