Mysore/Mysuru: Were North Indian drug syndicates using industrial sheds in Mysuru to manufacture synthetic drugs such as MDMA and mephedrone under the guise of cleaning product units? While a raid in January 2026 was carried out by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and seized drugs worth Rs. 10 crore besides Rs 25.6 lakh in cash,…
Gujarat forensic team inspects Hebbal factory
February 3, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: A team of scientists from the National Forensic Science University (NFSU), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, visited the ‘TukTuk Household Chemicals Production Solution Manufacturing Factory’ in the Hebbal Industrial Area of Mysuru on Saturday. According to sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, the forensic experts have ruled out the unit being a phenyl manufacturing facility. Sources…
Azeez Sait Road gets new look with ornamental lamp posts
February 3, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: The Azeez Sait Road (Mahadevapura Main Road) at Narasimharaja (NR) Assembly Constituency in the city has now got a heritage touch. The ornamental lamp posts are being installed at the centre of the road median, giving a new heritage look to the 3.5-km-long busy stretch of road. As the city is growing by leaps…
Timely treatment key to make India leprosy-free: Mysuru DC
February 3, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner G. Lakshmikanth Reddy has given a call to those having symptoms of leprosy to avail treatment on time, to achieve the target of building a Leprosy-Free India. He was speaking after releasing the posters of Leprosy Awareness Campaign at Zilla Panchayat Hall in city recently. Reddy said, leprosy is one among the…
C&D Waste Disposal Plant to start soon
February 3, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Stating that the construction of Construction and Demolition (C&D) Wastes Disposal Plant near Sathagalli is in progress, MCC Commissioner Shaikh Tanveer Asif said that the Plant is expected to start functioning in the next 4-5 months. He was responding to queries at the Media Interaction Programme organised as part of ‘Swachh Survekshan 2025-26’at Sri…
Free HPV vaccination for girl students
February 3, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Ideal Jawa Rotary School, in association with Rotary Panchasheel, Rotary Mysore and KVC Hospital, conducted a free HPV vaccination drive for girl students aged 9 to 14 years at its campus recently. The initiative was organised with the objective of promoting preventive healthcare and safeguarding the well-being of adolescent girls. Medical professionals from KVC…
City flautist part of cultural performance at Parliament
February 3, 202628th Conference of Speakers & Presiding Officers of Commonwealth Mysore/Mysuru: Vidu. Smitha Srikiran, a resident of Saraswathipuram in Mysuru and an A-Grade flautist with All India Radio (Akashvani), gave a captivating performance at the Parliament of India recently. The performance was part of the cultural programme organised during the 28th Conference of Speakers and Presiding…
‘Dhanur Vainika Brahma’ Award conferred on Dr. Mysore Manjunath
February 3, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Renowned violinist Dr. Mysore M. Manjunath was conferred with ‘Dhanur Vainika Brahma’ Award in commemoration of Violin Maestro Pitilu Mysore T. Chowdiah at a programme organised by Pitilu Mysore T. Chowdiah Samsmarana Vedike and Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha, at the Sabha premises on JLB Road in city recently. Adichunchanagiri Mutt Seer Dr. Sri Nirmalanandanatha…
Mysuru’s art patron to be honoured by Music Sabhas in Chennai
February 3, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: The well-known senior art patron and organiser, C.R. Himamshu, Secretary of Sri Prasanna Vidya Ganapathi Mahotsava Charitable (SPVGMC) Trust, who is the man behind the Heritage Music Festival of Mysuru, popularly known as Vontikoppal 8th Cross Ganapathi, is selected for the title ‘Madhuraa Kala Sevaka’ by Chennai’s prestigious organisations ‘Ekatvam’ & ‘Laya Madhuraa’ School…
Founders’ Day at Elder Citizens Council: Senior achievers honoured, scholarships awarded
February 3, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: The Elder Citizens Council and Trust, Mysuru, felicitated five senior citizens for their contributions to society and also awarded scholarships to five meritorious and economically disadvantaged students. The event was a part of the Founders’ Day celebrations held recently at its Saraswathi Samudaya Bhavan in Jayalakshmipuram. Inaugurating the programme, Cauvery Group of Institutions Founder…















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