By M.T. Yogesh Kumar In the cultural city of Mysuru, a new Gandhi Bhavan has been constructed in Siddarthanagar near the new Deputy Commissioner’s Office at a cost of Rs. 3 crore. With the installation of a bronze bust of Mahatma Gandhi currently underway, the Bhavan is set to be inaugurated by the end of…
Massive tree protest: Children, elders and thousands light candles to protest tree felling
April 19, 2025Mysuru: Environmentalists, tree lovers, civic activists, farmers, residents and students came together in an emotional united protest last evening, mourning the felling of 40 trees along Hyder Ali Road — from the Kalikamba Temple to the SP Office Junction in Nazarbad. As the sun set, citizens gathered around the chopped-off tree trunks not just to…
Hidden agendas, lack of accountability spark public outrage
April 19, 2025Mysuru: The shocking overnight felling of 40 trees along Hyder Ali Road last Sunday has left Mysuru’s citizens furious and demanding answers. Authorities claim the move was for “road widening and development.” The width of the road is not 30 feet but 50 feet. But the reckless haste and lack of transparency have only deepened…
Protest to Protect
April 19, 2025Last evening, thousands of Mysureans gathered for a candlelight march, mourning the loss of 40 majestic trees, each over 70 years old, felled overnight along a short 300-metre stretch of Hyder Ali Road. Will this move the authorities? Unlikely. But it will make them think twice next time. That alone makes the protest matter. But…
MCC to plant 400 saplings for 40 lost heritage trees
April 18, 2025Rs. 5 crore to widen 0.36 km road Mysuru: Amid public outrage and a planned candlelight protest this evening over the felling of 40 fully grown, shade-giving trees — each over 50 years old — on Hyder Ali Road near the SP Office, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has come under intense criticism from environmental…
‘SC is using Article 142 like a Nuclear Missile against Democracy’
April 18, 2025VP Dhankhar’s salvo at Supreme Court New Delhi: In his address to the 6th batch of Rajya Sabha interns Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar made some blistering remarks on the judiciary. Taking strong objection to the Supreme Court (SC) recently prescribing a timeline for the President to decide on Bills, Vice-President (VP) Jagdeep Dhankhar yesterday said, “India…
Caste census: Cabinet meet ends without consensus
April 18, 2025Next meeting on May 2; No trust in Cabinet? R. Ashoka questions need for written views Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet meeting held last evening to deliberate on the Socio-Economic and Educational Survey — popularly referred to as the caste census — ended inconclusively, with the Government deferring the final decision to May 2. Reports indicate…
Felling of 40 trees on Hyder Ali Road: Online petition to save Mysuru’s trees
April 17, 2025Silent candlelight protest near SP Office tomorrow at 6.30 pm Mysuru: After the resounding success of the 2021 online campaign that halted the felling of hundreds of trees for a proposed Heli Tourism project at the foot of Chamundi Hill — garnering over 80,000 signatures and forcing the State Government to rescind — Mysureans have…
Day 3: Lorry strike hits supply of farm products
April 17, 2025Mysuru: Lorry strike entered its third day today, with lorry operators refusing to give in to the assurances of the State Government to address their demands at the earliest. On the other hand, Transport Minister R. Ramalinga Reddy has convened a meeting of lorry operators in Bengaluru later in the day. With lorry operators on…
April 13: A dark day for Mysuru’s green heritage
April 17, 2025By Bhamy V. Shenoy April 13 is likely to be remembered as a black day in Mysuru’s environmental history. In the early hours of that morning, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), in an act shrouded in secrecy, carried out a green massacre by axing more than 40 fully grown, decades-old heritage trees lining Hyder Ali…















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