Mysuru: For the first time in over one-and-a-half decades, the South-West Monsoon officially entered Karnataka on Saturday (May 24) — nearly 10 days ahead of its usual onset in the first week of June. Dr. G.V. Sumanth Kumar, Technical Officer at the Agro-Meteorological Field Unit (AMFU) of the Organic Farming Research Station, Naganahalli (OFRSN), Mysuru,…
Government to install advanced water treatment system Mysuru: There is finally new hope for Dalvoy Lake, as the State Government has decided to clean and rejuvenate it using Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) technology. This wastewater treatment process uses a single tank to perform all steps sequentially — filling, aeration, settling and decanting. To purify three…
Madikeri: Kodagu district has been experiencing widespread heavy rainfall accompanied by strong winds for the past two days, severely disrupting daily life. A red alert has been issued for the entire district. In a tragic incident, a 51-year-old woman, Gowri, lost her life in Arji village, Virajpet taluk, after a massive jackfruit tree fell on…
Was tree-felling justified? Was the road-widening necessary at all? Mysuru: The official inquiry ordered by Forest Minister B. Eshwar Khandre into the controversial felling of 40 trees along Hyder Ali Road in April has given a clean chit to the Forest Department officers, citing no procedural lapses. However, the investigation has conspicuously sidestepped the core…
Palace saw 23,186 visitors, Zoo 20,293 on Saturday; Parliamentary Panel on Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Food Processing among VIP visitors Mysuru: The weekend holidays has contributed to the surge in tourist footfalls in Mysuru, popular as Cultural Capital of the State, with travellers caring a damn for the intermittent rainfall. With Palace being the main…
Bengaluru / Mysuru: With 35 active COVID-19 cases reported across Karnataka so far this year — 32 of them in Bengaluru — the State Government has urged citizens to proactively follow Covid-Appropriate Behaviour (CAB), even as health officials maintain that the situation remains under control. The current surge is attributed to the JN.1 variant, a…
Minimal role of Legislators in Mysuru urban planning in a bureaucrat-driven structure Mysuru:The State Government has officially dissolved the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), and effective May 23, the Mysuru Development Authority (MDA) has come into existence. The newly constituted Mysuru Development Authority (MDA) has been modelled on the lines of the Bangalore Development Authority…
More rain, no drain Bengaluru flooded again. And nobody was surprised. While citizens waded through chest-deep water, leaders wasted no time in turning a tragedy they created into a theatre with photo ops and blame games. In 2022, Siddaramaiah, then in Opposition, proclaimed, “For the first time in Bengaluru’s history, people have fled their homes…
Mysuru: A three-day Mango and Jackfruit Mela began this morning at Kuppanna Park. Unlike previous editions, this year’s Mela is being held in a spacious venue from 9 am to 9 pm, allowing better crowd movement and more comfortable experience for visitors. Farmers from Mysuru, Mandya, Chamarajanagar, Kolar, Bengaluru and Ramanagara (Bengaluru South) districts have…
Mysuru: Four students of Ekalavya Model Residential School (EMRS), located at Sollepura in H.D. Kote were selected for JEE (Advanced – 2025) special coaching by National Education Society for Tribal Students, New Delhi, an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. The coaching classes were held from Apr. 28 to May 11 at Viswa…
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