Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited to set up 10-acre facility at Sewage Farm; awaits Government nod Mysuru: Moving towards sustainable urban development, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is set to launch a waste-to-energy project at Vidyaranyapuram Solid Waste Management Plant (Sewage Farm or Excel Plant). Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has proposed a Rs. 66 crore Compressed…
Bank account turns ‘suspect’: Man caught in cybercrime net
March 31, 2025Mysuru: It is a common belief that depositing money in banks is safer than keeping it at home. However, recent incidents reveal that even banks are not secure. Alarmingly, individuals with bank accounts — despite committing no mistakes — now face the risk of being labelled suspects under cybercrime laws. Kiran Naik, a Mysuru resident,…
GST eased tax burden on hotel industry, says expert
March 31, 2025Mysuru: Implementing the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has been beneficial for the hotel industry, said Senior Chartered Accountant (CA) B.V. Mahesh. Speaking at a GST awareness programme organised at the Hotel Owners’ Association Office in Krishnamurthypuram, Mysuru, recently, he noted that while the hotel industry falls under the service sector, it was previously subject…
Mysuru second in export of engg. products in State: MDSSIA President
March 31, 2025Mysuru: A.S. Satish, President of Mysuru District Small Scale Industries Association (MDSSIA), has said that Mysuru stands second after Bengaluru in the manufacturing and export of engineering products and the industries should focus on further augmenting the export of their products in the coming days too. He was addressing the gathering of industrialists during a…
Zoo Orangutan Minnie battling pneumonia
March 31, 2025Mysuru: Minnie, a 10.8-year-old Bornean orangutan at Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens (Mysuru Zoo), is under intensive medical care after being diagnosed with pneumonia — a recurring respiratory illness that has affected her multiple times in recent years. Minnie, a star attraction at the Zoo for the past four years, was imported from Malaysia’s Safari Wonderland…
Armed robbery in Mysuru: Five arrested
March 31, 2025Mysuru: The Alanahalli Police have arrested five armed robbers who broke into the house of Girish in Police Layout at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (SVP) Nagar, Mysuru. The gang, wielding machetes, threatened the residents and fled with a gold chain. The arrested suspects are 34-year-old Yogananda alias Yoga alias Anand alias Dadiya alias Upendra, son of…
Officials directed to ensure drinking water supplies
March 31, 2025Mysuru: District In-charge Secretary S. Selvakumar has directed the District Administration to ensure that there is no drinking water shortage or crisis during summer. He was presiding over a Progress review meeting at the ZP Hall here on Saturday. Asking the officials to get confirmed whether pure drinking water is supplied to all parts of…
Gen. K.S. Thimayya remembered
March 31, 20259 ft. tall statue of Gen. Thimayya to be installed near Kodava Samaja soon Mysuru: The 119th birth anniversary of Gen. K.S. Thimayya was celebrated at Kodava Samaja in Vijayanagar, here this morning by offering floral tributes to his portrait. Speaking on the occasion, Samaja Secretary K.A. Belliappa announced that a 9 ft. tall statue…
‘Tap Govt. initiatives for IPR growth’
March 31, 2025Mysuru: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Development & Facilitation Office, in association with National Institute of Engineering (NIE)-Incubation & Startup Centre, NIE-Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST) IPR Cell, the NIE, Mysuru, had organised a one-day awareness programme on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) at Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Hall in NIE (South), Mysuru,…
JSS STU hosts PDP on semi-conductor technology
March 31, 2025Mysuru: The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, JSS Science and Technology University (JSS STU) successfully conducted three-day Professional Development Programme (PDP) on Semiconductor Technology on the topic “Scaling the Future: Trends and Challenges in Semiconductor Technology.” The 3-day programme provided professional insights into emerging trends in semiconductor technology, including fabrication, characterisation, miniaturisation, design, manufacturing…















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