Project cost Rs. 120 crore; To ease bottlenecks at Kempegowda Circle Mysore/Mysuru: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has begun construction of a grade separator on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway at Kempegowda Circle (Manipal Hospital Junction). The grade separator is being built at a cost of Rs. 120 crore and forms part of a larger…
NCB busts inter-State racket operating Mysuru Drug Lab
January 31, 2026Narcotics worth Rs. 10 crore, 500-kg chemicals seized; four arrested Mysuru/Ahmedabad: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has busted an inter-State drug network and arrested four persons, including the kingpin from Gujarat, seizing narcotics valued at about Rs. 10 crore in the local market. In the operation, carried out under Union Government’s Nasha Mukt Bharat (Drug-Free…
Karnataka’s Dangerous Comfort with Past Glory…
January 31, 2026Our Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, speaking at the World Economic Forum, Davos, said Bengaluru was the “city of the future,” with a strong ecosystem, skilled human resources and investor-friendly governance. But… If Karnataka is truly a heaven for industry, why has the State converted only about 15 percent of the investment proposals it has…
Barrier-free toll from June on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway: No more stopping to pay toll
January 30, 2026Long queues at toll plazas set to ease Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to ensure smoother traffic flow on the access-controlled Mysuru-Bengaluru National Highway-275 and to ease congestion at the existing toll plazas, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has begun implementing a Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) tolling system. The implementation process has commenced, and…
Something Smelly…
January 30, 2026Stench from house alerts ‘Mane Mane Police’ team; leads to chemical seizure on Mysuru outskirts Mysore/Mysuru: Has the drug manufacturing network extended from Mysuru city limits to its outskirts or rural hinterland? This question is now troubling the Police. A day after the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) raided a chemical manufacturing unit in the Hebbal…
Hit-and-run case at Sampaje: Mysurean arrested for auto driver’s death
January 30, 2026Madikeri Rural Police swing into action, intercept the car at Katakeri village Madikeri: Madikeri Rural Police have arrested a man from Mysuru in a hit-and-run case. The accused who was driving a car had allegedly hit an autorickshaw from behind resulting in the death of the auto driver yesterday. The accident occurred in front of…
NCB team from New Delhi raids chemical factory in Mysuru: Drug production suspected
January 29, 2026Liquids, raw materials found at Hebbal factory as night-long searches by NCB sleuths continue Mysore/Mysuru: Known as Karnataka’s cultural capital and a major tourist destination, Mysuru has in recent times been grappling with a rise in crime. The city is now also facing the unsettling tag of being linked to narcotics manufacturing. In July 2025,…
Speculation over George’s exit dominates Assembly
January 29, 2026Energy Minister K.J. George denies quitting over MLC Dr. Yathindra Siddaramaiah’s interference in transfers Bengaluru: Speculation over Energy Minister K.J. George’s alleged threat to quit the Cabinet, following reports of MLC Dr.Yathindra Siddaramaiah’s interference in Energy Department transfers, dominated the Special Session of the State Legislature this morning. After the Assembly convened, BJP MLA Sunil…
MUDA 50:50 sites allotment case: Special Court clears CM, family
January 29, 2026Bengaluru: The Special Court for Elected Representatives in Bengaluru yesterday accepted the B-Report (closure report) filed by the Mysuru Lokayukta Police in connection with the allotment of 14 sites by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA, now Mysuru Development Authority – MDA) to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his wife B.M. Parvathi and two others. Lokayukta Police…
MDA asset protection Task Force inactive?
January 28, 2026Dedicated Task Force soon to protect MDA properties: Commissioner Mysore/Mysuru: The Task Force formed by the Mysuru Development Authority (MDA) to protect its assets has failed to begin operations, remaining only on paper and earning the label of a “non-functional task force.” MDA Commissioner K.R. Rakshith had issued an order on Oct. 13, 2025, creating…















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