…after a gap of eight years  Mysuru: With the India Meteorological Department forecasting below-normal monsoon rainfall this year due to the El Niño effect, the Agriculture Department has advised farmers in Mysuru district against cultivating paddy, a crop that requires large quantities of water.  The prolonged delay in the monsoon and scanty rainfall have left farmers worried about the…

Activists cite environment, drought, Mysuru Dasara’s traditional character   Mysuru: Leaders of various organisations have opposed the proposal to organise Kambala as part of this year’s Mysuru Dasara celebrations, arguing that the event would involve unnecessary expenditure and environmental damage.  At a meeting convened under the banner of Parisarakkagi Naavu at Jaladarshini Guest House yesterday evening, representatives of several organisations unanimously resolved to launch a protest demanding that Kambala be dropped from Dasara.  A core…

Mysuru artists’ 45,144 sq. ft. long Rangoli enters Book of World Records; feat at Sri Raghavendra Swamy Mutt premises in Mantralaya  Mysuru: A giant rangoli of Sri Raghavendra Swamy, along with Panchamukhi Anjaneya and Sri Krishna, drawn by a team of artists from Mysuru, led by Puneeth, at Sri Raghavendra Swamy Mutt premises in Mantralaya, has entered the Book of World Records.  As part of Akshaya Tritiya, artists Puneeth, C. Lakshmi, R. Harshith and K.B. Kumaraswamy, in coordination with Raghavendra Swamy devotee, realtor Venkatachala, drew…

Mysuru: Just four days after bomb threat e-mails had triggered a security scare at two major hotels in the city on June 28, miscreants again sent a similar threat e-mail today to the Principal District and Sessions Judge (PDJ) of Mysuru.  The e-mail was sent to pdjmys [email protected] at 1.59 am from a person with the name ‘Pavala Malli’…

Mysuru: Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) has begun door-to-door process of collecting the data of beneficiaries of the State Government’s flagship ‘Gruha Jyothi Yojane’ (GJY) from yesterday (July 1). CESC meter readers and staff are visiting the houses of consumers to collect information and upload the data on-site using a mobile application and a declaration…

Mysuru: Shocking details are emerging from the June 29 murder case of a 50-year-old employee of a private company. The murder was initially projected as a heart attack. The deceased, Nithyananda, was a resident near Vishwamanava Double Road in Kuvempunagar.   Police have since arrested four   persons, including Nithyananda’s wife, in connection with the murder.   According to the investigation, Nithyananda was strangled to death at his house…

Inclusion of Kambala in Mysuru Dasara  Says the traditional event connected to Coastal Karnataka region cannot be viewed merely in entertainment or commercial point of view  Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, who is also the Titular Head of erstwhile Mysore Royal Family, has urged to State Government to reconsider its plan to include Kambala in this year’s Dasara celebrations.  Sharing a post on ‘X’ platform, Yaduveer said, “The ongoing discussions about…