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CM Siddaramaiah meets PM Modi, seeks nod for projects, funds
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CM Siddaramaiah meets PM Modi, seeks nod for projects, funds

November 18, 2025

New Delhi: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here yesterday and presented a 5-point charter of demands to him, highlighting the State’s concerns over sugarcane pricing crisis and long pending irrigation project clearances. Underlining the recent unrest among sugarcane farmers in Karnataka, Siddaramaiah conveyed the PM that the State had put in…

Mahabhisheka to Nandi atop Chamundi Hill
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Mahabhisheka to Nandi atop Chamundi Hill

November 17, 2025

Mysore/Mysuru: The annual Mahabhisheka to Nandi statue atop Chamundi Hill, organised by Bettada Balaga Charitable Trust on the last Monday of Kartika Masa, was performed this morning in the presence of Seers and devotees. The monolithic Nandi was bathed in a vibrant palette of sacred colours as over 32 traditional puja materials were used for…

Dog bite & snakebite cases: Hospitals liable for jail terms if care denied
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Dog bite & snakebite cases: Hospitals liable for jail terms if care denied

November 17, 2025

Bengaluru: In response to rising street dog attacks and recent Supreme Court directives on dog bite management, the Karnataka Government has issued a crucial circular mandating that all Government and private hospitals maintain an uninterrupted stock of anti-rabies vaccines, Equine Rabies Immunoglobulin and anti-snake venom. The circular stresses that these life-saving treatments must be available…

Back-to-front human face masks to keep tigers at bay
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Back-to-front human face masks to keep tigers at bay

November 17, 2025

As tigers avoid direct eye contact, farmers create an illusion of constant watchfulness Mysore/Mysuru: In a bold and imaginative step to protect farmers working in forest-fringe areas from tiger attacks, the Forest Department has rolled out an unusual yet time-tested awareness initiative in the villages of Saragur   taluk, bordering the Bandipur Tiger Reserve. Borrowing inspiration…

Woman’s death: Police grill husband, friends
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Woman’s death: Police grill husband, friends

November 16, 2025

Mysuru / Siddapura: The circumstances surrounding the death of a 45-year-old woman from Mysuru have raised serious suspicions, after Forest Department officials intercepted a car carrying her body at a check-post near Siddapura in the early hours of Saturday. Police have detained three men, including the woman’s husband, and are investigating the case. An Unnatural…

Public ire over delay in curbing stray dog menace, MCC blamed
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Public ire over delay in curbing stray dog menace, MCC blamed

November 16, 2025

Stray dogs shelter at Rayanakere yet to be completed Mysore/Mysuru: The public has expressed their displeasure over the Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) failure to control the growing menace of stray dogs across the city. Citizens have also criticised the MCC Commissioner and the Health Officer for not initiating the construction of shelters for stray dogs,…

MDA launches Rs. 50 crore mission to revive 13 lakes
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MDA launches Rs. 50 crore mission to revive 13 lakes

November 16, 2025

Mysuru Development Authority floats tenders for comprehensive restoration works Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru Development Authority (MDA) has launched a long-pending Rs. 50 crore lake rejuvenation project to restore 13 lakes in and around Mysuru. The massive initiative will be funded through the lake development cess collected from the public and tenders have already been floated to…

Mysuru woman found dead in car at Kodagu check-post
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Mysuru woman found dead in car at Kodagu check-post

November 15, 2025

Mysuru, Nov. 15 – In a chilling incident near Siddapura in Kodagu district, Forest Department personnel, during a routine inspection, discovered the body of a Mysuru-based woman being transported in a car last night. According to preliminary reports, Forest personnel at the Maldare–Lingapura forest check-post intercepted a Haryana-registered car (HR-26-CE-9273) at midnight carrying three men…

Clearance awaited from National Wildlife Board
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Clearance awaited from National Wildlife Board

November 15, 2025

Kushalnagar, Nov. 15 – Following the State Wildlife Board’s Standing Committee approval, the State Government has now submitted documents to the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) seeking clearance for the National Highways Authority of India’s (NHAI) 92.3-km Mysuru-Kushalnagar Access-Controlled Highway project. The NHAI has sought diversion of about 54 hectares of land within the Eco-Sensitive…

Who will save Congress?
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Who will save Congress?

November 15, 2025

Congress has been decimated in the Bihar elections. Rahul Gandhi rode into Bihar on an Enfield Bullet as part of the ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra.’ He thundered through 23 districts for over 16 days accusing the BJP of ‘vote chori.’ And then…poof !… he disappeared. His party workers were left bewildered and abandoned. This is not…

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