Mysore/Mysuru: With COVID gone at least for now, hectic activities are back on city roads. Even the parking woes on D. Devaraj Urs Road, the commercial hub of Mysuru with a premium parking space, is back in the news. Though many attempts have been made in the past to ease the perennial parking problem, they…
‘Unofficial’ entry fee rule at Talacauvery Temple
April 19, 2022Kushalnagar: A new entry fee rule has come into force at Talacauvery Temple in Kodagu, the birthplace of River Cauvery where visitors are charged Rs. 20 and a receipt of ‘Vishesha Seve’ (Special Offering) is given after the payment. Though the ticket is issued for ‘Vishesha Seve’, people who come there do not perform any…
Mysuru COVID-19 Update: April 18, 2022
April 18, 2022Mysuru reports 0 new COVID-19 positive case, 0 discharges and 0 deaths today.
Move to raze Devaraja Market, Lansdowne Building: Tenants, stakeholders oppose demolition
April 18, 2022Seek support of Mysore royal family; Public meeting in a day or two Mysuru: The Mysuru District Heritage Committee’s recent decision to demolish and reconstruct the heritage Devaraja Market and Lansdowne Building in ‘heritage-like style’ has not gone down well with the stakeholders like tenants of Devaraja Market and heritage experts. They have now reached…
Retired teacher loses Rs. 15 lakh to online fraud; gets it back
April 18, 2022CEN Police Station Sub-Inspector M.L. Siddesh at MGP interaction Mysuru, Apr. 18 (BCT)- Among the many cases of online frauds that have been detected by the Mysuru City Cybercrime, Economic Offences and Narcotics (CEN) Police, a few cases stand out where the victims save penny by penny but ultimately lose the hard-earned money to fraudsters….
Mysuru COVID-19 Update: April 17, 2022
April 17, 2022Mysuru reports 1 new COVID-19 positive case, 0 discharges and 0 deaths today.
Mysore Airport runway expansion set to take off
April 17, 2022Cabinet releases Rs. 319.13 crore; decks cleared for land acquisition Mysore/Mysuru: Just weeks after he presented the State Budget where he had announced that the Mysore Airport Runway Expansion will be taken up along with the Centre, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has released Rs. 319.13 crore for the project. The consent to the project was…
Lake of dead fish at Hebbal
April 16, 2022Pristine picnic spot turns smelly with rotting fish, industrial effluents Mysore/Mysuru: Barely two years after it was rejuvenated, Mysuru’s Hebbal Lake has shown signs of dying again. Thousands of dead fish washed ashore makes it clear that more pollutants than fresh water are discharged into the Lake again from the industries located around it. Dead…
Mysuru COVID-19 Update: April 16, 2022
April 16, 2022Mysuru reports 2 new COVID-19 positive cases, 3 discharges, and 0 deaths today.
Road to riches!
April 16, 2022Karnataka’s Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Minister K.S. Eshwarappa resigned yesterday as he was named accused number one in the suicide of a civil contractor Santosh Patil. The civil contractor had accused the Minister of harassing him for a ‘40 percent commission’ to clear payment of about Rs. 4 crore for road projects completed…
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