As part of World Heritage Day, the Department of Archaeology, Museums & Heritage, has organised special lectures at Sri Shwetha Varahaswamy Temple in Mysore Palace premises at 10.30 am tomorrow. Senior Scientist at ISRO in Bengaluru Srinath Ratnakumar will deliver a talk on ‘Emergency Response for Living Heritage in contexts of Conflicts and Disasters’ while…
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Graduation Day
April 17, 2026The Graduation Day for students of School of Engineering, University of Mysore (UoM), will be held at The Institute of Excellence (IOE), Vijnana Bhavan in Manasagangothri campus at 11.30 am tomorrow (Apr. 18). City-based Excel Soft Technologies Chairman and Managing Director Sudhanva Dhananjaya will be the Chief Guest while UoM Vice-Chancellor Prof. N.K. Lokanath will…
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Census-2027: Enumerators visit door-to-door
April 16, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Following the conclusion of voluntary self-enumeration on exclusive online portal for Census-2027, that was held between Apr. 1 and Apr. 15, the house-to-house visit of enumerators to update demographic data, began today in the first phase and concludes on May 15. Amid this, only 1.8 percent of the targeted population in Mysuru City Corporation…
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Bills linked to Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam tabled in Lok Sabha
April 16, 2026Voting for passage of the Bills tomorrow at 4 pm New Delhi: The three-day Special Session of Parliament began with the Union Government tabling The Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty-First Amendment) Bill, 2026, Delimitation Bill, 2026 and Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 in Lok Sabha this morning. The BJP-led Central Government aims to expedite…
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GUILTY: Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni convicted in murder case
April 16, 2026Court to announce quantum of punishment tomorrow Bengaluru: A Special Court for People Representatives convicted Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni in connection with the 2016 murder of BJP leader Yogesh Gowda. The Court found Kulkarni guilty along with 18 others, while acquitting two accused in the case. The verdict was delivered by Judge Santhosh Gajanan Bhat,…
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Destruction of nature not true development: Zoo Director
April 16, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: A one-day workshop on ‘Sustainable Development in Environmental Science’ was organised by the Department of Chemistry, JSS College for Women (Autonomous), Saraswathipuram Mysuru, recently. Speaking after inaugurating the programme, DCF P. Anusha, Executive Director of Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens (Mysuru Zoo), opined that destruction of nature is not true development. She stated that nature…
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Amid row over Railway Underpass… No hint of DPR for Kukkarahalli Lake conservation
April 16, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: As the proposal to build a Railway Underpass at the Railway Level Crossing near Crawford Hall and Kukkarahalli Lake junction on Bogadi Road in city has triggered a row, with 80 trees marked for felling, an agreement entered between the then Mysuru Urban Development Authority [MUDA, now Mysuru Development Authority (MDA)] and Indian National…
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High Court refuses to ban tiger safaris in State
April 16, 2026Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court yesterday declined to impose an immediate ban on tiger safaris in the State. However, it directed the State Government to file a reply to a plea seeking a permanent ban on tiger safaris within critical tiger habitats on the ground that such activities contravene established conservation norms. A Bench of…
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My father will remain as CM for 5 years: Dr. Yathindra
April 16, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Dr. Yathindra Siddaramaiah, MLC and son of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, has reiterated that, his father would complete his full term as the Chief Minister. Speaking to media persons here yesterday, Dr. Yathindra, who has been vouching about his father remaining in the office for full five years, said that, his father himself had clarified…
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Award marks, not grades: HC tells State Govt.
April 16, 2026Bengaluru: In a major setback to the State Government, the Karnataka High Court (HC) has directed the authorities to mandatorily record marks for third language in SSLC exam instead of awarding grades. Hearing a writ petition filed by three students including Sahana R. Naik of Chikkamagalur, the single-Judge Bench of Justice E.S. Indiresh observed that…
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